PLEASE tell me i dont need it painted!? (pics)
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PLEASE tell me i dont need it painted!? (pics)
right now im taking my time and detailing the truck and procrastinating to this section. i know its an eye sore and has been driving me crazy since i bought it. the previous owner put a ding in the paint pulling out the pump filler and did a quick "cover" up and this is what happened.
please tell me i can get this out without having to respray the bed panel. it has been sanded (cant tell what grit but looks kind of aggressive) primed and painted horribly.
what are your opinions?
please tell me i can get this out without having to respray the bed panel. it has been sanded (cant tell what grit but looks kind of aggressive) primed and painted horribly.
what are your opinions?
#2
remove the filler door, sand the whole area back down smooth to remove the tape lines from the "paint" job, mask a larger area off.
get some good quality touch up paint and have at it. do not spray all the way to your masking. you want to feather it out and pull away. this is called blending.
when you are done and it is dry gently wet sand the area smooth to remove any overspray you will get from the blending and polish it up. this will be your best "basic" method without having a bodyshop redo the whole panel.
get some good quality touch up paint and have at it. do not spray all the way to your masking. you want to feather it out and pull away. this is called blending.
when you are done and it is dry gently wet sand the area smooth to remove any overspray you will get from the blending and polish it up. this will be your best "basic" method without having a bodyshop redo the whole panel.
#3
sounds good. assuming a good buffing should blend it in nicely? i just dont want it to look cheap anymore. not trying to contradict myself but right now i cant afford the paint job so im looking for something to hold me off for a while. if it will turn out good then thats great. i just need to do something with this.
#4
i did something similiar in the past. as the above said, you have to blend it in or it could look pretty obvious. i got my paint from http://www.touchuppaintonline.com for around $20 shipped and it was a good match even on an old car. patience is the key when it comes to this stuff, so take your time when doing it. good luck
#5
I hate to pour water on your parade here, but I think you're going to be very disappointed with the results of any "rattle can" touch up effort. In the good old days with single stage paint, you had half a shot of a decent result - if you were really good. Today, with base coat / clear coat paint, your chances are virtually nill of making that look good.
So my reply would be that yes, you do need to repaint. Unfortunately, if you want it to look good, you'll have to go to a professional.
So my reply would be that yes, you do need to repaint. Unfortunately, if you want it to look good, you'll have to go to a professional.
#6
i would have to say that judging by the look of the pics he showed us my 9 year old can do a better job with her crayons than the scratched up mess with little coverage he has there.
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The first post is your best bet. I had a large corner of a front bumper lose all its paint, and using some paint from the touchup paint online place, i was able to blend in the corner of the bumper w/ rattle can paint to where you could not even tell it was rattle paint. The trick, is to put the rattle cans in hot water to warm the inside and use very light coats on the paint (And a REALLY good prep job). Then do the same with the clear-coat. Then buff and polish. If you take your time, you can do a really good job with rattle cans
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The first post is your best bet. I had a large corner of a front bumper lose all its paint, and using some paint from the touchup paint online place, i was able to blend in the corner of the bumper w/ rattle can paint to where you could not even tell it was rattle paint. The trick, is to put the rattle cans in hot water to warm the inside and use very light coats on the paint (And a REALLY good prep job). Then do the same with the clear-coat. Then buff and polish. If you take your time, you can do a really good job with rattle cans
Warms the paint, builds pressure, and seems like the paint flows better. Works as well today with rattle cans.
I agree, "papajohn" has the answer to what you want to do on youir budget.
Wonder if this is same "papajohn" as has that black T-bird?
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The second you start wet sanding that you are gonna have a primer line all the way around the "repair". I would bet that they ran the primer all the way to where the paint stops. Also you can't wet sand with anything less than 1000 and buff it out. And rattle can doesn't buff. The heat will just take it off. That's a repaint. I don't know where ludlow is, but i'm 45 minutes north of pittsburgh and would be willing to help out a fellow enthusiast.I paint for a living.
Last edited by stewy 39; 09-07-2010 at 09:05 PM.