’09 Cobalt – light body damage *finished pics pg9*
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looks alright, but rather than polishing the bumper, it’ll probably be a lot quicker to sand it down with 800-1000 and reclear it. You might be able to get better results with your clear gun if you put it on a little wetter and/or try a slower reducer. You may also want to adjust your speed (slower) and gun distance (closer) and ensure your pressure is adequate.
Good luck!
That is something I’m tempted to do but I doubt I can lay it on good enough not to need sanding/buffing. If you were to reclear it, it’d save time, I’m sure. With my skill level I’m pretty sure it’d just waste time/material as I would more than likely have the same outcome.
I do get to paint the top of the hood on my next day off and I will apply your suggestions and see what happens. Thanks.
when you do clear your hood, try to find some scrap part or good masking paper you can use to fiddle with the settings a bit before you clear the hood. You may be able to dial it in better and get the results you want.
I don’t recommend changing things and going straight to painting the panel without at least making a few test passes first.
Good luck!
I was testing on the box the new hood came in. It’s just hard with this gun, seems like when I get it set were I want, it’s shooting differently a couple passes later. Not sure if it’s the gun or my mind effing with me.
Lets not get silly guys. It’s just a cobalt. That probably matches gm’s factory texture. No point glassing out half the car and leaving the other half with factory orange peel. No one is gonna care…it’s not gonna get you another dollar for the car.
It may only be a Cobalt, but it’s pretty much a new one. And the factory paint isn’t bad at all. Also, I’m more so doing this for my own satisfaction.
Anyway, I had about 30 minutes of light after I got off work today so I did a bit of sanding/buffing to see the color match.
On the driver side it’s really close but the passenger side is noticeably darker. I did run out of base when I was in the middle of spraying the second coat and quickly refilled the gun, probably didn’t mix it enough before reducing :cens
Driver side:
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Passenger side:
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Not sure if I should scuff the whole thing and blend the passenger side of the bumper when I spray the hood and blend the fenders. Any other options?
Bumper covers have been known to not match from the factory…just sayin…I’m not by any means saying dont do a good job. But it’s your car that your going to sell…not a customers car. Dont pull your hair out trying to turn it into a show car finish. It doesnt pay off. Pretty good is good enough. If it’s a customers car it’s a different story. Just my opinion anyways from a business point of view.
I completely understand what you’re saying. 100% I run a detailing business so I get it. I’m now venturing into painting(on my own stuff and friend/family vehicles) and I’m just looking to satisfy that personal goal. The diver side is off just barely, it’s closer than the match on the stock rear bumper but the passenger side is wayy too noticeable for my satisfaction. I know I can do better and I’ll give it another shot when I paint to top of the hood later this week.
Whitesnake is dead on and gave you good advice,don’t get carried away.Ok this is the best way to do a job like this in the future.Install your hood,scuff both fenders for blending and paint the bumper(off the car) the same time that you do the front end.When you blend color you want to kick color just over the tops of the fenders and front of the fenders where the bumper mounts.This will give you a smooth transition and there will be no miss match that needs to be touched up later. 😉
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
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I’m getting really annoyed now. FML.
Your fresh base ate into your bumper that you painted and cleared before right?
Correct. WHYYYYYYYY? :cens
cause you sanded through the clear on the edges and your basecoat wasnt hardened so the reducer softened the old base in the spots that were sanded through and that happened
and now you are saying to yourself, “its just a Colbalt. Should have left it” :compsmash
But it could be worse, You could be bloverby and it could be a bronco :deadhorse :whistle:So how would I avoid this? Did it need to be primed first?
And yes, I wish I just left it.
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