Desperate for information on Spray Can Pint touch up

Alibro · Jun 6, 2017

wammers said:
Does not need flatting wet before colour coat. Last coat of primer should just be de nibbed dry and de dusted lightly with tack rag to give a grippy surface for first coat of finish then colour coat applied

When you say de nibbed I presume you mean taking off any high bits. How do you normally do it? I've done it several ways but the best finish I ever got was by wet sanding with either 1200 or 2000 grit (can't remember which, then top coat, then wet sanding again very lightly before lacquer. I think I've also tried scotch pads which worked pretty well.

Alan Crossley · Jun 6, 2017

Magicgrotto said:
Stick a picy up Alan so we can see wot's append !

I'll need to get the camera or phone and be back in a while

Alan Crossley · Jun 6, 2017

Now Mr Magicgrotto, I hope that you can see what i am talking about from these images.

Alan Crossley · Jun 6, 2017

This is an "on the hoof" project and, as you can see from the second image, the paint work is not the best anyway but it's frustrating when you do the work and the outcome is so poor.

I spoke to a rep. from the paint supplier and he thinks that the thinners in the paint might have "broken through" to the primer and/or the original fibreglass gel-coat, and that is what is likely to have caused the problem. I have used the same products on steel and not had any problems. The other thing that you can see, is that some areas of the paint look okay.

His suggestion was to use a better quality two pack primer and a two pack paint. Unfortunately, I don't have a compressor and the two pack primer is harder to get here in Ireland. I suspect that my only sensible course of actin is to sand down the whole surface and take it back to the local body shop and let them sort it out. They quoted me €150.00 which i suspect is a reasonable price for a reasonable job.

Alibro · Jun 6, 2017

Alan Crossley said:
This is an "on the hoof" project and, as you can see from the second image, the paint work is not the best anyway but it's frustrating when you do the work and the outcome is so poor.

I spoke to a rep. from the paint supplier and he thinks that the thinners in the paint might have "broken through" to the primer and/or the original fibreglass gel-coat, and that is what is likely to have caused the problem. I have used the same products on steel and not had any problems. The other thing that you can see, is that some areas of the paint look okay.

His suggestion was to use a better quality two pack primer and a two pack paint. Unfortunately, I don't have a compressor and the two pack primer is harder to get here in Ireland. I suspect that my only sensible course of actin is to sand down the whole surface and take it back to the local body shop and let them sort it out. They quoted me €150.00 which i suspect is a reasonable price for a reasonable job.

Shame it didn't work for you. 150 euro doesn't sound too bad if they do a good job.

Alan Crossley · Jun 6, 2017

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Alibro said:
Shame it didn't work for you. 150 euro doesn't sound too bad if they do a good job.

€150 is very cheep, when compared to the job that i did, which cost me €36 in materials, lots and lots of elbow grease, and not to mention the hand cream, which helps maintain my hands, as soft and youthful for longer, as my hands are always exposed to other potential damaging factors.

Didn't I say not to mention the hand cream?

I'm in touch with my female side. At my age, it's the only female anything i get to touch

Next time I'll go for a Free Lander

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