1995 v8 rx7 paint and bodywork

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  • Prem
    October 25, 2011 at 5:46 am #33783

    Guys i just painted this car, i did the bodywork and paint but the code the customer gave me turned out to be too light/orangish for him, he is paying me to redo and spray it with a new color code which is a little bid darker red. The paint was sprayed last wed about a week ago what is the best way to handle this as ive never painted a car , and had to repaint it again.

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    mike
    October 25, 2011 at 5:50 am #33784

    if you painted it a week ago it should be sufficiently dry by now …sand it with 600, let it sit overnight with s little air movement to finish evaporating the solvents and then re-mask it and respray it.

    That looks like an excellent finish on it BTW

    Mike K

    Prem
    October 25, 2011 at 5:59 am #33785

    would too much film build be a problem in this case? if so should i said all the way to base color or just blocking the clear and reshooting the base be good enough?

    mike
    October 25, 2011 at 6:15 am #33786

    depends on how much paint is on the surface now. 12 mils is max if your at 12 get your sander out… but it all depends on how many paint jobs are under there now. Too much material can make for easy and large stone chips or no door gaps and brittle edges and paint in general :compsmash

    If you are going to sand and respray, only sand the clearcoat try not to burn through clear is a good base material to work with.

    Mike K

    Jayson Munro
    October 25, 2011 at 9:16 am #33787

    You could do it wet with 600 or dry on a finishing palm sander and an interface pad.Put some 1/2 inch tape over every panel gap to protect the edges,then use a gray scotch brite pad on your edges.All you need to do is give it a quick sand to knock the shine off,no need to burn thru.

    nick
    October 25, 2011 at 1:21 pm #33788

    yes good flat off and let it sit for a day or so

    You want to do your best not to break through the newly painted surface, or you may then be opening yourself up to problems

    Nelson Hays
    October 27, 2011 at 12:24 pm #33817

    Looks great! it is pretty orange for my taste too, but I have horrible taste :dnc

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