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: Runs in paint


obseSSed
Dec 1st, 04, 7:41 PM
I am spraying some urethane single stage and I got a couple of runs on the firewall and I was wondering if there was a way to easily remove these without totally sanding out and repainting.Thanks

Her Malibu
Dec 1st, 04, 7:49 PM
Is it metalic??? if not you can hold a razor blade at a 90 degree angle and GENTLY scrape most of the run away and rub it back out with compound

TROY

Texas70
Dec 1st, 04, 8:05 PM
You can buy a razor blade tool specifically for this purpose. It will 'plane' off the high spots where the drips are..... check Eastwood or your local shop

obseSSed
Dec 1st, 04, 8:13 PM
It's not metallic....I'll try and find the tool from Eastwood......Thanks :D

70chevychevelle
Dec 1st, 04, 9:55 PM
how come it would matter if it was a metallic paint???? :confused:

sevt_chevelle
Dec 1st, 04, 10:04 PM
If you sand a Single stage metallic color you sand away the metallics in that area also. Doing so would leave you with a spot that is very noticable because the metallics are NOT the same as the rest of paint.

Unlike a baseclear paint job in a single stage the color is on the TOP of the paint surface. Baseclear you have the color underneath a clear coating. So sanding out a run in baseclear metallic color is fine because you are NOT sanding the excal color just the clear coating over it.