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Paint guys, I have another question..... #373520
07/12/09 10:42 PM
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Well it looks like I have to re-clear the roof of my Barracuda. Long story short, the "friend" I had helping me wetsand, accidently wetsanded my roof with 400 grit. The sand scratches wont come out and even went through to the base in a tiny little spot. The car has Nason 497-00 clear (not the best, but its not a show car). Anyway, can the Nason clear be blended so I can just shoot the roof and wetsand it all and not be noticable? Otherwise, I have to shoot the roof, quarters, cowl and rockers. Basically everything thats not seperated by trim. A few people are telling me it can be blended, and just to thin the clear a little bit, and make sure the surrounding area is wetsanded before shooting...so it can be all resanded to get it to blend. Anybody have any input? Im hoping to shoot this on Wedensday.


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Re: Paint guys, I have another question..... [Re: 69L78Nova] #373521
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Simple, The answer is yes. Your friends are right. First clean all the area with wax and grease remover even if its new clear. Usually on a roof the blend can be on the rear pillars. Scuff the entire area with 600 that you want to clear. Scuff the areas to blend with 1000. They make a blending material you can use with the clear that basically thins it down. Your paint store will know what it is. Go ahead and recoat with 2 coats and on the last pass use the thinned clear to blend the panel onto the uncoated area. Once its all dry you can watersand the entire area with 1500 and buff, You'll never see it. If you get a good enough job you can just sand and buff the blended area and buff the new clear.


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Re: Paint guys, I have another question..... [Re: blewbyu2bad] #373522
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You'll only be able to just re-clear the roof if you can sand the scratches out with out cutting through the clear on the roof. Other wise you will need to blend color and clear.

Re: Paint guys, I have another question..... [Re: 69L78Nova] #373523
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FWIW, (Not to be stick in the mud here)

You can blend the clear, but most shops don't do that.
They blend paint but they will reclear the entire panel and everything else that touches it.

In your case that would mean reclear the entire rear unibody..

Why cant you blend clear? or why shouldnt you?
In most every case because the resulting
"Blended" clear coat will be to thin where you "blend" it into the rest of the quarter panel.. that over time it will peel...
it will not hold...

With that said, people and shops still blend clear
coat. But usually they would only do it in very small places and usually on the lower portions of the car. NOT any large place (Like the middle of a hood) or the top of a trunk lid (or anything else exposed to direct sunlight...

To my (limited) knowledge I don't think any OEM advises to do that. (Blending clearcoat)...

Body shops that do it are usually operating under the presumption that you will not be keeping the fixed car for more than a year or two...

Anyway thats why blending clear is not really recommended...

If the rest of the clearcoat on the quarters/rockers, trunklid and rear w/s cowl and rear valence are in good shape...

You can prep your existing clearcoat very easily using a scuff pad with a scuffing paste (Like 3M-ScuffIT) and rinse with water...

Then reshoot your clear. You don't have to wetsand the entire rear unibody with 400 grit
to reshoot clearcoat...

Hope this helps...

If it were mine (and I know it isn't) I would
reclear the whole rear...two coats...
but that's just me....

Good luck to you either way..


Re: Paint guys, I have another question..... [Re: 69L78Nova] #373524
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Like I said you ask 10 people and you will get 10 answers. One thing to remember is that with our Mopars they are not driven everyday in the elements and are taken better care of than regular drivers. Most are always garaged. This enhances how long a blend will last. It is true that the blend will be thinner than all the other clear at the blend point but with TLC it will last a long time. I have a car with factory enamel (red) and no clear that has had a blend on the hatch. It has been done for 17 years and still looks good. The secret is, it's in the garage all the time and is limited to driving on nice days. Yes the very best way is to clear it all.


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Re: Paint guys, I have another question..... [Re: blewbyu2bad] #373525
07/13/09 08:36 PM
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Well, maybe Ill be safe and reclear the whole rear unibody as stated above. I have 3 quarts of clear left. Ill do it right, that way I wont have to worry about how it will come out. Thanks everybody


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