Sanded clear coat reveals small dents

'68 Coronet R/T

'68 Coronet R/T

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I was wet sanding the dash on the 55 chevy truck I am working on getting it ready for fresh paint.
There is only one paint job on it that is about 6 years old and has never been outside so I planned to scuff it up with 600 and shoot my paint and clear.
The thing is I noticed a couple of very small dents in the top of the dash board and now it is bothering me. Can I simply apply a glazing compound or filler over the sanded clear and feather it into the surrounding clear or will I need to take this down to metal?
 
Taking down to metal to fill small dents is something you had to do for cheap body fillers such as auto parts store bondo to make them stick.
Any good quality 2 part glaze or poly filler will be fine . Hand sand a little courser in areas to be filled, I'd probably do 120 to 180 grit. If I had to buy new filler for just a few small spots, something fine like evercoat metal glaze may be my first choice, but any other decent enough filler choice is fine. You could just spot prime the dented areas, but if you're going for higher quality, you may want to prime & block sand the entire dash, which may reveal other imperfections.
 
Thanks. I already have metal glaze on hand. The dents are very tiny and really only visible at the right angle and lighting conditions. The rest of the dash has already been sanded and looks great.
 
A little poly putty will fix that right up, but sometimes you have to be careful, some paints are more soluble than others. I would suggest heat and longer than normal cure times when applying poly putty over any refinish material. Even epoxy is not immune to being softened by putty when it's too fresh.
 
It will be setting for a few days before I get around to spraying it.
And we are talking next to nothing for depth. Probably could have floated it out with clear.
 
Being picky are we??? You're on the right site to be picky.:cool: 2nd rate sucks.
At 6 years old, the refinish shouldn't be too sensitive. For that minor amount , turbo primer or sprayable poly primer could also work just as well.
 
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