I am taking deep breaths and trying not to yell right now. I have been compounding the body on my beetle project. I was literally 1 min from being done on the last quarter and I let my attention slip. I went to shift position and let the mini buffer glance across this surface. I wiped it down with 700 to see if it went to base and it did not, as no color came up on my towel. I can distinctly feel this depression and it wont sand out without standing out in this area and Id be afraid of breaking though the clear around it if I tried. What is the best approach to repairing this goof?
Buffer rash. Advice on fixing.
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Lizer
Mad Scientist
I'll be interested to see the responses on this one. Ouch! Is 700 supposed to lift basecoat? I know you're not supposed to use it on base, but didn't know it could be a test. If you can feel the depression I don't know how it couldn't have gone to base if it were that deep. I don't know how you could fix that without putting more clear on it. Will be curious to see what the pro's say.
'68 Coronet R/T
Oldtimer
Did you activate your base coat. If so, the 700 may not lift it.
Personally, I only use 710 once the painting starts.
Like Lizer said, you may need to scuff the panel, shoot a little clear coat over the burn through, then a slightly bigger coat over that and if things are looking good, shoot another coat or two over the entire panel.
Personally, I only use 710 once the painting starts.
Like Lizer said, you may need to scuff the panel, shoot a little clear coat over the burn through, then a slightly bigger coat over that and if things are looking good, shoot another coat or two over the entire panel.
No I havent sanded, I wanted to get opinions before doing anything
I just tried to do some compound on a yellow foam. It shined up but had scratch in it and looked bad. I then smoothed it out a bit with 2000 then 2500 and did it again and now I can see right in the middle that base was hit. It was hit initially because I noticed a tiny bit of color on the foam right after my first compound attempt. So to get this fixed right and unnoticeable do I need to do two coats of base over scuffed quarter, Then reclear like 68 says to build a little clear in the area? How far out should I take base? Or is there a more limited repair I can do besides the whole quarter to a clean tape line? I dont have enough clear left to do three coats on the whole quarter and would need to order more is why I am seeing if there is a smaller scope of repair that would work.
MP&C
Member
I don't think you'll ever get that wiggle out of the finish without filling in that valley. I'd wet sand the area to about 1200, apply a couple coats of clear with a wide striping brush (as needed to fill the valley) Observe flash times and come back in about 3-5 days and block/buff. It may work, it may need to be sanded out and spot repair base and clear. But your clear is about fresh enough (and still inside) that it may just work and save the more labor-intensive repair.
Its been inside awhile while I was sanding. But to be clear the clear is about two months from spray and got 4-5 days in the sun. I'm inclined to try this and see. If it doesnt work Im am down for a larger repair anyway so nothing to loose right? When you say "wide striping brush" are you just talking about an artist painting brush like this?
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