Lacquer Peel - Dealing With It Without Respraying

[ATK 140 1 Cars]

Got a little section of lacquer peel by the door lock on my 1991 205 GTI.

 

Don't really want to get the whole door resprayed, so any suggestions of how to blend it a little to make it less noticeable?

 

Sanding with say 3000 grit paper perhaps?

 

Cheers

[iPlod999 143 1 Cars]

3000 grade wet and dry.

 

Make you soak it well first.

 

If you know someone with a machine polisher buff up with a compound.

 

Any pictures?

[ATK 140 1 Cars]

Cheers mate, will upload a pic tomorow when it's not dark.

 

Any lower than 3000 will be too agressive I assume e.g. 2000

 

Only a very small area so should be ok polishing and buffing by hand?

[iPlod999 143 1 Cars]

For people taking out nasty scratches they go for a lower grade first and then finish off with 3000 grade.

 

I always start with the least aggressive and then go harder if need be.

 

Yes, small area should be ok by hand but a lot of elbow grease maybe required.

[ATK 140 1 Cars]

Cool, so soak the 3000 in plenty of water with a dab of shampoo for say 15 mins, sand away, then switch to dry, then polish up?

[iPlod999 143 1 Cars]

I only use water soaked for about an hour but have NEVER NEVER NEVER used it dry.

 

Start with the least aggressive.

 

Here is a thread when my wife's car was damaged by a shopping trolley.

 

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=313791

[ATK 140 1 Cars]

Awesome job

[iPlod999 143 1 Cars]

Thank you.

 

Oh. Don't forget to have a spray bottle with water in. Keep spraying, keep it wet.

[nveeate 78]

One of the main challenges is flatting the edge of the lacquer without going into the adjoining underlying basecoat. Out of interest (i.e. procrastination) I tried this last weekend on an old bonnet I had with lacquer peel....really difficult to achieve - much more so than just flatting back a scratch, as the lacquer edge is quite a pronounced lip.

 

Let us know how you get on!

[iPlod999 143 1 Cars]

Less pressure the better. Keep it wet.