Blend Panels
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How many people actually only put one coat of clear on the blend panels (2coats over the blend area but one to the edge of the panel). I can always see the texture of the sand scratches when i only use one coat. not gouges like i sanded to rough but the even texture of the scratches showing through. not something the average person will se but I know its there so I usually do 2coats. The second coat also seems to cover most little dirt nibs that pop up and makes the job smoother.
By the way I prep the blends with 1000 grit wet or grey scuff pad and pasteIt depends on what I’m doing, solid colors almost always 100% of the time it gets 1 coat on blends. On metallic colors I pretty well need to go 2 coats on everything, heres why:
I will almost always lay down an orientation coat, and 99% of the time I use a clear basecoat. Since I’m using a clear basecoat it requires 2 coats over it. I could choose an over-reduced clear in which case I would only need one over the blend & two over the base, but i find the base works better. In any case I’d let up on the edges.
I find that also regarding little nibs, I think its just base that landed crapily though. So if that were the case then the base would be getting the two coats anyhow, I don’t really find that an issue over the rest of the panel that hasn’t been based.
I think its just base that landed crapily
ya can always spot the guy with an iawata:woohoo: :woohoo:i put 2 coats on everything just cuz;)
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[quote]I can always see the texture of the sand scratches when i only use one coat. not gouges like i sanded to rough but the even texture of the scratches showing through. not something the average person will se but I know its there so I usually do 2coats. [/quote]Ever try a colorless base coat? That usually works for this problem, especially on light colors. Alot of people use this on blend and blend within panels and some insurance companies will pay extra for it to avoid giving full refinish time.
i wet bed all my blend pnls but still 2 coat em 2
i usually do that. but then like jimmo stated you need 2 coats of clear because you basically based the whole panel so you need that uv protection over the base. its just that 2nd coat on blend panels can change the color enough to make it a noticable diff between the blended and non painted ajacent panel. not on all colors but some.
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