When doing the wings you may be better doing the panel as they are off the car, most places even say they need to do the entire roof to get a good finish if they are repairing a scratch.
When doing the wings you may be better doing the panel as they are off the car, most places even say they need to do the entire roof to get a good finish if they are repairing a scratch.
"paul" wrote in news:3f3b4341$0$18262$ snipped-for-privacy@news.easynet.co.uk:
Like the other guy said, most profesional body shops will only do entire panels. Some insist on doing the ones next to a damaged panel so that they can 'blend in' the new and old paintwork (they do this by fading out the spray and then compounding the panel back to a high gloss). But it sounds like you are working with an aerosol spray system and so this approach is not realistic.
As a method of avoiding a lip between the newly painted area and the old paint, you could lift the edge of the masking tape by 4mm or so. This help to prevent a sharp edge. However, the paint underneath the lifted masking tape will be slightly dustly looking rather than super shiny. You can get rid of this (after a week or so) by first sanding the whole area with 1200 grit wet and dry paper and then polishing with a cutting compound such as Farecla G3 using a Gmop applicator fitted to a drill. For a supplier see:
Hope this helps
DaveW
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