Skuz
Jul 27th, 2006, 06:16 PM
I recently had a bad paint overspray case.
I'm really no expert at painting. I decided to repaint the lower side of my Tercel, so I taped newspapers on the door to avoid accidentally spraying it.
After sandblasting, putty, sanding, primer, paint, clearcoat, I removed the newspapers and was quite happy with my result. After it dried out, I was about to return the car to its hibernation site (that's my winter car) and while opening the driver door I touched the roof.
I simply couldn't believe how rough that was ! The roof, and hood were incredibly rough and I could hear a sssssssssssssss if I dragged a hand on them. The passenger side was a bit better. I inspected the car and the only nice parts were the ones hidden under the newspapers during the painting.
I didn't plan to detail this car until october, but I couldn't leave it that way. I then proceeded to clay it entirely, even the windows. After doing the roof, the clay had turned from white to completely gray, the primer's color. I guess the primer fumes floated all over the place while I was repairing it.
After that I continued the detail with my usual process.
About a year ago, I didn't know anything about clay, and I would have been very mad at myself for that overspray mistake. Not to mention that I would have had to pay someone to repair my mistake.
Claying really is the best detailing trick I've learned over the last year.
I'm really no expert at painting. I decided to repaint the lower side of my Tercel, so I taped newspapers on the door to avoid accidentally spraying it.
After sandblasting, putty, sanding, primer, paint, clearcoat, I removed the newspapers and was quite happy with my result. After it dried out, I was about to return the car to its hibernation site (that's my winter car) and while opening the driver door I touched the roof.
I simply couldn't believe how rough that was ! The roof, and hood were incredibly rough and I could hear a sssssssssssssss if I dragged a hand on them. The passenger side was a bit better. I inspected the car and the only nice parts were the ones hidden under the newspapers during the painting.
I didn't plan to detail this car until october, but I couldn't leave it that way. I then proceeded to clay it entirely, even the windows. After doing the roof, the clay had turned from white to completely gray, the primer's color. I guess the primer fumes floated all over the place while I was repairing it.
After that I continued the detail with my usual process.
About a year ago, I didn't know anything about clay, and I would have been very mad at myself for that overspray mistake. Not to mention that I would have had to pay someone to repair my mistake.
Claying really is the best detailing trick I've learned over the last year.