i messed up my clearcoat real bad.

[niik000]

i was painting the black trim on the front a darker black, and i overspraed a little, so i wetsanded off the overspray with 2000 grit, and the wetsanding took off some clearcoat. so i decided just to spray the whole front bumper with a light coat. it looked like crap so i let that dry and wetsanded that coat off (most of it, it was real sticky) and did another light coat. let that flash and did it agen, real heavy bacause i was panicing bacause i felt like i killed my car, bacause it wasnt shiny anymore. and that coat had lots of runs. can i still save it? what shound i do? im haveing a bad day.

[tkoforpresident]

Re: i messed up my clearcoat real bad.

have a professional paint your car?

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

Re: i messed up my clearcoat real bad.

heh..

First off, when you got overspray on the car, you shouldn't have paniced, and just got some paint thinner and a rag. It would have wiped right off.

But now that your at this point, I have a couple questions before I tell you what you should do.
Is the paint fairly even, besides the runs (hopefully minimal?)
Does it look pretty decent besides the fact that it's not shiny?
Was your front bumper chipped to hell to begin with? (is it really worth saving)

[niik000]

Re: i messed up my clearcoat real bad.

It looks ok exept 2 runs on the top, but it look relly relly bad under the headlights.

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

Re: i messed up my clearcoat real bad.

What's so bad about under the headlights?

Is the paint lifting? (wrinkled look)
Just really runny?

[niik000]

Re: i messed up my clearcoat real bad.

ill post picks, there loading on photobucket right now.

[niik000]

Re: i messed up my clearcoat real bad.

worst part:

[niik000]

Re: i messed up my clearcoat real bad.

the squared off part with the dark lines was already like that from a spot painting job.

[niik000]

Re: i messed up my clearcoat real bad.

up by the hood

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

Re: i messed up my clearcoat real bad.

Runs can be a b!tch to get rid of without eating through the clear coat around it, but it's possible with enough care.

let me link you to a post I made on the other site on colorsanding
http://www.fullthrottlev6.com/forums...74&postcount=2

[niik000]

Re: i messed up my clearcoat real bad.

thanks that helps alot. how long should i wait?

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

Re: i messed up my clearcoat real bad.

What kind of temperatures are you seeing where you live currently?

[niik000]

Re: i messed up my clearcoat real bad.

low 70's. and is it a myth that rain will ruin the clearcoat untill it's fully cured?

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

Re: i messed up my clearcoat real bad.

in those temps, a day or two should be fine. I'd try to keep it out of the rain as much as possible.

[danielson1206]

Re: i messed up my clearcoat real bad.

hey man let me know if that works i know a different way to fix it also