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Originally Posted by Junkman2008 The clear coat on the Z is way to fragile for 1500 unless you are going to repaint. Plus, I bet you didn't use a sanding

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Old 04-05-2011, 09:52 AM   #1 (permalink)
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The clear coat on the Z is way to fragile for 1500 unless you are going to repaint. Plus, I bet you didn't use a sanding b;ock. That was mistake #2. You should have used a product like Dr, Colorchip or Langka. Doing it the way that you did requires 24 hours between each application of paint. You rushed the job big time.

This is why I tell guys to stay away from touch up paint and sandpaper unless they either know what they are doing or they are using one of the kits that I mentioned above. The paint on these cars is very unforgiving when doing anything with sandpaper, especially 1500-2000 grits.
yea I had a feeling this paint was soft. I'm taking your advice though. I'm buying both dr colorchip and langka just in case I get knocked with another rock outside the clear bra.

The weird thing, is that as soon as I messed up the first chip, I used 3000 grit on the other one, and it still destroyed the paint. You're completely right about just staying away from sandpaper on this car.

Learn the hard way I guess. Oh well... Less money to loose in vegas lol.
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yea man, your videos rock. The cars look so good after your treatment vids, that I almost flagged a few of them as porn.
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