Need to Vent: Tiny Scratches after repaint on 84 PickUp Truck

[Tuck91]

Either way, you cannot pour something out of a bottle, or scoop something out of a can to fix the problem.

 

[LICamaro85]

Yea obviously you can not pour some polish onto a rag and POOF it is gone. It is going to take some work but it will look ok ok maybe not 100 percent perfect but maybe I dont know 98.89 perfect again and for a truck that your actually going to use I would take my chances with that than a repaint just for it to get damaged again.



If you repaint now you have to worry about blending and if it is a custom color than good luck getting it to match dead on, than you have to worry about matching the orange peel since the majority of the time most painters do not wetsand all the peel out so that is another area you have to mess around with.





I got a 6" long scratch all the way down to bare metal on my camaro which is a show car from someone getting too close at a show with a pocket knife on his belt.:hmph: I repaired this the same way and you could never tell where it was unless you are looking at it under a 30X loupe at every angle possable.



Since it was a repaint you should have gotten atleast a little jar of the basecoat

(color) and the clear that they used on your truck. If you did indeed do this than it will be even easier to fix these scratches and the deeper the better when it comes to this. I will PM you tomorrow morning with the step by step on how to do it.



For all the doubters I will look for some pictures of before and after of cars I did in the past and I will show you the after first and lets see if you can tell where the "repaint" area was.



- LI 85

 

[Tuck91]

Yea obviously you can not pour some polish onto a rag and POOF it is gone. It is going to take some work but it will look ok ok maybe not 100 percent perfect but maybe I dont know 98.89 perfect again and for a truck that your actually going to use I would take my chances with that than a repaint just for it to get damaged again.



If you repaint now you have to worry about blending and if it is a custom color than good luck getting it to match dead on, than you have to worry about matching the orange peel since the majority of the time most painters do not wetsand all the peel out so that is another area you have to mess around with.





I got a 6" long scratch all the way down to bare metal on my camaro which is a show car from someone getting too close at a show with a pocket knife on his belt.:hmph: I repaired this the same way and you could never tell where it was unless you are looking at it under a 30X loupe at every angle possable.



Since it was a repaint you should have gotten atleast a little jar of the basecoat

(color) and the clear that they used on your truck. If you did indeed do this than it will be even easier to fix these scratches and the deeper the better when it comes to this. I will PM you tomorrow morning with the step by step on how to do it.



For all the doubters I will look for some pictures of before and after of cars I did in the past and I will show you the after first and lets see if you can tell where the "repaint" area was.



- LI 85

Why dont you simply tell us your process? :hm

 

[David Fermani]

You should take a trip down to Florida. I just appraised an 08 Jag S-Type(solid black) that was keyed on every panel. We paid close to $8000 for a complete repaint. You could have worked your "magic" and made the owner happy to retain their factory finish. Well, sort of....



Looking forward to seeing the pictures none the least. I doubt we'll be able to see anything though.

 

[Dubbin1]

Yes it's my dad's orignal truck. My dad is now 83 years old and we share the PickUp. I Spent Aot of money to restore this truck & the carelessness of my neighbor just pisses me off. My dad would probably not even know that those scratches are there.



I am the one who is a fanatic of the cars in the family. I did not even think of a repaint for such minute scratches. Even if i were to repaint it, it's a truck and it could get scratched again. Im being practical here even if that goes against an Autopian mindset!

Sounds like you did a heck of a job on the restore. How about some pictures showing that thing off?

 

[imported_detail1]

Sounds like you did a heck of a job on the restore. How about some pictures showing that thing off?

Here are some before and after pics: Alot of planning, time, patience, parts, money, etc.

Have not looked at these pics since January and I am not going to let anyone ride in it except my dad. It's just too much work. Im still not done- It's currently at a shop getting a Line-X spray bedliner. Then it will be back to the body shop to change some miscellaneous trim and pull the front and rear windows to replace leaking weatherstrip. Then back to Chevy to fix a backfire problem. Then to the alignment place to repalce 2 tires that have high spots. Then to the alarm shop. Over the summer, I will polish and wax the paint. Not sure if im going to wetsand. There r some tiny imperfections that could use wetsanding. Dont think that the Bodyshop wetsanded after it was cleared. It just never ends. I guess its better than spending over $40,000 for a new truck.



Frank

 

[Accumulator]

... It just never ends. I guess its better than spending over $40,000 for a new truck...

Hey, anyone with a checkbook (or a credit rating) can buy a new truck, that thing's special :xyxthumbs