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Old Aug 11, 2019 | 01:42 PM
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I painted my 68 last sunday, it went good however i got a bad run and water drop spot on the drivers quarter panel, the run was in the basecoat, i want to hit those bad spots with some base and re clear the whole panel, i think thats the best way to go from what ive read, however what grit should i wetsand the panel to for the base and clear to stick good and not show a ton of scratches?
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I start with 600 and finish with 800. Depending on what color the car is you may have to fade the paint out over most of the panel to get a good match.
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did you clear the panel after the base coat run?
If so
scuff the entire panel with a white scuff pad
sand your run down with a block and 600 / 800
re base it
re clear it
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the color is black, the run was in the base. and i did clear the panel.
would wet sanding the whole panel with 600, leveling the run, hit with 800 wet, spot base the bad spots and clear whole panel be fine?
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solid black should be fine
fade / blend / step your color out from the run
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