Recent content by raulddan

You can go without doubt with 800 sandpaper, but wetsand. The plastic primer needs to be sprayed, left a couple of minutes(any producer has different times so be careful to read or ask this) and then you spray the clearcoat. Don't worry, the scratches left by 800 sandpaper will be leveled by the...

If its nothing on the roof and hood, they can be some sort of contamination ( brake oil, road contamination or even from exauhst) that its brought in the back of the car and because of the aero and the tailwind that its forming around the bumper to get there. This is my guess. What its strange...

Really strange. That doesn't look like rust spots to me, and its strange that only the part up of the panel is like that. Take a look at the roof and hood as I'm curious if there are spots there too.

As a painter I can say the exact thing another user told you already. As the time passes the shade will change BUT not only on that door, it will change on all body panels. As for the 90 days, this is true more or less, clearcoat (CC) needs minimum 45-60 days to fully cure down in depth but this...

Hi there. Any 2K (2 components) clear made for automotive industry works just as good. The hardener comes in a pack with the clear. Normally (here in Europe) sold as a pack 1000ml of clear and 5000ml of hardener, or 5000ml of clear with 2500ml of hardener but there are a lot of paint shops that...

In my experience as a painter I can say just this. You will never get the desired results and even more if you are a detailer and want to get everything as perfect as can be. Chips are very time consuming, I say this because usually there are more then 1. On the hood side, where you get chips...

You could try with something like this Adhesive Removal Disc | Edgetrim.com Its made of a very soft rubber but it will definitely do the job. If you don't want to buy something like this I suggest a "light" thinner that you can find on every paint store. This is a universal kind of thinner that...

Somebody said that the orange peel was a sign that the panel has lots of clear on it. This is sooooo wrong, it actually has less then 2 ful coats of clear. And now for the texture (orange peel) this is worse and worse as years pass just because (and you wouldn't think of it) the LAWS. Yes, LAWS...

You can: 1 - recoat after 48 hours with no problems at all. 2 - recoat after wetsanding even with 600 grid paper (I recommend 800, its how I'm doing). Hell, i've recoated after 240 dry sanding on DA with very few visible marks, this was on a test panel. You cant blend the clear on a panel that...

Wow, are those bubbles in the clearcoat ? Mu guess is that the clearcoat got burned somehow. It looks like massive/impossible solvent pop but it couldn't be because its localized. Maybe some engine failure caused high temperatures just below the hood. It could worth a try but I think that this...