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Old 04-11-2014, 08:31 PM   #1
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I still have a little way to go, but it looks like it's going to blend nicely

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Looking good. You'll want to get the masking tape off quickly as it will "become one" with whatever it is stuck to. I like the blue painters tape as it is less sticky over the long term.
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I still have a little way to go, but it looks like it's going to blend nicely
a million time better looking than it was before the touch up Charles. Nice move!

I'm guessing you'll need to buff the fresh paint with a buffing wheel of some sort to even the paint with the old? how does that work
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Looking good. You'll want to get the masking tape off quickly as it will "become one" with whatever it is stuck to. I like the blue painters tape as it is less sticky over the long term.
I know what you mean...however, I despise blue painters tape as it can actually bleed blue into your paint and it doesn't hold for crud (it always, ALWAYS lets paint bleed under itself when I've tried to use it). This stuff was constantly getting wet, so had just enough hold.




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a million time better looking than it was before the touch up Charles. Nice move!

I'm guessing you'll need to buff the fresh paint with a buffing wheel of some sort to even the paint with the old? how does that work
I sanded the clear coat off extending out about 1/2 meter on each side of the repair. I then carefully feathered and blended the base coat with the repair.

The old clear was feathered at the edges and new clear blended over top, extending about 10-15 cm over the old clear. This left some clear "speckling" from the oversparay that is then buffed and blended in with the old.

It could have been done better by a pro, but for $30 worth of paint and clearcoat, I'm happy with it for now.

Naysayers say what?!
Yeah, I got some paint on my bumperettes and on my potato, but it scrubs off easy.
I think I'll paint the bumperettes next

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