Hi Folks,
How exactly is one supposed to use fade out thinner?
I am thinking that I basically paint and lacquer my spot repair and then go over the top of this to "melt" the edge of the lacquer where new meets old to blend together...
But do I do this immediately after applying new lacquer... after it is dry like a day or two later?
Many thanks if you can help.
Jon
You're supposed to use "fade out" thinner on solid colours, sometimes basecoats (not lacquer) when an area is to be painted as a repair section. The colour or basecoat is gradually thinned with either it's own thinner or a blending thinner and is sprayed several times in an outward direction to weaken or lose the colour across a panel.
You can use a blending thinner across the whole panel or up to the nearest natural body line but a blending thinner is not necessary if the colour happens to be a spot on colour match.
Lacquer does NOT need a fading out thinner because it is a clear coating and should be left as so, You only need to fade colours across panels particularly if it is a slight mismatch and you want to blend the colour so as to hide the colour difference.
Steve.
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