whats everyone do to rub out runs in the paint??
have been told to use 1200 in a soapy water mix?
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rhys

depends how big or solid they are.sometimes if you have a lot in one panel rub it back and start again,make sure you use a block so it flattens out.....
good luck
cheers

There are a number of techniques. The soapy water is often used when the paint is still soft and the operator of the sandpaper doesn't want the paper to stick to the run. Of course being a run it is usually softer than the surrounding paint due to its thickness slowing down the drying process.

There is also a technique where you put filler over the paint and run and rub the run and filler back untill you get to the paint surface you want to keep. This avoids the ripple effect you get when rubbing a run out. The filler stops you from rubbing through the surrounding paintwork while knocking back the run.

Then you can always wait until the paint has fully cured and is hard as a rock. When it is hard you can get a brand new single sided razor blade and shave the run back. This also gives you a straight finish with no ripples.

thanks guys the paint is a month or so old know so i will get someone to do the razor blade trick!
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rhys

yep let it harden up good n try the razor then d rub back

Go the tungesten blade(er think thats how its spelt) instead of a razor. it is made just for doing such things as rubbing out runs and little bits of shit . It is about 15mm by 15 and it cuts the runs back with out touching either side. as with liitle bits of shit in the paint it cuts the head of it so that you have a smooth flat surface that can be cut back with 2000 wet and dry(for 2-pak) ready for buffing. They cost about $140 to buy and if you drop the sucker it will shatter into a million little bits but it works so well and is safer than a razor as only shaves the paint not cut into. depends if you will get the use out of it to warrent the cost. i have two(one spare incase i drop the bastard) and use them all the time for the odd run(shhh don't tell anyone i get runs) and any little bits of shit in the paint as no booth is perfect :o) in saying that i am painting 10 to 15 cars a week at work so it pays for its self in the amount of time saved

steff...............................

i found you can rub back by hand with 1200 wet n dry, and if careful enough it will come up smooth (no ripple)

youd wanna use a pretty hard block