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A little of topic but still painting. A guy brought over a truck that had been scratched quite bad with a key (I asked if he had any enemies?) I got the paint & clear coat and tried to airbrush them out. When buffing it out I got some small hallow's around where I sprayed. Any idea on how I can avoid that or remedy the situation? The only thing I can think of is to just paint the entire panel (tail gate or rear qtr panel).
Thanks for your responses.
-------------------- Brian Diver PDQ Signs Everett, Wa
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Back in the days I took classes in AutoBody we used to use a flash coat that would burn the new paint into the old one, a flash coat would be a mix of original paint with thinner mixture ration of about 2 parts paint and 4-5 parts thinner. but if this car has a clear coat on it and its the new paint thats out on the market I would suggest maybe trying on a peice of an old fender or something with the same type of paint on it, ( model of car) then try the flash method with the clear. I would feather edge the scratch and paint with orignal paint. the problem with these are its realy hard to not show a paint line. Flashing is realy the last coat of paint youw would use on color/clear , paint about 3 coats then flash the fourth on the color then the same 2-3 coats then flash with the last coat on the thinner. I would practice though. just go to a junk yard get a scratched up fender who cares about small dents just practing. the flashing method if done right will mix with the old paint and you wouldnt see the halo where you overlaped. afteer wards I would buff out the final again test these processes..
Benji
(dont mind the spelling errors)
-------------------- Benji McEntire Harrison Graphics/Signs of America Harrison, Arkansas 72601 signmaker@cox.com
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My suggestion is to put some sort of graphic over the scratches that will enhance the look of the truck and hide the scratches at the same time,do the same on the opposite side to make it match. Lots less effort involved and cant(more than likely)/wont come back to haunt you with shadows and other nightmares. I read something about this method once in signcraft magazine and thought it was probably the smartest and most cost effective way to repair such a thing.
my 2 cents
[ December 31, 2001: Message edited by: Harris Kohen ]
-------------------- Harris Kohen K-Man Pinstriping and Graphix Trenton, NJ "Showing the world that even I can strategically place the pigment where its got to go." Posts: 1739 | From: Trenton, NJ, USA | Registered: Jun 2001
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Better yet.... why is a sign shop trying to do body shop work?
Small scratches can be "pinstriped" with a fine brush to fill in the scratch, wet sanded and buffed out quite easily! BUT....when the paint has been "keyed".... nothing short of a complete panel is necessary!
[ January 01, 2002: Message edited by: Si Allen ]
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Bryan I have found that if I make sure to 600 or 1000 grit sand out the old finish past were I am going to finish applying the new paint tjhat when you rub it out it seems to blend in better.You can also mist coat a light amount of your clear thinned out to the edges of the new clear to melt it in like the person in your first message stated. This is a touchy problem and it takes a little experimenting to work out but it can be done. I try to apply a coat of clear to the whole panel that way you arn't playing with it and chasing the problem around and for the amount of time and paint its not worht it unless it is a large panel. I dojhave good luck with sanding it out past were i am finishiung the repare and it does blend in . TRY IT
-------------------- Raymond Van Overbeke JIL -GIG products 11438 19 Mile Rd.Sterling Hgts Mi. 48314 rayvan2@juno.com 810-739-5341 Posts: 4 | From: Sterling Hgts Mi | Registered: Nov 2001
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Theres many different ways to tackle that job. If it's a metalic color you probably wont be able to hide the halo effect using an airbrush because the metalic flakes wont get a chance to burry in the color like if you used a paint gun. If I was doing that job (without writing a whole book here), I'd sand the entire panel with 1000 grit or finer, blend the color with a paint gun and clear the whole panel.
If you just want to touch up the scratch, do what Si said, brush the paint into the scratch untill its just a little thicker than the rest of the paint and wetsand and buff it smooth. It will still show a little, but so will any other way unless you paint it like how i said above.
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