Hey guys I attempted to paint my car myself, and it turned out really splotchy in the clear and has tiger stripes on the lower doors and roof from the base coat, the colour is cloisonne blue which is a medium blue, its on the darker side, so the tiger stripes are kinda noticeable and its bugging me so much......anyways what should I do? if i was just to wetsand with 1000grit and respray the clear would it at least even out the clear splotchyness? or should i wetsand with 1000 then just respray the base coat and the clear? if i was to respray the base coat, do I have to remove the clear coat off of the current paint thats on there or can i spray over it? THanks guys smile.gif

Im getting ready to paint mine too. Thats weird, I wrote down my top 4 favorate blue and one was cloisonne blue, which was my top choice. I cant remember, wasnt it like a 2000+BMW color? I forget, anyways. Im sure the big timers will pop in, but if it isnt that bad it seems like you could wetsand it pretty good then go another top coat. Unless your base coat set pretty nasty then I dont know. You should get some pictures? I'd love to see it! Other than this, are you happy with the color?

I would let it cure for at least 30 days then wetsand with 1000 grit and reshoot. The tiger stripes and blotchiness is in the color not the clear,meaning you would have to put color back over it. My .02 Mike

What kind of paint did you use? The problems sounds like metalic mottling and tiger striping in the basecoat. Most systems will allow you to sand the car and apply a few more color coats then reclear. Some metalics are touchier than others, the more transparent the color the less forgiving it is. How many coats did it take to cover? A good hiding color will cover with two coats followed up by two drop coats to even out the metalics.
Wetsand the car with 600 grit and apply two more medium wet coats of color followed by 2-3 drop coats (mist coats). Hold the gun about 15-20 inches from the surface when doing the drop coat, the color should look as though it is being sprayed on almost dry. The purpose of the drop coat is to even out the metalics. Bob