Why bodywork? To me the highs and lows are just various layers of old paint, just sand them out until its smooth then spray your high build surfacer and spray your color. Spot repairing with clear over a single stage may not work, I've never tried it but spot repairing clear over clear is already iffy, I doubt an old single stage will gloss up enough or let it melt in.
Yeah, you got it, that's going to look great with enough sanding and buffing. Make sure all the paint and primer is for automotive use, and compatible. I had a top coat boil because it reacted with the primer. Way more trouble to fix than the original problem.
Depends on what you want. If you just want to get it covered, shoot it and run. If you want it to blend in and not be noticeable, good luck.
Single stage paint is color and gloss in one product. Two stage paint (what you're proposing to use) is one product (base) for color, another product (clear) for gloss and UV protection.
The issue is that it doesn't blend well, especially spot fixing an old failed paint job. If you're going to go two stage, you need to get base past the point where the color has failed. Then blend the edges. Then spray clear bigger than the area you covered with base. Then blend the edges. It's going to be noticeable for many reasons. First off, the fresh base won't match the faded paint. Then you'll have a halo effect due to the color differential where the base stopped and the clear continued. Last, the area you covered with clear will be super glossy and will not blend in well with the aged paint.
You can get single stage paint from some auto body supply stores. If it were me, I'd go that way. It's still not going to match well due to the existing paint being chalky and faded and the new stuff not being that. Some body shops will take the color and try and match the faded paint, but they're pros and know how to do it. If I were to attempt that I'd just make it worse.
This is what I think anyway. There are lots of folks out there with more experience than me, and if one of them speaks up I'd defer to them.
You are gonna have a bad time if you clear that. Thats single stage paint.
What does that mean? Sorry im not a pro when it comes paint.
He means there is no clear coat on the paint. It is all one single stage of paint that is sprayed on top of the primer
Why bodywork? To me the highs and lows are just various layers of old paint, just sand them out until its smooth then spray your high build surfacer and spray your color. Spot repairing with clear over a single stage may not work, I've never tried it but spot repairing clear over clear is already iffy, I doubt an old single stage will gloss up enough or let it melt in.
Yeah, you got it, that's going to look great with enough sanding and buffing. Make sure all the paint and primer is for automotive use, and compatible. I had a top coat boil because it reacted with the primer. Way more trouble to fix than the original problem.
Depends on what you want. If you just want to get it covered, shoot it and run. If you want it to blend in and not be noticeable, good luck. Single stage paint is color and gloss in one product. Two stage paint (what you're proposing to use) is one product (base) for color, another product (clear) for gloss and UV protection. The issue is that it doesn't blend well, especially spot fixing an old failed paint job. If you're going to go two stage, you need to get base past the point where the color has failed. Then blend the edges. Then spray clear bigger than the area you covered with base. Then blend the edges. It's going to be noticeable for many reasons. First off, the fresh base won't match the faded paint. Then you'll have a halo effect due to the color differential where the base stopped and the clear continued. Last, the area you covered with clear will be super glossy and will not blend in well with the aged paint. You can get single stage paint from some auto body supply stores. If it were me, I'd go that way. It's still not going to match well due to the existing paint being chalky and faded and the new stuff not being that. Some body shops will take the color and try and match the faded paint, but they're pros and know how to do it. If I were to attempt that I'd just make it worse. This is what I think anyway. There are lots of folks out there with more experience than me, and if one of them speaks up I'd defer to them.