Removing runs in clear??

[pricha00]

Freshly painted Boss 302 Mustang being turned into a road race car. Body shop left a couple of good size runs in the clear. What is the preferred method to remove these. I am guessing sand flush and then compound and polish but what grade of paper would I start with. I know 2000 would be the safest but that would take three days of sanding I think. Also are there any tricks to keeping the sanding limited to just the actual run and not the surrounding clear?

Pat.

[robb01]

I might start w/ 2500 and go to 2000 if it needs it

[nrengle]

I know the prefered paper lately for Wet sanding is Megs Unigrit, or 3M Trizact.

If you've never wet sanded, do some serious homework before starting this. Youtube has some good video's from one of the Megs workshops on wetsanding, and the steps needed to bring the shine back afterwards.

There's a few good threads on Autopia about it too, might take a bit of searching though. Good luck!

[richy]

It's not easy to recover from a crappy paint job. You need to ensure that the clear behind the run is thick enough before you start sanding away the run. If not, you'll go through and it'll need a repaint. Is the painter willing to repaint the area for you? If so (I would hope so) then you've got nothing to lose by trying. Good luck...

[TOGWT]

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[blob]

Let the body shop fix the runs...it is their fault after all. Then all you have to do is fix their crappy buffing job.