Think I messed up my first time wetsanding
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imported_Erik Mejia1
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I can't tell too clearly from these pics while viewing them on my phone, but it looks like you missed the touch-up and sanded through the panels paint. If that's the case you'll need to repaint.
Expensive lesson to be learned here.
Expensive lesson to be learned here.
Accumulator
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Agreed, another expensive wetsanding lesson :sadpace:
Well I was attempting to follow the guide on here written by Picus. When he was done wetsanding it appeared that the paint was ruined and it buffed out. I didnt think that I was going too hard but what do I know. So is it a definite through the clear? I didnt see any white on the paper besides what was coming from the chip.
togwt
The Old Grey Whistle Test
Correct wet-sanding takes a lot of experience and practice to perfect. This statement is not meant to question anything related to your detailing or paint re- finishing abilities just my opinion on the risks involved
There is a good reason many of us won't post How-to articles on wet-sanding paint
There is a good reason many of us won't post How-to articles on wet-sanding paint
imported_WhyteWizard
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For future reference - IMHO it's better to get a sword paintbrush - a pinstriping brush and just lay the paint into the scratch and leave it. I usually thin the touch up paint with about 20% more thinner to make it really wet then hit the scratch and let it dry down to even with the top surface. Lacquer tends to bubble under the top skin and sanding just reveals the bubbles so you have to go over it again anyway.
When something has to be done to a higher level than that I use two part paint - catalyzed and do the touch up then cut the excess off with a razor blade and polish. I don't wetsand touch ups because in order to hit just the touch up paint and not have the sandpaper bend around take too much off near the scratch you'd have to use a very hard block which would change the texture - orange peel - of the area and make it as visible as the scratch.
Robert
When something has to be done to a higher level than that I use two part paint - catalyzed and do the touch up then cut the excess off with a razor blade and polish. I don't wetsand touch ups because in order to hit just the touch up paint and not have the sandpaper bend around take too much off near the scratch you'd have to use a very hard block which would change the texture - orange peel - of the area and make it as visible as the scratch.
Robert
Dan
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The hood will definitely need to be repainted to fix it correctly. Hard to tell, but if its metallic black, adjacent panels may need blending as well, depends on your painter though. It is going to cost quite a bit to do it right.
Accumulator
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sfa500- That might be tricky to match...white's always tough and so are metallics. Let's hope your painter is good and that all goes well.
Barry Theal
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any good painter should be able to do that without any blending. Dust in that spot and reclar the enire panel. Very simple fix.
Accumulator
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Barry Theal said:
Around here good painters can be hard to find!
But yeah...thinking about it, they just re-basecoated a small area on my '93 Audi and then cleared the whole panel, and it turned out great. That was a dark blue metallic pearl that I sure didn't expect to match all that well.