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ncornilsen
Hi,
My nova got some SPI orange and SPI Black on my Nova over the weekend. I made the roof black, where the vinyl top would have been. It looks great! The orange covered the white sealer after 2 coats. 3 coats of universal clear was applied.
We did have a few issues.
Issue 1 - Black paint dust in the trunk key opening... under the clearcoat. Not sure how I missed this... but it's obvious. I tried finding a trim ring to hide it, but no dice.
Issue 2 - I pulled a piece of trash out of clearcoat #2, and it took some base with it. Very inconspicuous, but I'd like to fix it.
Issue 3 - runs! We got coat #1 on it, and it seemed like the clear started running a few minutes after the clear went down. Not sure why, maybe the activator was too slow for the temps? Anyway, I have alot of runs to deal with. I have some on almost every panel.
One particularly bad run has some wierdness, it almost looks like basecoat wrinkling, but I think I may have touched a leg or something here, and it kind of flowed out weird. It's hard to photograph, that orange is so vibrant! (second photo)
So, here's my plan.
-Use a razor blade with tape, or the putty method, to take the runs down. color sand all other trash or whatever out of the car, then I'll take it through the grit progressions figuring on buffing it. use 1500 grit for the overall sanding job for getting the nibs and such.
-Use 600 grit to sand the whole trunk lid and get the trash. Where that black paint is, I won't go through the clear... I'm just creating tooth for adhesion, Spot a little orange base to hide the black. Sand the rest of the trunk lid with 600, hit it with 2 (or 1? or 3?) coats of clear.
-Sand the quarter panel with the damage caused by removing the trash with 600. Spot some base where the damage was, 2 coats of clear.
-If I burn through anywhere chasing runs, I'll spot repair and re clear those panels.
I worry about putting more than 2 coats of clear on the areas I spot in base, as I don't want too much build... but will I be in trouble if I get a couple of runs at this point?
Should I just overall the car with 600, and put a couple coats of clear down on the whole thing? I have enough clear I can probably cover the car with 2 coats If I'm careful.
Thanks for your help!
-Nick
My nova got some SPI orange and SPI Black on my Nova over the weekend. I made the roof black, where the vinyl top would have been. It looks great! The orange covered the white sealer after 2 coats. 3 coats of universal clear was applied.
We did have a few issues.
Issue 1 - Black paint dust in the trunk key opening... under the clearcoat. Not sure how I missed this... but it's obvious. I tried finding a trim ring to hide it, but no dice.
Issue 2 - I pulled a piece of trash out of clearcoat #2, and it took some base with it. Very inconspicuous, but I'd like to fix it.
Issue 3 - runs! We got coat #1 on it, and it seemed like the clear started running a few minutes after the clear went down. Not sure why, maybe the activator was too slow for the temps? Anyway, I have alot of runs to deal with. I have some on almost every panel.
One particularly bad run has some wierdness, it almost looks like basecoat wrinkling, but I think I may have touched a leg or something here, and it kind of flowed out weird. It's hard to photograph, that orange is so vibrant! (second photo)
So, here's my plan.
-Use a razor blade with tape, or the putty method, to take the runs down. color sand all other trash or whatever out of the car, then I'll take it through the grit progressions figuring on buffing it. use 1500 grit for the overall sanding job for getting the nibs and such.
-Use 600 grit to sand the whole trunk lid and get the trash. Where that black paint is, I won't go through the clear... I'm just creating tooth for adhesion, Spot a little orange base to hide the black. Sand the rest of the trunk lid with 600, hit it with 2 (or 1? or 3?) coats of clear.
-Sand the quarter panel with the damage caused by removing the trash with 600. Spot some base where the damage was, 2 coats of clear.
-If I burn through anywhere chasing runs, I'll spot repair and re clear those panels.
I worry about putting more than 2 coats of clear on the areas I spot in base, as I don't want too much build... but will I be in trouble if I get a couple of runs at this point?
Should I just overall the car with 600, and put a couple coats of clear down on the whole thing? I have enough clear I can probably cover the car with 2 coats If I'm careful.
Thanks for your help!
-Nick