Painted my '72 over the summer '08. There is a light spot the size of my palm at the right rear center of my roof that looks like a ghost. Color is cranberry red. Shot car with Akzo Nobel - Lesonal line. The guy at Akzo said to do the following-

sand whole roof w/ 2000
color spot area w/ over reduced paint 1:1 / 100%
dust out paint past area to spot in
spray 1st coat clear over spot basecaot
spray 2nd coat little further
reduce final coat clear 100% and spray agian further into 2000 area enough to get past fuzzy edges of 2 nd clear coat
Akzo has optional SRA reducer in spray can that helps melt the two edges of the old and new clear together.
How successful have you guys been with spotting in? Were your steps similar to above? Anyone have experience with the SRA reducer mentioned?

Thanks Chris

i dont know about sanding the whole roof down typicaly at the shop i work at they wont sand out much past were the base and clear is going the spray can blending agent works very well ive never used Akzos but im sur its as good or better than any other paint brand now if i were you and you want your car to look great for years to come i would sand down the whole roof the a pillars and quarter panels blend your color over the repair area and then clear all the panels together to avoid doing a melt cuz that fuzzy melt ring always comes back eventully on blend panels we typicaly da sand with 800 grit run over everything by hand with grey scotch brite then spray a clear adhesion promoter over everything and then blend out the color as needed and clear coat we have never had a come back or a peeler doing this we also have to warranty all are repairs for life so we avoid melts as much as possible we usally only do them on very small areas no bigger than a credit card

anyways just my .02 cents theres lots of differnt ways to achieve the same goal

i dont know about sanding the whole roof down typicaly at the shop i work at they wont sand out much past were the base and clear is going the spray can blending agent works very well ive never used Akzos but im sur its as good or better than any other paint brand now if i were you and you want your car to look great for years to come i would sand down the whole roof the a pillars and quarter panels blend your color over the repair area and then clear all the panels together to avoid doing a melt cuz that fuzzy melt ring always comes back eventully on blend panels we typicaly da sand with 800 grit run over everything by hand with grey scotch brite then spray a clear adhesion promoter over everything and then blend out the color as needed and clear coat we have never had a come back or a peeler doing this we also have to warranty all are repairs for life so we avoid melts as much as possible we usally only do them on very small areas no bigger than a credit card

anyways just my .02 cents theres lots of differnt ways to achieve the same goal

Not exactly what I wanted to hear, but thanks. I am trying to avoid painting the whole roof. I would rather have one hard to see fuzzy spot on top of the roof instead of one on either sail panel where they would be more visible.

i wouldnt melt the sail panels either i would clear the whole roof and the quarters so there would be no melt anywhere

i wouldnt melt the sail panels either i would clear the whole roof and the quarters so there would be no melt anywhere

uggh just stop:mad:

I agree, the best way to do the repair is clear both quarters with the roof. You can listen to the Akzo guy, but you can always run the chance of seeing the blend.

Eventually, because the edge of the blend is so thin, it will fail. The right way to do it is to take the rear marker bezels and the wheel opening moldings off, sand the clear with 600 wet on a block, spot in your color, and reclear the whole shell with two good coats of clear. Trust me, it's more work and money, but it will be worth it in the long run as you won't have to do it again later when paint is 2x what it is now.

I am with dave on this one.After painting professionaly for 25 years sometimes the long way is the quick way.If it wasn't in the middle of the roof you could get away with spoting it in for a while.The sun is always going to be beating down on it and the thin edge of the clear will fail.I spray sikkens(akzo nobel's top shelf paint) every day and they will not warranty a spot in like you describe,what does that tell you,sorry.

You guys are killing me! I would rather chew glass than go back to bodywork on this thing. I understand the point you're trying to drive into my thick skull though. I guess I won't spot it in. I'll either reclear the whole back end or leave it for now and do it next year.
Thanks

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Perhaps. My Dad will prob shoot me though after having to help straighten my roof from someone that performed "Lord of the Dance" on it.
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