I had my 82 painted a week ago and the painter layed the primer/basecoat/clearcoat thick at the edges where the headlight sits inside the fender. I got it home and went to lift the headlight bucket up and it peeled back the edge of the opening.

I have to take my vette back to have it buffed and told the painter about the damage, he said it must have been where the paint had thickened up at the edges (duh, I knew that) and would fix it. It's pretty thick in that area...I regret not removing the headlights now.

I've since removed the headlight to give him better access to fixing the damage when I take it back, the sad thing is that I had left my doors the same day because he missed everal spots on the inside of the doors that can be seen when you open them......it took him a week to put paint in his gun and finish that. The only thing I'm afraid of is that I paid him for the job when I picked my car up last week and now i have a funny feeling he will drag his **** to fix/buff my car......I mean why get in a hurry now?



Now to my question and the whole reason of this thread......can he repair this area by sanding down the chips, repriming, feathering out and repspraying just that area about four inches out and blending it?
Since the paint is only a week old and it's a non-mettalic basecoat / clearcoat paint? I've seen where painters have "faded" or "blended" paint on large body panels before.

Or will the whole front cap need to be resprayed?

 

Sice he used base/ clear blending will be easy. The chips will be feathered out. Then dependig on the thickness of the paint the will be primed or puttied then primed. When this area is blocked he will spray base only where the primer is. Then, the whole panel will be cleared.

 

i had couple spots that were kinda like that.....no biggie

 

Not a difficult repair, and they will probably blend it which should not be a problem with appearance. If the rest of the paint job looks good to you, then you should also be satisfied with their repair.

 

As bondoboy said he will have to clear the entire panel which will be the entire front end. Do not let your painter blend the clear or it will show at some point in time.

 

i blended mine myself. soon as I get it buffed i can show a picture of it. look s good right now and I didn't clear the whole panel. I had the same problem you did except mine was because the bolt backed out over the last 6 months. i feathered out the clear and then color sanded. I'm doing single stage paint but the effect should be the same.