Pulled lacquer…

[ToMeToYou]

So..a couple years ago I had the entire side of my car resprayed. Fast forward 2 years and I decided to fit a vinyl wrap for the roof, during fitment it overhung the side of the car, the vinyl was super sticky. Upon removing this over hang off cut, I noticed that in a few spots, it removed the lacquer! Can I touch this up with some lacquer and brush?

P.S no I can't go back to the bodyshop that sprayed it 2 years ago as they are Lithuanian and moved on.

[Iceblue]

Thats way to much for a touch-up and will look a real bodge if you use a clear coat rattle can, needs stripping back and repainting for a decent job.

[ToMeToYou]

Iceblue said:

Thats way to much for a touch-up and will look a real bodge if you use a clear coat rattle can, needs stripping back and repainting for a decent job.

I was thinking to get the rattle can, spray it into the lid and dab it on then sand it with 1500 or 2000 and then polish it.

[OldSkoolRS]

ToMeToYou said:

I was thinking to get the rattle can, spray it into the lid and dab it on then sand it with 1500 or 2000 and then polish it.

It might look better if you do this, but chances are the lacquer will peel further back while you're sanding it, so you could end up chasing your tail with it. Can't really blame the Lithuanian painters though, even if they were still there as ripping lacquer off with sticky backed wrap isn't really down to them.

Ultimately only a respray of the damaged area is going to look 'perfect' so it's down to what your expectations are if you DIY it and touch it in. I've had good success wet sanding out minor scuffs and marks, then machine polishing, but damage like that I'd tend to sand back and refinish myself.

[ToMeToYou]

I'm gonna give it a go today and tomorrow and see how it turns out. Will update before and after for those who are in a similar situation in the future.

[OldSkoolRS]

Best of luck with it. Nothing to lose by trying either, so you never know it might turn out to be good enough.

[Tyrell Corp]

ToMeToYou said:

I'm gonna give it a go today and tomorrow and see how it turns out. Will update before and after for those who are in a similar situation in the future.

Bear in mind the clear coat will be a 2k, this is available in rattle cans now. Old fashioned 1k clear takes ages and not as good. Read the lavbel, it is dangerous stuff.

Forget about brushing it on ( wtf?) spray it on light mist coat, after you have prepped the panel. Watch for paint reactions bubbling up-why you dust it on first coats I would think.

You need to go down to 2000 and 3000 grit to wet sand and then you can polish with a hand glaze compound.

problems here coud be a reaction between the different chemistry clear and/or and glue or wax residue on the panel.

[ToMeToYou]

So I gave it a go..

2000 sand
3 layers of lacquer
2000 sand
2500 sand
3000 sand
Compound polish
Finishing polish

Came out not bad, definitely less noticeable....

[OldSkoolRS]

That seems a lot better, so well worth the try.