roger1
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Yep, my beloved car that I spent so much time on giving it a show quality paint job a couple of years got hail damage on it. It was in my garage with the cover on it at the time too! I opened the door since it's an uninsulated metal garage and it was a 106 that day. There was absolutely now weather in the forecast for any kind of storm. However, as we were eating supper, it started blowing and hailing. I'd say 60 to 70 mph with quarter dollar sized hail blowing sideways. Too late to go run and close the garage door. I would have gotten bombarded and the garage is almost 200 ft behind the house.
The hail put a bunch of little holes in the cover and dinged the tailgate and the rear few feet of the p/s quarter panel. A bunch of them but only a few were deep at all. I marked them with green tape for the photos:
I have Grundy coverage on the car and have already given me the check ($1,202). They said due to the number of dents going PDR wouldn't have reduced the amount so it was written up as a conventional repair. I wouldn't have trusted a PDR guy to get perfection on this. Don't even know if it's possible to get a car correct with PDR on a color sanded and buffed finish that is as perfect a job I've ever done. The adjuster knew I was going to fix this myself. No problem with that.
So, bought a $140 PDR kit (glue type) to try and reduce the size dings so that they would block sand out without cutting through the paint and expose the primer. I figured if I could do that, it would make the repair easier. It took me the better part of 2 days but I was able to accomplish that. But, the paint is probably thin and I would like to apply a couple of coats to both panels. I blocked with 400 dry on long board just over the dinged areas. This SPI ss blocked just as easy as primer.
So now I'm getting to the part with questions. I'm figuring that the best thing to do is to paint the entire quarter and blend up into the sail panel. Is it agreed that this is what I should do? I've got 2 quarts of paint so plenty to put a couple of coats on both the quarter and tailgate. I will need to buy a fresh quart of hardener and a quart of blending solvent (which I have never used before).
Since this will be the first time I've blended any SPI product that has been cured, I'd appreciate any guidance and suggestions of best way to prep the panels before applying paint and best procedure for my blend area.
Thanks guys! (and gals if there are any here).
The hail put a bunch of little holes in the cover and dinged the tailgate and the rear few feet of the p/s quarter panel. A bunch of them but only a few were deep at all. I marked them with green tape for the photos:
I have Grundy coverage on the car and have already given me the check ($1,202). They said due to the number of dents going PDR wouldn't have reduced the amount so it was written up as a conventional repair. I wouldn't have trusted a PDR guy to get perfection on this. Don't even know if it's possible to get a car correct with PDR on a color sanded and buffed finish that is as perfect a job I've ever done. The adjuster knew I was going to fix this myself. No problem with that.
So, bought a $140 PDR kit (glue type) to try and reduce the size dings so that they would block sand out without cutting through the paint and expose the primer. I figured if I could do that, it would make the repair easier. It took me the better part of 2 days but I was able to accomplish that. But, the paint is probably thin and I would like to apply a couple of coats to both panels. I blocked with 400 dry on long board just over the dinged areas. This SPI ss blocked just as easy as primer.
So now I'm getting to the part with questions. I'm figuring that the best thing to do is to paint the entire quarter and blend up into the sail panel. Is it agreed that this is what I should do? I've got 2 quarts of paint so plenty to put a couple of coats on both the quarter and tailgate. I will need to buy a fresh quart of hardener and a quart of blending solvent (which I have never used before).
Since this will be the first time I've blended any SPI product that has been cured, I'd appreciate any guidance and suggestions of best way to prep the panels before applying paint and best procedure for my blend area.
Thanks guys! (and gals if there are any here).
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