help with some paint drips

jereds77westy · Post by **jereds77westy** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:48 pm

So I took on the adventure of painting my westy myself...

looks pretty good for the first time... BUT! I have some paint runs... is there a way to remove these without having to paint more? IE: 2000 grit paper (wet sanding) and then polishing it?

Just don't want to mess up the good coating it has on it... as I can live with the paint as is, for a while... but if I can get the paint run free without painting more (after sanding) I'd like to...

thanks for the help.

Jered

bugsterkafer · Post by **bugsterkafer** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:39 pm

just try and be careful not to go deeper than the bc , or you will have to do it all over again. can go 1200 grit I think if it's a Bad run, just take your time

jereds77westy · Post by **jereds77westy** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:52 pm

so polishing it afterwords will make it shine again?

I just don't want to make holes in the paint when I have no more left... you know...

I have several spots... might give her a go on one of them and see what happens...

just wanted someones advise if they have done it before...

bugsterkafer · Post by **bugsterkafer** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:27 am

if you polish after good sanding with fine grit paper, it will shine again assuming you don't go to base. you could also use a rasor blade to help taking off the runs, or most of them, and then sand it down a bit and polishing. but if you have lots of runs on a door for instance, you better have to sand it to primer and respray it, because wetsanding runs takes times, much more than using a rotating sander til primer and paint again.
Do you have some pics of your runs?

Leo

jereds77westy · Post by **jereds77westy** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:16 pm

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/svtf2002/ ... /my_photos

picture "pict1156 & 57" shows the runs...

I painted it outside... needless to say I didn't realize I'd be fighting bugs... blablabla... and next time know it's a bad idea to paint outside... I will do it in a booth... even if I have to rent one... LOL...

It really was to stop some spot surface rust that had started... and with the prep work I think I have achieved that... so even if I have runs... then not to worried as I plan on another paint job here in a year or so...
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thanks for the help.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:58 pm

Go to your local paint supply source and see if they have a "nib file" .It is a little block of wood (usually) with a metal file looking surface on the back.These will reallly help to cut the bulk of the run off. Be careful! Only allow it to shave off the run and hold it flat to the surface. Then sand with 1200, 1500, and 2000 grit wet sandpapers until surface looks uniform. Use a sponge block to help you apply more force to the high spot and less to the surrounding paint. You can skip the 1200& 1500 if run is not too thick. Buff with 3M Perfect-it (or equivalent) and yellow wool pad. White wool pads cut quicker, but it is harder to bring shine back and sometimes they cut too quick for a beginner. Then buff with 3M Finesse-it (or equivalent) applying less and less pressure as the shine starts to come out and product begins to dry and leave the surface. If it is a dark color you may want to switch to a sponge (or waffle) buffing pad after that and use swirl remover. Some people prefer to use a waffle pad for the whole process. To really make it shine, hand -glaze it after all that. Sounds like a lot of work but should only take 10 minutes or so per run after you do a couple.
If you dont knock those runs down now, you'll have to pretty much DA it all the way back down to the primer to get rid of them when you repaint next time, or they will look like a wave in you bodywork under the new paint.