hey guys one of my buddies let his girl drive his car and sure enough she slightly hit another car. Well the dent pulled out quite well on the fender (right where the headight housing is located) and on the side of the bumper. I told him we could blend the corner of the fender and the side of the bumper. Then he says he was a large paint chip on the side of his door there the key lock is to be painted in the mean time. So my questing is, How hard is blending paint? I've heard of it before and I know paint shops do it often. I'm thinking I would have to scuff the whole fender down with the gray 3M pad, fix the body work in with some primer and block. But when it comes down the spraying, what would be the proper motion? I'm affraid of drying spary when I lift the gun to blend or the paint wont look even. The color is black by the way....
you sand your primer with 320 and the rest with 800 or scuff with grey scuff pad put clear sealer on the 800 part and what ever color sealar you want on the 320 part then blend your base coat out and clear very easy i do it on almost every car to ensure a proper olor match
Is the color straight black or a black mettalic? Cuz if it is just black then you should not have to blend it, just color the whole thing out. I have never ever had to blend on a straight black vehicle.. U should not have a prob if it is just black, but a black mettalic then ya blend it...
Also be sure to use a clear adhesion promoter over the entire panel that is being blended so the color blend and clear adhere well to a lightly scuffed panel(i also use a grey scotch like mentioned above but also a sanding gel which gives it a lil more bite but doesnt scratch deep enough to show in the new clear....
Rarely you need to blend a black base without metallic, if it is metallic, prep panel as said above, then spray a base blender on the blend panel, seal your primer, let flash, bring your blend into the primer
when ever u block ur primer with 320 make sure u go over it with 400 wet.. if u block ur primer with 320 grit and then 800 grit...the 800 grit wont take out ur scratches from ur 320 specially black and specially if u bake ur clear.. it will shrink a lil bit..black cars u dont need to blend....unless black metallic
if you prime and finish in 600 there is no need to seal, unless there are broken edges. then i usually spot prime those. i find that sealing is an unessesary step unless it is an e-coat. even then ill seal the e-coat panel let dry and sand. sealing tends to tighten the job. you could add a little hardener to the base (no more than 10% depending on the product) to give it a chemical adhesion...a little off the topic...wow, in my opinion sealing over primer is a waist of time..im done ..thanks!also if the vehicle is black i wouldnt blend.