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Seeking advise. Green Metallic. Wetsanding?
- Thread starter bineabble
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Accumulator
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Is it single stage or basecoat/clearcoat? Sorry, I don't know from '96 Toyotas.
Metallic *single stage* can be a weird, and fragile, paint. But metallic basecoat/clear isn't weird at all.
I'm generally opposed to wetsanding scratches as I'd rather have thick, but imperfect paint. But it's a great way to make touch-ups (like those chips) turn out nice. If it were mine, I'd touch up the worst of the chips, wetsand them so they're pretty much level with the rest of the paint, and then polish the whole car. But I wouldn't wetsand the whole car.
If you stick with 2-3,000 Unigrit sandpaper the sanding marks shouldn't be that hard to get out. I've even done it by hand. But even with mild paper like that, you gotta be careful.
Metallic *single stage* can be a weird, and fragile, paint. But metallic basecoat/clear isn't weird at all.
I'm generally opposed to wetsanding scratches as I'd rather have thick, but imperfect paint. But it's a great way to make touch-ups (like those chips) turn out nice. If it were mine, I'd touch up the worst of the chips, wetsand them so they're pretty much level with the rest of the paint, and then polish the whole car. But I wouldn't wetsand the whole car.
If you stick with 2-3,000 Unigrit sandpaper the sanding marks shouldn't be that hard to get out. I've even done it by hand. But even with mild paper like that, you gotta be careful.
wannafbody
wannafbody
you might want to visit a CHIPS AWAY shop and get an estimate- that looks pretty bad
Accumulator
Well-known member
Honestly, if that were mine, and the chips bothered me, I'd just get it repainted. Every few years the front surfaces of my wife's A8 get reshot when it looks too bad for her.
But I'm weird about chips, they generally don't bug me the way other flaws do :nixweiss Heh heh, I've had some really chipped up panels that never caused any real problems, other than looking awful to everyone else. The to-the-metal chips on the Jag's hood happened in August of '86- still there, no problems.
See what GSRStilez has to say, heh heh, I'm kinda curious myself!
But I'm weird about chips, they generally don't bug me the way other flaws do :nixweiss Heh heh, I've had some really chipped up panels that never caused any real problems, other than looking awful to everyone else. The to-the-metal chips on the Jag's hood happened in August of '86- still there, no problems.
See what GSRStilez has to say, heh heh, I'm kinda curious myself!