CoronetRob
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Hello all.
I’ve been working on a 1971 Dodge Dart for a couple years.
I have it in SPI universal clear, and wet sanded and polished it last fall. It came out pretty good, but I had an area on the passenger quarter that was bothering me. I had a small area that I didn’t do a good enough job on the body work and it had a very slight wave. Very subtle, but it would wave at me from certain angles and was driving me nuts.
today, I made the decision that I couldn’t live with it.
I went out and started blocking it with some 600 wet. Using a light at an angle, I believe I have it worked out. I can follow the reflection and it is nice and linear throughout the panel.
unfortunately, I broke through the clear in a couple areas. I kind of figured this would happen, but I had to flatten the panel.
i have DuPont chromabase in Mopar B3 blue under the universal clear. I have a half quart left from when I shot the car.
I know I need to blend in some base before I reclear the area.
A couple questions, please:
-I’m assuming even though I have the paint that I shot last fall, I will need to do a blend technique, as this color is difficult and I’m in the last 1/2 quart of a gallon.
Should I try a wet bed technique, or just do a couple light coats in the area I broke through to the base?
- I’m assuming I need to take the entire quarter to 1500 and then re-clear the entire panel. Should I soft mask the quarter at the top hard line, or take the clear to the trunk rail and blend the clear in the c pillar?
- is 1500 what I want under my base blend and re-clear?
Here’s a couple pics of where I broke through.
thanks a million for any help. I’m a frequent lurker, but don’t post much.
Rob
I’ve been working on a 1971 Dodge Dart for a couple years.
I have it in SPI universal clear, and wet sanded and polished it last fall. It came out pretty good, but I had an area on the passenger quarter that was bothering me. I had a small area that I didn’t do a good enough job on the body work and it had a very slight wave. Very subtle, but it would wave at me from certain angles and was driving me nuts.
today, I made the decision that I couldn’t live with it.
I went out and started blocking it with some 600 wet. Using a light at an angle, I believe I have it worked out. I can follow the reflection and it is nice and linear throughout the panel.
unfortunately, I broke through the clear in a couple areas. I kind of figured this would happen, but I had to flatten the panel.
i have DuPont chromabase in Mopar B3 blue under the universal clear. I have a half quart left from when I shot the car.
I know I need to blend in some base before I reclear the area.
A couple questions, please:
-I’m assuming even though I have the paint that I shot last fall, I will need to do a blend technique, as this color is difficult and I’m in the last 1/2 quart of a gallon.
Should I try a wet bed technique, or just do a couple light coats in the area I broke through to the base?
- I’m assuming I need to take the entire quarter to 1500 and then re-clear the entire panel. Should I soft mask the quarter at the top hard line, or take the clear to the trunk rail and blend the clear in the c pillar?
- is 1500 what I want under my base blend and re-clear?
Here’s a couple pics of where I broke through.
thanks a million for any help. I’m a frequent lurker, but don’t post much.
Rob