AAAHHHHH!!! Painting Mistake!!!

[drkngas]

So here I am:   Off for the last 3 days, kicking back, relaxed, got the basketball games on the big screen.  Got the roastbeef, turkey, smoked gruyere, peperjack, bacon , jalapeno jelly on french roll BIG sandwich going.  Sweet Iced Tea.  Stepping out every couple of hours to paint on the Honda Rebel parts.  Black paint with the skulls all looking good, hit the front fender with the clear coat and spray too much and end up with a very rough spot of paint.  The question:  Will a rubbing compound or something like it smooth out this really rough spot?  I'd really hate to wet sand on it and risk getting down to the skulls.

[Charles S Otwell]

Get a sanding stone (small fine grit block used for removing runs and dust specks) and just sand  the excess clear until it's smooth then you can lightly wet sand the whole piece and put on another light coat of clear.

[TLRam1]

You can also wet sand the area with 2000 grit sandpaper than buff with polishing compound followed  up with wax. I have heard of some using a buffer with rubbing compound, than polishing compound followed by wax. This will give you a few things to try pending what's available in your tool chest.

Should not be a problem.

[drkngas]

Thanks Charles.  I'll go hit the Autozone and see what I can find.

Here's the damage....

[Charles S Otwell]

Forget it, your clear is lifting the paint under it .

[TLRam1]

What he said, that's not overspray or just a rough spot, that's toast baby! Only wishful help I can offer so it looks better is drink a lot of Long Island Tea.

[Charles S Otwell]

Looks like the damage is on the darker blue and the darker brown did use any paints other than base coat colors?

[TLRam1]

You Do know what that's from don't you?

[drkngas]

You Do know what that's from don't you?

Nope, I guess not but you can tell me.  I DO know what a Long Island Ice Tea is though.

I painted the gas tank and rear fender at the same time and this did not occur.

[Charles S Otwell]

You Do know what that's from don't you?

Is this going to be a serious answer or a Terry special .

To answer that question would require a lot of info, from the kind of original paint, to the kind of primer to the kind of paint you used for the base and graphics to the kind of clearcoat you used, how long between coats and did you sand any of the base coats before clearing what type of thinner and about a dozen other possible underlying factors. I was in a friends paint shop today and they were having the same problem with a brand new factory primed bumper, two places lifted after the second coat of base, they will resand those spots and reprime and repaint. There wouldn't be any use in trying to figure out what the problem was, just redo it and move on. In your case if is necessary to figure it out to avoid it happening again. If I can help let me know..

[TLRam1]

You Do know what that's from don't you?

Is this going to be a serious answer or a Terry special .

Come to think of it.....probably would of been a "Terry Special".  Too late for me to answer at the moment, Charles is on the right track, answer some of his questions and help may not be far away.

[drkngas]

OK, Sanded and started over.

[lragan]

Ouch!

[tmds3]

OK, Sanded and started over.

Do you have pics of the tank? I am working on refinishing a guitar before I tackle the bike and am thinking about putting graphics on the tank and fender like what is on my helmet(Tribal Flames). Was wondering how you put the stenciling? on the tank.

[drkngas]

Here is some of the stenciling on the tank. 




Had to put the stencil on the tank and remove carefully.  Charcoal gray on black in casse the pic isnt so great.

This is a 1985 Rebel 250.