[garcmol]

Originally Posted by Dr Jkel

I am not sure what a painter can do as I am really inexperienced as far as blending and such. The ghost flames are on the hood, parts of the front fender, cowl and doors so I am not real sure about that.

Hopefully the doors can be adjusted and the touch up blended since the places needed are not where the flames are.

The only piece that will need a total repaint is the cowl since the chip is about the size of a quarter.

I know they are able to blend alot of things because it is done all the time on insurance jobs when people have wrecks. I did notice some solvent pop on the rear fenders last night so don't know how they fix that.

But my HOPE is that this painter will be able to look at it, fix the imperfections by blending and maybe just re-clear the entire thing and buff it back down to a high gloss shine.

I have seen in the detail threads and talked with Camaro Ryan, Junkman, and Dylan about these paint chip fix systems like Lanka....so my hopes are that since it can be done that way that a real painter can repair this in such a way that I do not need a total repaint.

I guess time will tell.

That solvent pop could have been just a dirty finger touched the body before they shot the paint. The paint won't bond with the surface and it won't matter how many coats they put on after, it will lift.

Blending will work with your base coat and will look great. Blending and ghost flames I'm not sure about.

Lanka, and those type systems are great for minor chips, and small scratches. They have clear coat mixed with the paint so you get a semi-finished product when used right. If you're showing the truck at some high end shows, stay away from your paint scratch quick fixes. But if you have a panel that the paint lifted, the painter will get it down to base, clean repaint and blend. Blend the base coat that is. I've never seen a painter shoot clear over just a spot that has been blended. Typically they shoot the entire panel then compound it to bring out the shine. I take that back, I saw one painter try that (First painter with my stripes) and the finished product looked like shit.