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Jun 26, 2020 11:53:23 GMT
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Afternoon all. Picked up some parts for the one the projects yesterday. Drove home and it seems a door and bonnet have been rubbing against each other. So so annoyed with myself and they were pretty tidy otherwise. My question is: Can I just gently rub down and re lacquer or am I going to have to repaint the whole thing? Thanks Bonnet Door
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Jun 26, 2020 12:32:28 GMT
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That has travelled through the lacquer - I'm afraid that you into fresh paint territory - they might improve slightly with a rub but not much
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Jun 26, 2020 13:02:25 GMT
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Thought so. Thanks for your swift opinion on this.
What would you do with it? Repaint the whole thing, rub down just the middle and paint?
Assuming your skills were a tenth of what they are.. š
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Jun 26, 2020 13:11:45 GMT
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And do I need to do anything to protect the bonnet if Iām going to leave that for the moment?
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cjj
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Jun 27, 2020 14:03:48 GMT
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You could 'fill' the lacquer in - you'd have a join of sorts, but the average person wouldn't detect it.
I've done it before with a lacquer touch-up brush, then flatted back. As I say, you get a tide mark, but one that a decent filler polish will completely mask.
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Jun 28, 2020 20:11:29 GMT
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Brilliant - thanks for that. Will have a go at that, have been reading up on how to do it by rubbing down the area and building up layers. Cheers
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cjj
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Jun 28, 2020 23:03:26 GMT
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Brilliant - thanks for that. Will have a go at that, have been reading up on how to do it by rubbing down the area and building up layers. Cheers Clearcoat is typically much thicker than base coat (especially in an aerosol) so you almost always get a join of some kind, but I have a tin of HB Body 777 that does a job for such things, although probably larger areas that I expect you'd have here. But yeah, I'd flat the panel off with 1200 grit or so, fill in the lacquer, leave it to cure (may take a few days depending on the weather) then flat that off and see if you can get the two areas to 'blend' when dulled/flatted. You'll no doubt end up with a halo of some sort but, as I say, unlikely to be that noticeable tbh
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