A look at how to create undetectable clearcoat blends using blending reducer fade-outs.
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Chapters
0:00 Paint Prep
0:40 Applying Basecoat
1:10 Applying Clear (1st Coat)
1:38 Applying Clear (2nd Coat)
1:55 Applying Clear Blender
3:00 Polishing (Coarse Compound)
3:18 Polishing (Fine Compound)
3:23 Final Paint Result
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That came out great. I haven't really painted much for the last few years but I have a couple of things coming up, one is fixing a 4 inch scrape on the bedside of my 2014 Metallic Black Ranger. Here I can't get blend solvent to use blending the clearcoat, I've used clear mixed with about 75% reducer before and it comes out OK, but I want this perfect like what was done here. Any suggestions? The only decent paint here is Nippon Nax Premilla, it's the only thing I've found that doesn't wrinkle the old paint like spraying lacquer over enamel used to do. That's about it. the dog
I have a tiny bit of clear coat flaking and the rest of the paint is good. Wonder if I could do this somehow
dude why didnt u clear the panel on out its a hack job i paint every day for 30 yrs lees work if you did a spray out you woldnt have had to blend fenders.
Hi there great vid as usual. Just wondering, any reason why you couldn't improve adhesion of clearcoat blend by spraying a bit of regular plastic adhesion promoter before the sparying clearcoat in blend area?
How long did you wait till you used rubbing compund on new clear just sprayed
But why didnt you go up to the shoulder line =D
No front, just thinking if the blend get's dull again after a few days in the sun,you will see it right in the quarterpanel .
50gr more clearcoat are the same as the amount of time you have spent on polishing the blend…
But nice result anyways !
Old school before blending solvents came in, painters would water down the clear with thinners to blend the panel in. Something like 60-30% thinners to clear.
Is there a way to do this without the melting component ? I'd like to fix a spot in the middle of a fender and I dont have access to the blending agent.
Amazing job
Nice work! What clearcoat and blending solution were you using or prefer? Brand, Specific 2k Clear?