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Got schooled on my clear coat blend technique by a guy who used to paint for a NASCAR team
I was doing a quarter panel repair on a black Honda Civic, you know the kind where the metallic flake can look off if you're not perfect. I was blending into the door like I always do, two feet out, thinking it was smooth. This older painter from a shop down the street, Frank, stopped by to borrow some reducer. He watched me for a second and just said, 'Kid, you're blending too far. You're making a bigger repair than you need. On a panel that size, you only need to go six inches past the damage, max. Any further and you're just polishing out your own work for no reason.' I argued at first, but he showed me on his phone a picture of a hood he did where the blend line was literally invisible from a foot away. I tried it his way on the next job, a silver Mazda bumper, and you know what? He was right. The paint match was just as good, I used less material, and it cut my buffing time in half. Has anyone else had a 'less is more' moment with blending that changed their process?
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webb.victor10d agoMost Upvoted
Man, I had the same thing happen with a basecoat blend on a white truck last year.
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