My body guy, and Tonys, says no prob with touching up clear coat. We will
see.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Clarici" <spritenut@comcast.net>
To: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Cc: "Spridgets@Autox. Team. Net" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] primers....thinking out loud
> The soap and water wash is to clean the dust off the car.
> You can use final prep or wax/grease remover instead.
> Also watch the etching primers, they do not like body filler over
> etching primers. Or so the label says.
> I etch, epoxy, then surface/filler prime.
> Also give long hard thoughts to a base/clear paint job.
> Touch ups are near impossible or very time consuming.
> My son was a base/clear man for a few years but WHEN, not IF the base
> clear got a chip or scratch, the touch up was worse than the damage.
> Now he, like me, use the single stage urethane paint.
> Need a scratch or chip touched up, just do it and wet sand the spot the
> next day, you never see it.
> But, I am just thinking out loud Bud, just letting you know what I have
> learned about base/clears. I wish my Jag was never clear coated because
> now 4 years old, there are chips in the clear and it's just not possible
> to touch it up and make it look good.
> Just think, the car is all painted and shiny and during assembly you
> slip with a screw driver or wrench and chip the paint where the mirror
> goes on the door. Gawd I hate it when I do that! Good thing it was
> single stage.
>
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> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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