Hot Rods blending clear coat

I usually use a blender when repairing a small section for use in the clear coat. I was doing some touch ups on my convertible this weekend and tried what has been suggested on previous threads that a blender was not necessary, that seeing where clear had been repaired just a matter of sanding and polishing. I tried this, and it was impossible to totally remove the edge. Today, I recleared the spots used blender and will wet sand and polish tomorrow after work. I will never again blend in clearcoat without using a blender. Oh yah, I am using Dupont products

 

do you make margaritas before or after adding paint to blender?

 

The issue you're facing is both material hardness and lack of. The new is soft, polishes easy, the old is as hard as a honeymoon di..., well let's just say it's hard. I've had good luck with sanding the blend area out to 2000 or more. It seems counter-intuitive, but the logic is that the finer the new stuff is the easier it will sand/blend. And blender, well there's almost no such thing for blending or spotting clear so you have to make your own. Slowest possible solvent, about a cap full of clear and catalyst to give it some "body" and have it in a separate gun ready to go. It's gonna want to run like water as you already know so just mist it on, going out farther each time until you even get to where it's not sanded. You might have to do it a 1/2 dozen times but no big deal. Even slow dry solvent dries fast in this use. You probably know all the shit I just banged out here, but if even 1 little detail was covered with brain cobwebs it was worth it. Good luck, and let's see it when you're done.

 

I always sand with 1500, then 2000. Dupont does make a blender, their directions are to put two coats of clear on, then mix 50-50 the remaining clear with blender, and spray on further than the original clear you just sprayed, then clean the gun put in straight blender and go over the whole spot again. I got it resprayed this afternoon, will wet sand and buff tomorrow afrwe work

 

I like during myself...

 

I got the paint wet sanded and buffed tonight. I wish I would have used the blender the first time, it would have saved me a bunch of time and work. The job turned out great, no line visable at all

 

Cool, I'm glad it worked out okay.

 

Thanks, Doc. This was my fault, I always have blended clear, took som advice from here, and it didn't work out well at all. Never again will I try it withoug using blender

 

Isn't "blender" slow thinner w/ a little clear in it ??
dave

 

I don't know what it is, smells like hell, but does blend in the clear so you don't see where the repair was. I guess it eats into the original clear so it will wet sand and buff easier