I read a post earlier were some guys implied that yellow paint hid flaws or was easy..something along those lines.. I found it more difficult then the HOK Kandy Red and HOK Kandy Blue that I shot on our other 2 cars! I painted my latest project car last week and all was going well until I noticed a few dirt particles on the upper fender, I figured no problem, they will come out in the color sanding, NOT! Against the yellow they might as well be boulders sitting on there!

I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of them so I was wondering if color sanding them until they were gone then re-clearing would be the way to go. I would have to say that the paint turned out as flawless and any paint can get. I blocked the primer 4 times, wet sanded the white base, wet sanded the yellow base, wet sanded the Kandy coat then wet sanded the clear. Tons of work but well worth it for the ultimate look.

Here is a shot of it:
http://www.1967camarors.net/Latest_Updates/paint_7s.JPG

So how would you experts handle getting those few dirt particles out?

Lee

You think yellow is bad try white! Yes it may help hide wavy body work but every piece of dirt or lint will show up. Don't ever wear an orange sweatshirt while spraying white(dont ask me how i know) graemlins/clonk.gif Anyway to fix your problem i would try to wetsand the dirt out with some 1500. If you cant get it out by sanding or you sand through,Wetsand whole panel with 1000.Make sure your dirt is gone or at least flat. Then blow some yellow back in over the area and reclear rhe whole panel.

SWEET.... I have no idea with the the dirt, but man that color and your front stripe are really sweet. My wife wants to paint our 70 yellow when it is done. She says Kodak yellow, I guess she means the color of the Kodak team race car which is a little too "soft" for my tastes. What color is yours?

70isfine - Naw, I will stay with darker colors next time! Also, since the paint is a few days old would I still need to clear the entire fender? Is clearing the entire panel done for adhesion or for easier blending?

Rick - Thanks. The color is House of Kolor SG-101 Yellow over white base then I used the UK-02 lime/gold kandy over the yellow. I didnt want to go with a pearl or metalic base because touchups would be hard but I wanted a unique and in your face yellow. The pictures just dont show the intensity of the color.

Thanks,

Lee

You could try using clear blender but the blend line will show after time and it can be very tricky if not impossible to hide the blend on the top of the fender. If it was down low where you could backtape off of a body line it may be possible.It is much easier,quicker and a guaranteed repair if you clear edge to edge.(whole panel) And to answer your question the reason for clearing the whole panel is for both adhesion(the spot in with clear blender could peel back after time) and for easier blending( theres no way to truly 'melt' the blend edge into the old clear and have it be undetectable

How small are these dirt specks? If they are really small I have done this in the past with great sucess. I take a .015 needle drill bit in a hand held pin vise and care fully drill them out, then dab in small amounts of color untill the Crater is filled, let it set overnight at a minimum then wet sand with a small rubber block and buff. If the color is right on the repair will be invisable-guaranteed. Now if the dirt is larger in size you'll have to sand it out and reclear the panel, just watch the color of the wetsanding residue-if it's yeller you've gone into the color and with a tricoat system this can be a pain. But in your case with the colors used blendability shouldn't be any problem. graemlins/thumbsup.gif

baddbob71 - Good advice, I will try and find something that will work, maybe a hobby shop will have it. The specs are real tiny but noticable to me.

Thanks,

Lee