On Thu, 14 May 1998, Chris Delling wrote:
> I recently had a little altercation that resulted in some minor paint damage
> on my B. The car was painted a little more than a year ago with Dupont
> Centari acrylic enamel.
>
> I went to the local Dupont distributor, and he mixed some paint and loaded
> it into a couple of aerosol spray cans, as I am not blessed with a
> compressor or spray equipment. Since the paint has a short pot life when a
> hardener is added, the paint guy said not to add it, and as the area is not
> one prone to a lot of wear and tear, I agreed.
>
> I prepped, primed, and painted the area in question. Seems like I erred in
> that I masked off an area not much larger than the repair, and the result is
> a defined ridge where the area was masked.
>
> Since this paint has no hardener, it won't take a lot of abuse from sanding
> and polishing. Would like to have suggestions from those knowledgeable
> about paint on how to attack this problem. The color match is perfect, but
> the entire area needs to be polished to match the surrounding area, and
> there's that ridge to get rid of too!.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris Delling
>
>
Not much you can do about it yet since it doesn't have a hardner
added. If you wait about 8 months you will be able to sand it.
...Art
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