Made a booboo... - Page 2

qwertydude · 07-13-08, 09:39

You should go and see if you have a commercial paint place near you. Then you can buy the 2 part urethane clear. The problem with most lacquer based paint is that you can't just let it completly dry and reapply more paint and/or clear later on, especially if you plan on thinning the paint. What'll happen is that the previous layers will krinkle on you as you apply fresh paint. So you have to do all your painting and clear at the same time. You only let the paint dry about 10 or so minutes between thin coats. Urethanes actually cure and crosslink making them solvent resistant. Touch up paint only dries by flashing off solvent put more paint or solvent on top and the paint and it expands and krinkles up. Trust me I've used spray paint to do entire fenders and you can't go back the next day, or even a couple hours later, and shoot another coat. If your touch up goes bad you've got to strip it and start over.

mc01ta · 07-14-08, 03:13

Just ordered laquer thinner, more touch up paint, and clear from dealer. I wasn't happy with how the current touch up looked and did not have clear to move forward.

My process will be remove current touch up. Apply a few layers of touch up then add 2-3 layers of clear. Then wetsand and polish.

Question that I have is it ok or recommended to lay a couple layers of clear down? The clear is in a bottle without a sprayer I think so I will have to use a toothpick and or a q-tip. Is this ok?

mc01ta · 07-14-08, 06:16

I bought clear from paintscratch.com with paint and thinner. How do I apply the clear.

ABQDetailer · 07-14-08, 06:37

Go to Harbor Freight and buy their cheapo airbrush and their chepo compressor. Or invest in a nice airbrush like a Badger or a Paasche. I have a Paache single action, Badger dual action, and a Badger Cyclone II compressor. Haven't used them on cars yet but they do great for modeling and should fill in nice for spot duty detaling jobs. As a matter of fact I'll be getting busy with them sometime next week to fix a few boo-boo's myself!

Legacy99 · 07-14-08, 06:53

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Originally Posted by mc01ta

Just ordered laquer thinner, more touch up paint, and clear from dealer. I wasn't happy with how the current touch up looked and did not have clear to move forward.

My process will be remove current touch up. Apply a few layers of touch up then add 2-3 layers of clear. Then wetsand and polish.

Question that I have is it ok or recommended to lay a couple layers of clear down? The clear is in a bottle without a sprayer I think so I will have to use a toothpick and or a q-tip. Is this ok?

Do you not have to wet sand the touch up before applying the clear? If you dont, wont you have an uneven surface of touch up? After sanding, polishing and sealing, is applying clear really necessary on such a small area?