Single stage paint repair

[willyjwillys]

I went through the process of stripping, primer, topcoat, but damaged a two inch area on fender. I sanded the area, used a little filler, but now have a two inch repair area surrounded by an inch of bare metal on an otherwise nice newly painted fender. What is the process from here? I really did not want to strip the entire fender. I assume the entire fender gets recoated? Epoxy prime the repaired area, sand entire fender with 400?

[BadChevy350]

If its Base/Clear, you can wetsand the entire panel with 1200 or 1000 grit, Epoxy Prime the repaired area, let it dry, then wetsand the Epoxy Primer with 600 until smooth, wash the panel and let dry, final wash it, then blow some color over the Epoxy Primed area until the color is blended, then reclear the whole panel and you should be good to go... Hope this helps

[willyjwillys]

It's not BC/CC, it's Single Stage... So what's the procedure??

[Len]

With single stage you would scuff the entire fender with 400/600, prime the repair area, scuff the primer then paint the entire fender. This is much easier than trying to spot and blend the single stage.

[willyjwillys]

Thanks Len, Is it ok to topcoat just the primed repair area a couple coats and then coat the entire panel? Would the dry edges around the repair area affect final topcoat? I know it will take three coats to cover the primed area and was trying to avoid placing three more coats on the entire panel. Guess this is why bc/cc is better concerning repairs.