paint job

[stangbang302]

i dont really know which talk this should be in, but i recently painted my 89 lx. the paint came out great but the only problem i have is dimples all around the car. what should i do about that?

 

[tims 86]

sounds like orange peel , possibly buff it out,

 

[StangAlang0811]

as an experienced painter, that sounds definately like orange peel. As long as there is enough clear on the car you can try to wet sand with 1500 grit and buff it out. But if your not experienced in it, I wouldn't try it, otherwise you'll be getting a new paint job. If you sand too much, you'll take all the clear off and go down to the basecoat. If you buff to much in one sand, it will literally burn the clearcoat. Also if the dimples as you call them, are real bad, sometimes that comes from poor body work, they are called fish-eyes. Its where there was a contaminate on the primer/basecoat. Like someone that used a lot of tire shine and didnt sand the car down that well. If they are little spots that look like craters, then thats fish eyes, if it looks simple like an orange peel, then you can wet sand and buff them out... but like I said, be careful!!!! When you buff it out, use 3M products. Ask a parts pro for help.

 

[stangbang302]

ohhh alright well yes then fish eyes, how would you get rid of that? all i did was mix this paint with hardener as directed, i did wipe the car down with acetone before painting, could that be the problem?

 

[StangAlang0811]

Well technically, not sure your exact way of doing it was... But the best is sand it down to the old basecoat, use a tack cloth and wipe the entire area down your about to spray. Spray the primer. Mix as prescribed. Let that dry. Spray your basecoat AFTER sanding the primer with like 400 grit sandpaper. If you dont sand the primer it wont come out very smooth. After spraying the primer and basecoat you spray the clear.... if all you did was wipe the car down with acetone after just scuffing the old paint job, chances are there was still a residue from some chemical still on the paint... its not as easy as just wiping it down.. from experience I know. From here the only thing you can really do is sand the area that has the fish eyes and do some light mist coats of paint, stand back from the car and spray lightly with the basecoat to fill in the fish eyes, it wont be perfect, but it will be better. Then spray your clear again.

 

[StangAlang0811]

BTW, you dont put hardener in the basecoat!!!!! You use Reducer. Hardener goes in clearcoat! You may have just worded it wrong. But if you did that then there is your biggest Boo Boo

 

[stangbang302]

from what the paint guy told me clear is mixed with the basecoat.

 

[StangAlang0811]

Wow, no. If you did a basecoat/clearcoat paint job. Then it is seperate. If you did a single stage paint, then there is a type of chemical in the paint that makes it have a clear coat like finish. They are already together. But it's all the same, Fish Eyes normally come from a contaminate, even if you had the wrong stuff added together it would normally result in a dull finish, or be so heavy it wouldnt shoot out the gun, or run real bad... Fish eyes are just small little spots where the paint cant stick. But if I was you, if they aren't real bad then I would just sand some spots and unfortunately redo them. like if its just a spot on the fender and rear quarter panel, then just tape up and do JUST the entire fender and quarter panel, otherwise youll see a flash spot where you sprayed over a spot already finished, it'll look crappy... Hope everything works out for you though. If you need any more info while your workin on it or finding info, feel free to message me. I'll help you out as much as I can.