Damaged lower fender, trying to to a spot repair
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Hi guys, found this forum through a youtube video, thought id join and share and hopefully get some advice on my repair.
i have been watching videos on youtube how to blend base, and tried to find some clear blending vids, but i heard that blending clear is a bad idea and you always want to clear a full panels, or full roof or full quarter or full door or bumper, never to try to blend because when you buff it out, it will burn that clear edge that you tried to blend with the old clear ???
well here is my situation, i hit a bottom of my fender, and on there i have fender flare with a skirt that was put on with adhesive and then molded to the fender. I separated it enough to put it back on adhesive again, and then the edge Edge i cleared from old filler, and roughed up area with a 60-80 in order to fill the gap with fiber tech. after fiber tech i filled it with body filler and smooth it out. then i put a few coats of primer on there and called it done for now.
since my fender is already color sanded and buffer, Id hate to repaint the whole fender again, and Im trying to get enough confidence to blend the base, and then blend the clear, what can you guys suggest?
my plan was to sand the primer area with around 600-800 and then blend the base. Let it dry and base and old clear with 1500 and then blend the clear in, do you guys think this is duable with such major repair ?
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id replace that fender and blend the new one in to the adjacent panels
[quote=”MoCoke” post=17636]id replace that fender and blend the new one in to the adjacent panels[/quote]
i dont think you would replace the fender trust me
sand the whole fender 600 -800 grit, sand primer with 400, ……apply orientation coat (clear base) to entire fender , , base over just your spot till covered and flip out a couple blend coats of color and clear entire fender.:pcorn:
Clear the whole thing.
IMO blending clear should always only be a last resort.
Might seem like it would be less work, but you’re mistaken.It looks like the paint or fiberglass is shattered at the bottom of the ground effect? Also looks like the door has been nicked with sandpaper? No?
Blend the fender into the door, clear the fender and door.
My only question is why was the moulding “molded” to the fender? Thats just asking for a world of trouble…
[quote=”Ben” post=17656]My only question is why was the moulding “molded” to the fender? Thats just asking for a world of trouble…[/quote]
I agree with ben … looks like some one beat you too that and now your forced to deal with it :kofee
i would :wak
[quote=”Ben” post=17656]My only question is why was the moulding “molded” to the fender? Thats just asking for a world of trouble…[/quote] its the only was it could have been installed
why mix clear with base and then base over that?
hey ben i was thinking the same thing. why is he molding the fender:pcorn:
No one wants you to mix clear and base. Stone said to spray a coat of clear(base) down for an orientation coat then base(color) over the damaged area then clear the panel.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but if thats the only way to mount that moulding to the fender you will be doing this same job over and over again.sure it looks nicer being one whole piece but you got to account for flex of the pieces.
And are you going to fix all the spider cracks in the moulding ? and the damage to the door ?
[/quote] why mix clear with base and then base over that?[/quote]
I have a clear tinter in my base system I use as orientation coat …. most systems have similar :pcorn:
I would shoot the clear base as an orientation coat as stone said so when you blend your metallics lay down correctly and then re-clear the entire fender but then with that color silver you are not going to have a match with the door. The extra coat of clear that will be on the fender is going to make it appear darker… Either way, I wouldn’t attempt a clear blend if you have never tried before. Good luck!
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