Wet sanded through clear coat, fix?

**keithmfr** · 10-22-2016, 12:23 PM

New here, was attempting to remove scratch with wet 3000 grit, sanded it a few strokes and I believe i've gone too far.

At this point, how screwed am I and what are my options?

Thank you guys.

Pics below.

**The Guz** · 10-22-2016, 12:25 PM

The only real fix is a repaint as you have gone through the clear.

**keithmfr** · 10-22-2016, 12:33 PM

Repaint the clear coat on that section? Or the whole panel

**The Guz** · 10-22-2016, 12:39 PM

The body shop will blend the area (paint + clear) that is damaged to the area that is not damaged.

**LSNAutoDetailing** · 10-22-2016, 01:07 PM

And that was on a body line/curve which is thin in paint... yup off to the body shop.

**Rsurfer** · 10-22-2016, 03:06 PM

You can use touch up paint, will not look as good as a respray, but a hell of a lot cheaper.

**WAXOFF** · 10-22-2016, 07:15 PM

Is that pearl white? If it is Oh boy!!!!!

**keithmfr** · 10-23-2016, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by Rsurfer

You can use touch up paint, will not look as good as a respray, but a hell of a lot cheaper.

Touch up paint, and clear coat, correct?

**Moravcik25** · 10-23-2016, 04:55 PM

I have to say bud, that was more than a few strokes to do that with 3000 grit.

From wet sanding and using a paint thickness guage whilst doing it, you get an idea how far you can go, and you've went far!

To fully fix that damage will need a re-spray sadly.

**postaltwo** · 10-26-2016, 03:31 AM

I agree it Def looks like more than a few strokes lol. Maybe a few hundred. Either way that's unfortunate and I'm sorry to see that happened , Def needs a respray