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Hello all! I’m a master cert auto tech. Have been at it for over 15 years but I don’t know the first thing about body work. Looking forward to getting the equipment and knowledge together to do some paint work on my car. It’s in decent shape overall but has clear coat peeling issues. Any advise on starting out would be much appreciated.
-Shawn
Welcome to the site,maybe tell us first what you are planning to do on your car and we can give you specific advice.
:spraywelc:First of all :welc , can you put some piccies up so we can see what you are up against.
As a first advice , if you have clearcoat peeling , sand the whole panel down to at least the base coat layer , not just feather edge it were it is peeling because that clearcoat is not coming off for no reason.
Sanding the panel down to the primer coat is in my opinion better as you take away possible problems in the base coat too.
Then seal it and paint it………..Good luck
Thanks guys! The only part I have down so far is the compressor so I’m literally starting from scratch. Since the clear coat peeling is worst on the trunk lid I figured its a good small panel to experiment with before I move on to the reset of the car. Just trying to gather as much info to help shorten the learning curve/ minimize mistakes. I’ll take some pictures of the trunk lid and post them up later today. I figure even if I screw it up on the first try it will still look better than it does now.
-Shawn
Here’s a pic
Looking at the pic. i would say that the peeling is all over the panel so i would sand it down to the primer coat or to the metal , than put a sealer on it followed by a couple of coats of high build primer , then paint.
It looks like this is not a metalic so that would be easy.
Start to sand with 80grid on a DA to take the clear and base coat off , than remove the 80 scratches with 150 or 180 , seal and primer , sand primer flat with 320grid and finnish off with 500grid on a DA and you are ready for paint.
If you want to see a bit more more about the process you could have a look on:
Refinish networks youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCywKecHrSNa5bnSLc8IBrvg
or
Butler Collision http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzA2PE7vg9R_ebLiBSjCxEw
or
PPG http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58bik4JqPg4
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