Can I blend panels already painted?
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I finished painting the front end of my Eclipse off the car, and after I re-assembled it I saw a horrid buttmatch between panels. I know I made a few mistakes
The color is R70, Patriot Red. A deep burgundy metallic, pretty transparent
I shot the fenders over black primer, but the bumper+lip over grey. The fenders look much darker and the bumper looks lighter than the hood.
So basically, can I cut the clear with a 1500 grit and try to blend in the panels to make a better match? My doors are lighter than the fenders, but the bumper is lighter than both. So I’m basically trying to blend 3 different hue’s… terrible
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[quote=”Nick” post=25088]I finished painting the front end of my Eclipse off the car, and after I re-assembled it I saw a horrid buttmatch between panels. I know I made a few mistakes
The color is R70, Patriot Red. A deep burgundy metallic, pretty transparent
I shot the fenders over black primer, but the bumper+lip over grey. The fenders look much darker and the bumper looks lighter than the hood.
So basically, can I cut the clear with a 1500 grit and try to blend in the panels to make a better match? My doors are lighter than the fenders, but the bumper is lighter than both. So I’m basically trying to blend 3 different hue’s… terrible[/quote]
I would scuff the parts to be blended with 1000g 1500g wet
then apply sealer to the panel edges and melt the sealer edges then base as normal then clear all panels
this is more DOI than fixing it propper
doing it propper i would use a sealer on the whole fender the blend sealer onto the door edges and the bumper allow to flash then base up the flenders blending colour into doors and bumper extending every coat then clear the full job
tommy
[quote=”turbo t” post=25129][quote=”Nick” post=25088]I finished painting the front end of my Eclipse off the car, and after I re-assembled it I saw a horrid buttmatch between panels. I know I made a few mistakes
The color is R70, Patriot Red. A deep burgundy metallic, pretty transparent
I shot the fenders over black primer, but the bumper+lip over grey. The fenders look much darker and the bumper looks lighter than the hood.
So basically, can I [url=http://homepainter.co.uk/]Painters and Decorators in London[/url] 1500 grit and try to blend in the panels to make a better match? My doors are lighter than the fenders, but the bumper is lighter than both. So I’m basically trying to blend 3 different hue’s… terrible[/quote]
I would scuff the parts to be blended with 1000g 1500g wet
then apply sealer to the panel edges and melt the sealer edges then base as normal then clear all panels
[url=http://www.lgcdecorators.co.uk/bromleypainters.html]Painters and Decorators in Bromley[/url]doing it propper i would use a sealer on the whole fender the blend sealer onto the door edges and the bumper allow to flash then base up the flenders blending colour into doors and bumper extending every coat then clear the full job
tommy[/quote]
Totally agree with turbo t
Sounds straightforward enough. I thought blender only melted clear into clear, I’ve never used it. What blender do you guys recommend?
use the same brand as your bc/cc.
Yeah no issue blending and painting already painted panels, over here in the uk we would prep with 1000 dry on a da.
what paint you used?
See if I can add it to the list of paint manufactuers whos metallic reds dont cover for s!^t, i always wet on wet with a red tinted primer with panels off the car if they are already primed with different coloured primer.Expresspaint.com
I never had this issue with the Dupont. Idk if the mix is just weak or what, but I laid a shitload of coats and couldn’t get it any darker. I think I’ll lay it over a darker primer to get it close when I re-shoot it so I’m not blending such a light coat into the existing paint.
Do you tint your own primer? My local shop said they couldn’t tint my primer for me.
I like using a primer close to the color I’m painting just to save on material. I always lay dark colors over dark primers and vice versa.
I did a couple small panels with an orange rattle-can primer once and they came great with the same crappy paint
We use Spies hecker spectroflex as a surfacer or sanding primer they consists of 6 already coloured primers which can be mixed on the scales to produce a multitude of colours. Some manufactuers primers can be tinted with a very small percentage of direct gloss to give it a bit of colour but add too much can affect the adhesion and corrosion properties of the primers.
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