Tweet
So I was feeling ambitious and decided it was time to tackle some rock chips that were bothering me. Since this was my first attempt, I chose one that was in a less noticeable spot than the hood. This was a particularly nasty offender that was down to bare metal over the rear wheel well. I decided the nab the blemish just above the chip at the same time.
To prep for the paint layers, I cleaned the chip with some light sanding, rubbing alcohol swab, and some primer. I put 3 or 4 coats on, letting them sit a day between coats. When I was happy with the layers, I let the spots sit a few more days until I could finish them up. Here's a shot of the bigger chip before sanding:
And his baby brother:
I wet-sanded the spots with some 1500 grit, followed by some 2000 grit to make the paint level again. To minimize the extent of the sanding marks, I made some tiny sanding disks using a hole punch, and glued the sand paper to the tops of some erasers.
Post-sanding (and a moment when I wondered if I would regret my decision to start this in the first place)
To clean up the wet-sanding marks, I used several applications of UC. I did 3 by hand (just to see how well it would come out), followed by a 4th with the DA to remove and last trace of the sanding marks.
The result came out better than I had expected. Now I'll think about getting some of the chips on the hood.
To prep for the paint layers, I cleaned the chip with some light sanding, rubbing alcohol swab, and some primer. I put 3 or 4 coats on, letting them sit a day between coats. When I was happy with the layers, I let the spots sit a few more days until I could finish them up. Here's a shot of the bigger chip before sanding:
And his baby brother:
I wet-sanded the spots with some 1500 grit, followed by some 2000 grit to make the paint level again. To minimize the extent of the sanding marks, I made some tiny sanding disks using a hole punch, and glued the sand paper to the tops of some erasers.
Post-sanding (and a moment when I wondered if I would regret my decision to start this in the first place)
To clean up the wet-sanding marks, I used several applications of UC. I did 3 by hand (just to see how well it would come out), followed by a 4th with the DA to remove and last trace of the sanding marks.
The result came out better than I had expected. Now I'll think about getting some of the chips on the hood.
TOP
Comment