Couple first-timer questions

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  • May 16, 2014 at 9:08 pm #46650

    My 2000 4runner sat under a tree for a year and a half and the sap destroyed my clear coat. It’s peeling off of the paint in a couple places and has a dull, flat look everywhere else(hood, top of car, top of fender flares)

    This truck is only used a couple times a year so I was thinking of giving it a paint job myself.

    I was wondering if I could just sand(400 grit) around the areas where the clear is peeling off to feather it in to the rest of the clear and then scuff pad the rest. Would I only need to prime over the area I sanded? Would everything need to be primed or will the paint stick to the scuffed-only areas as well?

    May 17, 2014 at 4:31 am #46654

    You would really only need to prime the areas you feathered out, not so much for adhesion as much as so you don’t end up with bullseyes/waves. Prime and block the feathered areas flat, as far as the rest of the job goes, base will stick to the sanded/scuffed areas just fine. Depending on the product, 400grit may be to aggressive for areas that are getting directly topcoated. I usually sand anywhere thats getting color with 600grit on a DA. and my blend/clear only areas with 800 on a DA. You can use a grey scuff on all of your edges/hard to get areas to degloss/scratch the surface.

    May 20, 2014 at 8:21 pm #46678

    Perfect, thanks! I’ll throw some pics up when I get done.

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