Top edge of wing/fender didn’t get enough base
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Well only after fitting the wing/fender to a car i painted when i brought it out into the sun light the edge of the wing where it meets the bonnet/hood didn’t get full coverage. it’s a very small area but it’s noticeable. is there anything i can do to fix it without recolouring it and clearing the whole panel??
[quote=”johnmaloney88″ post=31217]didn’t get full coverage. [/quote]
Your answer is in that statement.well i’ve based over the edge to cover it. i’m wondering will i have to clear the whole panel?
Put a pinstripe on it and reprint down to the stripe.
Probably just as handy to do so you could do a blend on a swage line with fade out but if you never done it b4 best to just re clear whole panel.
It is possible to do localised repair probably even easier to get really good blend on your fresh clear from before using fade out and let go rock hard before you polish the blend but I think there is nack to it and is best practiced on other older cars/vans.
That’s a rather retro solution bill lol been there done that on old cars heading to auction back in the day :whistle:
cheers for the replies guys, i recleared the whole panel, and to say i’m happy is an understatement! after such a terrible finish before, this is a big improvement. changed to the 1.3 tip, used a slower hardener and layed on the clear a lot heavier
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[IMG]http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k299/johnmaloney88/2013-03-23145228_zps254bc27a.jpg[/IMG]Looks good!
Looks like turned out real nice John.
Practice makes perfect.
Hey mate good on you. Your a fast learner and take on board what people tell you. Doing that will help you so far in life and the trade :rock
3m sun gun is a good investment, you can check your coverage in the booth. Everybody’s done it don’t feel bad.
[quote=”murray34″ post=31236]3m sun gun is a good investment, you can check your coverage in the booth. Everybody’s done it don’t feel bad.[/quote] :agree The best way to use it is with the booth lights off. I don’t know how many times it has saved me. 😉
Hey we’ve all been chatting bout the 3m sun gun. If you go on my thread (fixing the both) there’s links and ideas on the 3m sungun. Ideas on how to make a home made on it buying one for £65 and not £400. Through you might want to look at it as I’m making one know as my boss won’t buy one for the painters 🙂
[quote=”rikka23″ post=31239]Hey we’ve all been chatting bout the 3m sun gun. If you go on my thread (fixing the both) there’s links and ideas on the 3m sungun. Ideas on how to make a home made on it buying one for £65 and not £400. Through you might want to look at it as I’m making one know as my boss won’t buy one for the painters :)[/quote]
ya i put up the link for u. the guy i worked with before was just after spending big dollar on a 3m one and then i told him u could build one for peanuts! but ya i think the cheap one would be a great investment. i’m also gonna change all my bulbs for daylight coloured ones.
INFRATECH makes a very good sun gun.you plug it in so you dont have to spend big money to replace the batteries .they run about 200 bucks
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