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I sanded through the clear, help!

lowendgenerator

lowendgenerator

All panic, no disco.
Mar 26, 2006
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#1
I was knocking down some orange peel on my first real refin today and I burned through the clear and a few layers of color/primer around my pickup route. I also found some pinholes of primer popping up, stuff I should have knocked down before but didn't. I'm wetsanding with 320, I plan on putting on more coats before buffing.

What do I do?

BTW, I'm using Dupli-Color brand rattle cans. Is it safe to switch to a different clear over it? I don't know what the clear is made of, but I'm assuming poly?
 
#2
You can spot those few areas in with color and re-clear the whole thing. It won't be detectable. You have to blend the color when you're spraying it. By that I mean try not to spray into too small of a concentrated area. Spray each coat a little bit farther out, over lapping the previous coat so you don't end up with dry spray. Spray just enough to cover the flaw and then re-clear.

If you're sanding the clear to recoat with more clear you should probably use something like 600. 320 wet is pretty coarse. Stay away from sharp corners like edge of routes. Paint tends to flow away from sharp corners and is very thin in those areas.

If the clear you're spraying is polyurethane then don't switch. Lacquer will screw it up.
 
#4
Thanks for the responses. Bud, I'm pretty sure that the clear I'm using is some form of poly, I just want to switch to a different brand. This Dupli-Color stuff doesn't coat very well without running.

I'm enjoying this build as a great learning process, hopefully I'll never have to do this much back sanding again.
 
#5
UPDATE!

I went and picked up a can of brush on poly gloss, and few cans of Deft clear poly. I touched up my mistakes with a Krylon paint pen, then coated the bass down pretty thick with the brush on. I'll definitely need more back sanding, but this stuff goes on way nicer than the Dupli-Color crap.
 
#6
IMO...when applying spray from a can, there is no substitute for LOTS of light coats, building up slowly...a quick knockdown if things begin to look uneven...
but in the end, I think there's less effort involved then trying to go too quickly.

applying poly from a brush??? hmmmm...I don't know...sounds like you're going to break the bank on sandpaper...;)

WEAR A DUST MASK, PLEASE!
 
#8
Well, I had an even more EPIC fail today. I was hanging the bass to dry in the beautiful 75 degree garage, and when I came out it was on the ground. EEK! The fall took a big chunk out of the paint/primer right by the bottom strap button.

Good thing I have bondo on hand, it should be a fairly easy cleanup.

The brush on poly already looks miles better than the rattle can stuff, it's very clear and glossy already. It's a self leveling formula, which was nice because I freaked at first about the brush marks and bubbles.

Too bad about that damn garage floor.
 

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