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Hey guys. Having a problem with a touch-up job and wanted to see if anyone had input. I was doing chip repair on a 2010 Toyota 4Runner. I picked up some TU from O'Reilly in Salsa Red and prepped the chips for painting. Here are the steps I took:
1. Applied the paint using a fine detail brush
2. Dried chips using a heat gun on low from about 2 feet away. I did this for 2-3 minutes and checked about every 30 seconds to make sure the paint surface wasn't hot.
3. I allowed the chips to dry another 15-30 minutes and got ready for wet sanding.
4. I wet sanded the chips using Meguiar's Unigrit 2500 until level.
5. I then repeated the above steps for the 2nd coat.
When I started sanding the 2nd coat, I noticed the TU was turning very dark gray, almost black. The paint was not tacky when I started sanding and had a hard feel to it. I went ahead and applied another coat over the top and went a little light and smoother this time around. I sanded lightly with 3000 and got the same result. In the end, the photo shows what I was left with (attached). I am getting the car back in about a week for round two and need to figure out what happened here. I posted on AG and some guy suggested maybe during the drying process, the flakes had settled/floated so when I began to sand, I was only blending in the darker flakes with the red tone underneath. I figured I would post on here as well and see if anyone had this issue before and had any feedback. Thanks!
1. Applied the paint using a fine detail brush
2. Dried chips using a heat gun on low from about 2 feet away. I did this for 2-3 minutes and checked about every 30 seconds to make sure the paint surface wasn't hot.
3. I allowed the chips to dry another 15-30 minutes and got ready for wet sanding.
4. I wet sanded the chips using Meguiar's Unigrit 2500 until level.
5. I then repeated the above steps for the 2nd coat.
When I started sanding the 2nd coat, I noticed the TU was turning very dark gray, almost black. The paint was not tacky when I started sanding and had a hard feel to it. I went ahead and applied another coat over the top and went a little light and smoother this time around. I sanded lightly with 3000 and got the same result. In the end, the photo shows what I was left with (attached). I am getting the car back in about a week for round two and need to figure out what happened here. I posted on AG and some guy suggested maybe during the drying process, the flakes had settled/floated so when I began to sand, I was only blending in the darker flakes with the red tone underneath. I figured I would post on here as well and see if anyone had this issue before and had any feedback. Thanks!
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