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 kombi_kid
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 posted on December 10th, 2004 at 07:37 PM |
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rubbing out runs???
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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 wrecker67
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| posted on December 10th, 2004 at 08:28 PM |
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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
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| posted on December 11th, 2004 at 09:17 PM |
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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.
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| posted on December 14th, 2004 at 04:30 PM |
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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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| posted on December 14th, 2004 at 06:03 PM |
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yep let it harden up good n try the razor then d rub back
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| posted on December 15th, 2004 at 10:59 PM |
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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
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| posted on December 16th, 2004 at 08:00 AM |
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i found you can rub back by hand with 1200 wet n dry, and if careful enough it will come up smooth (no ripple)
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| posted on December 24th, 2004 at 04:23 PM |
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youd wanna use a pretty hard block
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