Natural paint disaster ! ! !

[martin1183]

Im either dumb or super dooper crazy bit I have just started colour coding the trim of my clio. Started off with the mirrors. Masked all areas off that I dont want paintified. so I have primed it with two coats to find some of the primer got onto my paintwork through the slightest gap in the masking tape. Ooops. I got it off with sponge and water but it seems to have taken some lacquer off the original paint. U can see it In the light. Can this be fixed with t cut or something similar? Or will I just scrap it lol.

 

[Dan@SJM]

If its taken lacquer off the. It's a repaint job..

 

[martin1183]

It aint worth a repaint. Just small areas so might as well leave it

 

[Knuckles]

Try super resin polish. Might bring a bit of gloss back if you've just dulled the lacquer

 

[martin1183]

Try super resin polish. Might bring a bit of gloss back if you've just dulled the lacquer

Ok ill do that. I have super resin polish in the shed. Tastes delicious. Just hope all my colour coding milarky is worth it

 

[Adam D]

Takes hardly any time to remove the panels you're probably spraying, probably better to do that than keep getting over spray ruining other parts of the car?

 

[Knuckles]

Ok ill do that. I have super resin polish in the shed. Tastes delicious. Just hope all my colour coding milarky is worth it

Lol!

got any progress pics?

 

[jesus]

Did you not take a photo so we can decide what's best?

 

[martin1183]

Takes hardly any time to remove the panels you're probably spraying, probably better to do that than keep getting over spray ruining other parts of the car?

How do you remove the mirrors. Ill do that with the other one as only primed one

 

[Adam D]

Well if you take the glass out you can pop the mirror cap off and have that just as it is. If you can't get the mirror glass out you could just take the whole mirror off and tape up the black plastic trim. To take it all off pull the small plastic trim off from inside and there are three screws to remove.

 

[LiamR172]

To get the glass out of the mirror, push it in at one side and you migt be able to get fingers behind it, if not wedge it out with something.

Tey and get as close to the centre as possible though, incase you crack it

 

[martin1183]

Well if you take the glass out you can pop the mirror cap off and have that just as it is. If you can't get the mirror glass out you could just take the whole mirror off and tape up the black plastic trim. To take it all off pull the small plastic trim off from inside and there are three screws to remove.

Is the glass usually easy to remove

 

[DanEdser]

I just pulled my mirror cap off? :S

None of this taking out the glass malarky

 

[Gally]

Please tell me you didn't try to paint your mirror on the car, please God.

 

[Reko]

Ok ill do that. I have super resin polish in the shed. Tastes delicious. Just hope all my colour coding milarky is worth it

As knuckles pointed out, did you actually eat some SRP ? :dead:

 

[Addicted]

How the hell did you manage to go THROUGH the laquer when all you were meant to do was remove the primer you sprayed on?

I'm confused, this thread is weird. I'm out.

 

[LiamR172]

I just pulled my mirror cap off? :S

None of this taking out the glass malarky

It must be broke then, because theres 3 torx bits holding the caps on which are behind the glass. Therefor you need to remove the glass to get the torx out, to remove the mirror cap.

 

[DanEdser]

It must be broke then, because theres 3 torx bits holding the caps on which are behind the glass. Therefor you need to remove the glass to get the torx out, to remove the mirror cap.

Oh :S Mine just popped off and on :S

 

[martin1183]

Please tell me you didn't try to paint your mirror on the car, please God.

Im not even going to answer that. Lol. Anyhoo job donr now. Amatuer at his best

 

[MatthewR]

It must be broke then, because theres 3 torx bits holding the caps on which are behind the glass. Therefor you need to remove the glass to get the torx out, to remove the mirror cap.

Mine just popped on and off too, no holes for ant screws, just 4 clips.