benvallack
Junior Member
Hiya,
I have been trying to fix a bit of rust coming through on my civic bonnet. This is what I have done so far.
1. Scraped out rust, wire-brushed it down to solid surface.
2. Applied KURUST which kills rust. (Put it on and it turns black when it neutralizes rust or something like that)
3. Smoothed the area with body filler, sanded it.
4. Applied 3 coats of primer over the area from an aerosol can. (didn't sand it)
5. Applied several coats of paint, it looked dull and not reflective but fairly smooth. Paint also from aerosol. (didn't sand or polish this)
6. Applied few layers of clear coat, (aerosol) which is where I am at now.
The surface of the clear coat looks like orange peel which i believe is the term for this, I have read a few of the posts here already but need bit more help. Do I need to sand the area with wet and dry (1000 grit?) and then polish it? If so what do I polish it with? I am thinking of using a drill-bit type disc polisher because I ended up covering half the bonnet so quite a big area. Do I need to use some sort of polishing paste? Or is my problem much worse than I was hoping and should I have been sanding the primer and paint coats? If so can I remedy the problem by smoothing the clear coat or do I need to sand off the whole lot and start again. Actually, I can't afford to do this, I will just do my best on the clear coat, but for future reference I would like to know if I should have sanded the primer/paint!
Sorry for all the stupid questions -- this is the first time I have done something like this and I have no idea what I'm doing! Thanks very much!
Ben
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I have been trying to fix a bit of rust coming through on my civic bonnet. This is what I have done so far.
1. Scraped out rust, wire-brushed it down to solid surface.
2. Applied KURUST which kills rust. (Put it on and it turns black when it neutralizes rust or something like that)
3. Smoothed the area with body filler, sanded it.
4. Applied 3 coats of primer over the area from an aerosol can. (didn't sand it)
5. Applied several coats of paint, it looked dull and not reflective but fairly smooth. Paint also from aerosol. (didn't sand or polish this)
6. Applied few layers of clear coat, (aerosol) which is where I am at now.
The surface of the clear coat looks like orange peel which i believe is the term for this, I have read a few of the posts here already but need bit more help. Do I need to sand the area with wet and dry (1000 grit?) and then polish it? If so what do I polish it with? I am thinking of using a drill-bit type disc polisher because I ended up covering half the bonnet so quite a big area. Do I need to use some sort of polishing paste? Or is my problem much worse than I was hoping and should I have been sanding the primer and paint coats? If so can I remedy the problem by smoothing the clear coat or do I need to sand off the whole lot and start again. Actually, I can't afford to do this, I will just do my best on the clear coat, but for future reference I would like to know if I should have sanded the primer/paint!
Sorry for all the stupid questions -- this is the first time I have done something like this and I have no idea what I'm doing! Thanks very much!
Ben
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Discuss Advanced Driving at SafeDrivingTips.co.uk