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PostPosted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 12:29 am
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I had surface rust on bottom right corner of my 04 STI. I sanded down that corner 2in. by 2In. Applied two coats of primer and proceeded to add 3 color coats. Unfortunately I'm not seeing the coats build up to the original paint. There's definitive lines from where I sanded the corner.

Do I add more primer on top of color?
Or just add more color coats?
Sand down again to bare and start over?
1000grit wet sand the lines to flatten them out?

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 8:26 am
Pic.s would really be helpful here....also is this just a touch-up style paint or is this base/clear.., haven't heard you mention "clear."
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 8:27 am
Sand out the lines and feather them right out. Reapply primer but make sure you allow each coat to flash off well. Re-sand and apply colour.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 12:55 pm
NFT5 wrote:Sand out the lines and feather them right out. Reapply primer but make sure you allow each coat to flash off well. Re-sand and apply colour.



Is it ok to put primer over color after sanding or should I sand right down to bare metal?



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 12:57 pm
DarrelK wrote:Pic.s would really be helpful here....also is this just a touch-up style paint or is this base/clear.., haven't heard you mention "clear."


3 step primer color clear rattle can. I didn't mention clear cause I was stuck on seeing the lines.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 5:37 pm
Aha! Just regular touch-up grade rattle cans right? It takes a lot of build of all those coats to match up to factory coating. Might try and do like 4 to 6 coats of primer and see if you are starting to come more up to level. If not, sand back, somewhat let it shrink for a few days and hit with primer again. I would think by then you'd be okay with 2 to 3 coats of color, then building clear. Clear could take 4 to 6 coast to build up enough.
The problem....simple 1k lacquer in aerosols = low solids
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 8:27 pm
DarrelK wrote:Aha! Just regular touch-up grade rattle cans right? It takes a lot of build of all those coats to match up to factory coating. Might try and do like 4 to 6 coats of primer and see if you are starting to come more up to level. If not, sand back, somewhat let it shrink for a few days and hit with primer again. I would think by then you'd be okay with 2 to 3 coats of color, then building clear. Clear could take 4 to 6 coast to build up enough.
The problem....simple 1k lacquer in aerosols = low solids



Great....Thx for the help. I only did 2 coats of primer. Will hit it with more tonight. Just getting it ready to sell.

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