DaveC.
05-15-2007, 09:10 PM
Hi out there, I'm DaveC., and I have been lurking on this message board for several months now, getting a lot of good information. There are a bunch of experienced people here, and it's a great board.
Here is a dillema that I am involved in, and am seeking input.
Chips in a black base/clearcoat paint. Paint is fresh - 6 months old. At first, my plan was to carefully mask around the chips, fill the chips, black base/clear. Sand level to undamaged area, buff, and be finished.
That didn't go so well, as the chips -about the size of a dime each - grew larger when sanded, as it appear to have 'pushed up' the area outside the chips, to a small degree. So, I just decided to level it with a good sanding of 600, base the area with black base - keeping it as confined to the actual damaged area as possible, and then follow with a clear coat slightly larger in area than the black base.
I tried using a House of Kolor urethane pinstripe black as the base, Dupont HC 7776S multi-mix snap dry clear coat.
The black HOK doesn't match the black on the car, which is true dark black.
First Question - Without knowing what the black on the car actually is, what would be a good recommendation for a 'true' black basecoat? It is supposed to be a Dupont base, but not sure of the actual black color code.
Second Question - I have read with much interest the issues of blending a spot clear repair, and the seemingly impossible task that it is to be able to spot in a clear without having a noticeable blend line.
With that understood, does anyone have any suggestions of a method and a clear that might work pretty good? It would be great to have this perfect, but I don't think it is possible from what I have read - you will always have a 'blend line'. I am open to any thoughts and experiences.
I suspect that the HC 7776S is not going to give me the best blend, being a 4:1 2 part clear, that does not 'attack' the existing clear with reducer. Is this a valid thought, or am I full of baloney?
I also realize that I should clear the entire panel to get the best result, but I am hesitating to go that far. It's on the very edge of a front fender, over the headlight, on a '69 Charger. A very nice black Charger...... that is driving me crazy....
Thanks to anyone and everyone with input on my problems. I know experience is what I need, and I am certainly gaining it with every situation like this one!
Thanks!
- DaveC.
Here is a dillema that I am involved in, and am seeking input.
Chips in a black base/clearcoat paint. Paint is fresh - 6 months old. At first, my plan was to carefully mask around the chips, fill the chips, black base/clear. Sand level to undamaged area, buff, and be finished.
That didn't go so well, as the chips -about the size of a dime each - grew larger when sanded, as it appear to have 'pushed up' the area outside the chips, to a small degree. So, I just decided to level it with a good sanding of 600, base the area with black base - keeping it as confined to the actual damaged area as possible, and then follow with a clear coat slightly larger in area than the black base.
I tried using a House of Kolor urethane pinstripe black as the base, Dupont HC 7776S multi-mix snap dry clear coat.
The black HOK doesn't match the black on the car, which is true dark black.
First Question - Without knowing what the black on the car actually is, what would be a good recommendation for a 'true' black basecoat? It is supposed to be a Dupont base, but not sure of the actual black color code.
Second Question - I have read with much interest the issues of blending a spot clear repair, and the seemingly impossible task that it is to be able to spot in a clear without having a noticeable blend line.
With that understood, does anyone have any suggestions of a method and a clear that might work pretty good? It would be great to have this perfect, but I don't think it is possible from what I have read - you will always have a 'blend line'. I am open to any thoughts and experiences.
I suspect that the HC 7776S is not going to give me the best blend, being a 4:1 2 part clear, that does not 'attack' the existing clear with reducer. Is this a valid thought, or am I full of baloney?
I also realize that I should clear the entire panel to get the best result, but I am hesitating to go that far. It's on the very edge of a front fender, over the headlight, on a '69 Charger. A very nice black Charger...... that is driving me crazy....
Thanks to anyone and everyone with input on my problems. I know experience is what I need, and I am certainly gaining it with every situation like this one!
Thanks!
- DaveC.