The blob!

[1970judge]

Ok so I have searched through every single thread that came up, but no body said anything about removing it completely. Most have just been about sanding down the blog. I tried clay, and that didn't do anything. I did this a long time ago and never got around to fixing it until now.

Question's

1) if I taped off the blob, would laquer thinner to the trick. I am trying to remove ALL of the paint

2) if not, what will?

I am trying to get it ALL out of the chip to re-do it.

[Paul S]

Re: The blob!

I had a scratch on the trunk of my firebird that in a hurry yrs ago I used the brush that came with the touch-up paint on. Ended up with the ugly blob that I was ashamed to let anyone see. Before wet sanding the hood and trunk lately I carefully took a razor blade and lifted the blob out. Now after removing the orange peel and the blob , I'm ready for a Dr.Color Chip repair kit.

[the other pc]

Re: The blob!

... would laquer thinner to the trick. ...

maybe

Touch-up paint sold in little "nail polish" bottles is usually lacquer based and can usually be re-dissolved with some sort of solvent like lacquer thinner, mineral spirits or acetone.

That's not guaranteed to always work. It depends on the specific paint used.

There's also no guarantee that it won't damage the factory finish. But modern paints generally won't be harmed by those common solvents, used sparingly.



pc.

[THE BIG BUFFER]

Re: The blob!

Razor blade does the trick for me. Just take your time and you'll be fine.

[1970judge]

Re: The blob!

Razor blade trick might work in some areas. But there are some that were like 'cuts' in my paint, especially on the back bumper. It will be hard to razor blade that, which is mainly where I am questioning using thinner.

[1970judge]

Re: The blob!

If anyone cares here is my latest update. This is why I never do any sort of chip repair on a customer's vehicle.

I bought some wal-mart lacquer thinner and a small foam brush. I did this starting on my rear bumper, because it is messed up beyond repair due to hauling materials. So I could care less whether the thinner damaged the factory paint.

1) I applied some thinner to a cue tip, and slowly tried to work it on the touch up paint. You can see it lift onto the cue tip. This requires EXTREME patience, because once the tip is filled with black, you have to move to another cue tip.

2) Step 1 basically yielded very little success. Moved onto a small foam brush, lightly soaked in thinner, and tried that. The process went much faster.

Now, it is by no means perfect, but it did get the majority of it out of the chips. The scratches I filled in on the other hand, still have a good bit of paint left in them, neither the cue tip nor brush could get in between these small 'cuts'.

3) Once the touch up paint was softened up quite a bit, it made it easier to gently razor blade the paint out, or at the very least, shave it down.

Speaking with some local body shop people, they told me that they do have stronger thinner that would more than likely clean it out very fast. But the wal-mart variety is all I could get my hands on last night, so I went with it.

Lesson learned: I was VERY meticulous with the touch up paint, sanded it, then corrected it. And it still looked like junk.