Respray advice needed

[ajstan]

Hi all, about 10months ago I managed to scrape the rear wing of my car on a big concrete post while parking and this weekend I decided to fix it.

I took some pics as I went so you can see what I've done:

Ok so it was rubbed down, with wet and dry paper then sprayed with some halfords paint and the colour match is pretty good but what do I do next?

I have lacquer but do I rub down the paint with W&D paper or t-cut, or go straight for lacquer?

Help would be much appreciated

 

[SB118]

Next you get some paint to match the car

 

[Xez]

Lightly rub the paint down but not too much as you'll obviously go through the paint to the primer. 800 or 1000 grit for rubbing the colour down. Spray lacquer on lightly, lots of thin coats is better than thick coats and running the risk of it running. Rub down lightly each coat with 1200 grit. I would leave the top coat alone and let it dry for a few days and then flat it down and use some cutting compound. Also wet and dry the surround around so the lacquer has a good key! Looks like you're doing a good job

 

[ajstan]

Next you get some paint to match the car

The pictures actually make it look a lot worse, presumably because of the lack of lacquer, it actually does match quite well

Lightly rub the paint down but not too much as you'll obviously go through the paint to the primer. 800 or 1000 grit for rubbing the colour down. Spray lacquer on lightly, lots of thin coats is better than thick coats and running the risk of it running. Rub down lightly each coat with 1200 grit. I would leave the top coat alone and let it dry for a few days and then flat it down and use some cutting compound. Also wet and dry the surround around so the lacquer has a good key! Looks like you're doing a good job

Cheers, not many easy to follow guides on the internet for using this

 

[kaiowas]

I was under the impression that you don't rub down a metallic colour before applying laquer as it'll harm the metallic finish.

Could be wrong though, it's not something i've done myself and I'm just recalling something I may or may not have read somewhere.

 

[Lopéz]

You don't usually key metallic finishes prior to lacquering IME - it drags the flakes, just makes it look scruffy. Just get on some nice thick coats of lacquer and polish those to a decent finish.

You still seem to have dents in the arch as well.

 

[ajstan]

Hmm this is the problem I have had, nobody can agree

The paint is currently quite rough (over spray) and so my thoughts were to t-cut that until fairly smooth and then put lacquer on?