View Full Version : Seeking advise. Green Metallic. Wetsanding?
bineabble
05-25-2006, 11:12 AM
This is a 96 Camry,
There are these chips all over the hood.
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/7350/car13bp.jpg
Then there are these little chips-to-be.
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/6374/car27xy.jpg
Some light scratches.
http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/1276/car39js.jpg
http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/2743/car42jw.jpg
bineabble
05-25-2006, 11:19 AM
Now, I`m tempted to fill in the chips, then wet sand the entire car, polish, wax, etc.
However, I got the impression (from reading posts) that with metallic colors you can`t wetsand.
Accumulator
05-25-2006, 03:12 PM
Is it single stage or basecoat/clearcoat? Sorry, I don`t know from `96 Toyotas.
Metallic *single stage* can be a weird, and fragile, paint. But metallic basecoat/clear isn`t weird at all.
I`m generally opposed to wetsanding scratches as I`d rather have thick, but imperfect paint. But it`s a great way to make touch-ups (like those chips) turn out nice. If it were mine, I`d touch up the worst of the chips, wetsand them so they`re pretty much level with the rest of the paint, and then polish the whole car. But I wouldn`t wetsand the whole car.
If you stick with 2-3,000 Unigrit sandpaper the sanding marks shouldn`t be that hard to get out. I`ve even done it by hand. But even with mild paper like that, you gotta be careful.
bineabble
05-25-2006, 03:54 PM
I`m not sure if its`s single stage or basecoat/clearcoat. Sorry. Thanks for your feedback!
wannafbody
05-25-2006, 04:17 PM
you might want to visit a CHIPS AWAY shop and get an estimate- that looks pretty bad
metal
05-25-2006, 06:42 PM
The scratches look like they`d come out with a medium or little more than that abrasive polish.
stilez
05-25-2006, 07:45 PM
Those chips are the beginning of paint failure.
Please PM me before you start painting and sanding.
Accumulator
05-26-2006, 09:18 AM
Honestly, if that were mine, and the chips bothered me, I`d just get it repainted. Every few years the front surfaces of my wife`s A8 get reshot when it looks too bad for her.
But I`m weird about chips, they generally don`t bug me the way other flaws do :nixweiss Heh heh, I`ve had some really chipped up panels that never caused any real problems, other than looking awful to everyone else. The to-the-metal chips on the Jag`s hood happened in August of `86- still there, no problems.
See what GSRStilez has to say, heh heh, I`m kinda curious myself!