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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:13 pm
This is my first restoration ive replaced roof both quarters and wheel wells just finished painting today put 4 coats clear. Im going to wait 2 days and block with 1500 and clear again 3 coats how much better will this make the finish
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:27 pm
You got 4 coats on it now, just cut n buff... more coats won't make it deeper IMO. Maybe an expert will weigh in.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:34 pm
The only difference there would be is if you cleared it better the second time . And what I mean by that is peel, evenness , how wet etc.. As far as more shine if you cleared it equally good the first time as your did the second time there would be no difference.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:31 pm
If you do decide you need more coats, I wouldn't sand it with finer than 1000...



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:28 pm
Thanks looking it over I got some light spots in the yellow can I blend those spots with color and reclear them and it look the same as rest of car or do I need to start over

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 2:17 pm
Wish I could help with that, I've only done half a dozen cars myself and no blending. Light colors are tough because it's harder to see what you're doing when spraying the paint on IMO. I would have gone with 3 coats single stage yellow on that one. Single stage is more newbie friendly... again IMO

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