I could see that the top of the door was a bit bluer, but that also could of been that the primer may have what we call bleed thru, giving it a lighter or bluer appearance. Basically you may not have got it covered with the color enough. It could also be that the color was not agitated good enough to. (Shake it for 5 mins)
I’m a 70 year old grandmother with a 2003 Honda Accord, I just bought with 250,000 miles. Lots of clear coat missing. But I loved watching your video and might even take on the challenge! It can’t get much worse than it is now. Thanks for the great info.
Finally showing the actual process instead of skipping/editing it. Because when we try at home, and we get what doesn't look to be the shiny clear mirror finish, we get discouraged. Good to see what it looks like "mid-way" to see what we have to do to get the end. Honestly, turned out A LOT better than I thought it would. This should be OK for most people who don't care for show-quality, just want the unsightly clear coat peel gone...
Lol hell a body shop did my 2 front fenders and hood for only $200. Screw all of that crap, I've worked on my own card all my life now I'd rather pay someone after getting a estimate
Great video. A modification I would make is getting the paint code and going to a paint store where they can factory match and put in an aerosol can. The results would be about as perfect as one could expect. The one variable is this existing paint is OLD and pearls are very hard to match. Also def be aware that 2K has isotopes that will KILL you. Wear a appropriately rated respirator whenever you spray 2k paints/clears. Stuff is no joke!
You can take the car paint code and take the car itself to those who would do the mixing for you and they will be able to match the color for you. Well done
I watched this like 10 times and let me tell you my fender flares look SICK now! I will say you make it look a lot easier than it is and it takes a ton of elbow grease to properly sand but if your instructions are followed you will get good results! Thank you Hektor.
Ojo que hay que lijar bien esa capa hasta la pintura para luego poner el Primer ...y después la Pintura ....es importante lijar las capas una Vez secas para darle más Acabado liso ...y entre la última capa de pintura y la primera de Barniz transparente no puede pasar más de 30 min ....ese es el secreto de la Bicapa.
Don’t do a mist coat just to finish the can on the last coat, that’s why you got orange peel. That’s the best 2k rattle can out there. If you spray it rite, you can get no orange peel. Glad to see someone actually doing the correct steps (Sand, prime, base, & clear coat).
Ditto on actually doing the correct steps, glad to see that. I've got to repair an area that was poorly done by someone else, clear flaked right off. I suspect that they attempted to spray the clear over the original base coat and I found out that clear needs to chemically bond to the base shortly after the base is sprayed for best results. Now I know that I have to go all the way back to primer for best adhesion...
I find that you always get orange peel with 2K clear coat spray can. On the bright side - wet sanding and buffering with compound sorts it out and the cost is mostly elbow grease.
@@garrykennedy5484 no, he was spraying very light to medium coats... Definitely should have been a little wetter on the last two coats. Also he was almost completely missing the end of the rear door on both the base coat and clear coat, make sure you give the edges a little extra attention or you will be buffing through! Primer was almost barely covered with the color coats. TC 30 years experience, collision and refinishing, Annapolis MD
Nice work, and I like your honest assessment of the repair at the end. You can tell there is a difference in the old and new paint, but it looks very good overall. My only criticism is - don't spray 2K products without a cartridge respirator and goggles, at a minimum! That stuff has toxic solvents that can mess your nervous system up.
Glad someone mentioned that. Isocyanates bad. Cartridges also must be rated for organic vapors, And if they aren't brand new they should have been stored in an airtight bag and only used for 6 to 8 hours total. If either of those conditions haven't been met then be safe and buy new cartridges.
I saw my uncle using a spray can to paint his car when I was younger and I thought he was crazy. The next day I was amazed at what he could do with a can of paint. Looks great thanks! Going to do this soon to my Tahoe. Needs a lot of work.
I had an Uncle who was a sign painter and did lettering by hand. My Dad had some tour buses and I watched my uncle paint a beach scene on the side of one of the buses and he used spray cans. Yeah, I thought he was crazy too. I asked him why he was using plain ol spray paint and he said it was basically like air brushing. The beach scene actually came out really nice.
Forty-four years ago my younger brother repainted my '70 Mercury Capri using a sprayer that attached to the exhaust port of a vacuum cleaner. He worked on it in his spare time and it took five weeks. Most of the time was spent preparing the vehicle to be painted. My brother more or less made me promise to not get antsy and want to look at it before he was finished. It turned out great. We still talk about it. My brother did a great job with the body preparation. This was all done in a time when cell phone cameras didn't exist. What gives me pause now is thinking about how _no one_ even thought to take a single photograph before or after so all I have are the memories of what the vehicle looked like before the job and afterwards.
Finally! Someone gives a good presentation on how to fix clear coat with spray can! I watched so many bad videos on this topic before landing on this. After a few steps of trial and error and before I watched this, I did something similar. The results were equally impressive. The two steps I added were to use a polishing compound after the cutting compound and to wax as a final step. The polishing compound will give it an even better mirror like finish. And of course the wax will help protect the new paint job! Thank you for posting this Hektor!
You don't want to wax fresh paint right away. Even though the paint appears dry, it's still curing. Generally you'll want to wait between 60 and 90 days before you wax fresh paint.
Great video Homie! I have a restoration shop and this is good advice for people on a budget that do not want to pay for expensive repairs, but still want it right. You might already know this but 3M has a hook & loop wet 3000 Pad that saves a lot of wet sanding time. After I started using them I would not go any other way!
Agree. They’re padded too so they have a decent amount of forgiveness. Much easier and won’t leave lines if any contaminants get on there as easy. There’s knock off ones too btw for cheap jobs
Absolutely the best realistic DIY video of getting a goos finsih with readily available equipment and clear start to finish. This video genuinely helped me do my own DIY paint repair with great results.
I'm a 548 years old great great great great great grandfather, and clear coat wasn't invented when I bought my Flintstones car. Your video inspired me to try and add it. Thank you!
IVE BEEN PAINTING CUSTOM PAINT JOBS FOR OVER 40 YEARS U DID A GOOD JOB EXCEPT U SHOULD WEAR A MASK SO THAT U COULD PROTECT YOUR YOUNGER VEIWERS AND A GOOD TIP ALWAYS TRY TO WAIT AT LEAST 2WKS B4 BUFFING IT WILL ALLOW THE PAINT TO FULLY DRY ORHERWISE U R CLOGGING UP THE POURS WHICH WILL CAUSE YOUR BUFF JOB TO GET DULL AS WELL SEVERAL MONTHS LATER SO KEEP DOING U COULD LEARN ALOT FROM PAINT SOCIETY KEEP DOING A- YOUNG BROTHER😊
Your a painter and you recommend this way of fixing this You go to be kidding yourself First the material he used is crap and it my come off in 6 months or fade It’s not quality at all .
I love how with your ham-handed approach to painting, you didn't get any runs on the paint on a vertical surface! Now that's confidence! And the fact you probably only spent about $75 on materials makes this project worth doing. Any videos on painting door mirrors and handles??? Love this! Great job Hector!
@@scrappy7509 paper mask is fine I don’t even use a mask people do graffiti and don’t use one 25 dollars for a painter’s mask if I had it laying around do what’s good with you you can also cover nose and mouth with a shirt held with one hand and other with spray can
@@eduardoosorio5199 2k clear coats and spray paint are different in terms of toxicity. 2k contains isocyanates that is basically poison and your skin can even absorb it as well. Look it up. 2k is not to be messed with and if you sprayed 2k with no mask, you are bound to have long term damage down the road.
Hektor, that's one of the best home DIY videos on paint restoration I've seen...Good common sense advice for rattle can spraying...Hermano, Please use some kind of respirator!
That’s legit inspiring. It looks so satisfying and a fun way to spend a weekend. Thank you for this video and showing us a REAL affordable way to have our old things be nice again.
Great work with spray cans. Besides a respirator, I'd say use sanding blocks or pads. Very surprised that your heavy/close spray with the 2k worked as well as it did. Looks like the magic was in your prep and post sanding. Great video!
Likewise! I was worries about the orange peel and waited until thr and and thought "oh no, this didn't work out". But he nailrd it A to Z with the detailed care on the sanding and polishing until it looked perfect. I used to apply this without wet sanding. I thought orange peel was a technique error. Perhaps, but it needs sanding in the end. This was great
@@Omarrr77There will always be orange peel with rattle cans as there is not enough pressure in the cans. The good thing is that with a little elbow grease, cut and buff, the paint will look great. I did this to my 2015 Infiniti Q50 hood, bumper and fenders. No one can believe that i used rattle cans. Even my brother who helped me with the prep work. Also had a few friends who are painters were extremely impressed. Only paid 300 for the front end instead of 2300 like i was quoted. Use your paint code and have a local auto paint shop premix them. Exact match! Have fun
@@demented392rt5 Is that amount of buffing and polishing a must or does there exist any products which you can just spray on and get a nice clean finish?
Thank you for the video! You demonstrated exactly why sanding and polishing after clear coat is needed, I didn't realise the huge difference it makes. I'm off to spray the clear coat on the bonnet now (first time every attempting to paint a car) Have a great day
Big improvement! To avoid the sharp transition between the old paint and the new paint you can backmask and blend the base coat into about 3- 6 inches into the quarter panel. Good work keep it up!
You got a great finish for a diy project! Looks great! There are 2 reasons that your duplicator is lighter, you need more coats of it to get true coverage with that stuff and you need dark paint behind it because the car is dark. The light colored primer behind it makes the paint appear lighter
Like Adam said... Well done.. Perfect presentation and technique descriptions.. best video I've seen in a long time.. Have alot of clear coat issues and you've given me the confidence to proceed..thx
I am busy with my 24year old Golf 4 Volkswagen. Meanwhile I got very good results by restaurating INSIDE and outside. It's worth, it is a very good car, has an 1.9 liter machine and only needs 5l Diesel/100 km. Every weekend I am spending on detailing and laque restauration from stone damaging. The only damages are resulting from stonefall and a less of being uncarefully, so helpfully with your super Tipps I hope to bei succesful in restaurating the surface. Thank you!
Homie…..for your health……when spraying that 2k clear you need a respirator …..isocyanates are super toxic. Please let your followers know that as well.
Next time just check how many coats u need to put on for the base. Als the primer color matters as well. Some colors call for black primer because it will end up tinting the base color.
Best to remove the door handle and belt moldings vs. tape them off. Why? The clear/color coat will lift where the frog tape met with the molding as there is no surface prep to hold it. Otherwise, this is a great alternative to professional body shop methods which simply revert to complete paint of doors. One alternative to the rattle can color coat. Get a pint of color matched paint from a local automotive paint shop. Heavy on the clear so it doesn't do this again. Looks better than it did and thats the important part.
If you can pay for it take it to the shop probably add $500-$1000. So if you have near perfect conditions at home it saves money but will never be perfect.
My Toyota Avalon is doing this same thing. It's a Desert Sand Mica, so it's a gold color basically. You did an excellent job on your project, I may have to try this on my own car now. Sure beats having the whole car painted. Most of the clear coat is gone from the hood and across the top of the rocker panels, the rest is pristine.
Well so far I'm impressed with the 303 touchless I made sure I treated my clear coat with 50% water and vinegar to get out the calcium I believe this is monumentive treating the surface to get all the impurities out that gives the longevity of the product a standing chance and that should be one of your biggest videos ever Will be going to the 303 graphite next thank you for your effort You're awesome
Awesome job on that for a DIY! I do mobile bodyshop work for a living and wanted to add two things: 1) you can get custom matched paint cans made for you at local paint shops. I get them for about $20 each when I need a color that I can’t easily make. They spray better and match better then Duplicolor. Larger cans too. 2). You can cut down on orange peel a huge amount amount by spraying the 2nd-last layer of clear much wetter, it’ll make the wet sand and polish process 10x easier. Most jobs don’t even need a polish when applied in that way. Great work and way to get out there and do stuff! Too much talk from most people.
This is inspiring, especially for the guys that don't have all the cool tools and still want a clean ride. Great job on your video, Homes! Keep up the good work.
Of course it's a UA5 3.2TL, LOL. I'm convinced I have the only one in existence without failed clear coat. Excellent work, you knocked it out of the park!
no gloves no mask! look after yourself for all our sakes. From UK , appreciate the video, it's all about technique and precision, keep your brain and your skin. Cheers.
This video is really useful for people looking to repair and maintain their daily old beater, a cheap second hand car or a track machine that will get scuffed all the time. At the end of the day, in many cases you only need something that is functional, protects the metal and looks quite good. If you paid little for a vehicle or it is very old you won't probably go to a body shop and spend a fortune there. Thanks! Oh, btw, please use a respirator! That clear coat is very toxic!
I'm fixing the clear coat on my side mirrors that have spots of the clear coat eaten away by acid from bugs hitting them. I have 2 foam sanding blocks 400/600 and 1000/1500 grits. I dry sanded up to the 1000 and wet sanded the 1500 grit. I taped plastic painters sheets over the door and fender and bent the mirror to it's folded position and am putting 3-5 very light applications of rattle can clear on. It's turning out very well.
I just bought the B-92P paint for my Honda as well. Duplicolor. I tested it on something else and held it up to the car and it was wayyy off. Really blue. What I did was I applied a basic black base for 3 coats (it was over light Grey primer) then did a final dust coat with the b92p. It was a very close match
The problem is your repair looks better than the original finish next to it!!! Great job. I hadn't seen that clear coat product with the hardener in it before. It truly makes a spray can repair a real repair. thanks for the video.
Great video and great job on that car. You should machine polish and wax the rest of the car. The color match might be closer than you think. Oxidation on the clear can keep the full brilliance of metallic and pearl from showing through. I buffed and polished a Honda Civic a few years ago that looked to be black.it turned out to be dark blue metallic so a little bit of oxidation can hide things
Wow. That’s pretty amazing work. Wish all the “kids” in my town would watch this before they spray paint their cars. Lol. I had no idea you could get results like that. Great job.
Im getting ready to wet sand, compound and polish my 99 Jeep. Hood is trashed tho. If i can get color matched in an aerosol can, your video has given me the confidence to do the hood. THNK U!!
Quick summary; apply 600grid wetsandpaper on damaged areas, 1000grid wetsandpaper on all, dry with microfiber, apply primer on 600gridded areas, apply color x3pass on damaged areas , apply clearcoat on all x3pass. Wetsand with 2000 all areas x3pass. Apply compound on all x3 pass..
Great video Hektor! I liked the step by step and the actual grit that you used. Have some clear coat failure on the roof of my civic, might actually try your method
You need to learn to "walk the car." Never start, stop, or reverse direction of a spray in the middle of a panel. You should have started each pass behind the back of the rear door and gone all the way past the front end of the front door and then stopped your spray. Shake the can and start spraying on the masked off section at the front and work your way to the masked off section past the rear door, maintaining the same steady walking pace for each pass. Your color coats were too heavy and uneven. Did you let the color coat dry for at least a month before applying the 2k clear? If not, you will probably get bubbling in a few months, and certainly within a year. Right now you have wet paint encased between the metal doors and the cured 2k clear, and it does not have a chance to properly dry. For your hand sanding you should have wrapped the sandpaper around a sponge to avoid uneven pressure points from your hands. And soak wet/dry sandpaper in water for at least 5 minutes before doing wet sanding. And ALWAYS WEAR GLOVES when prepping and painting to both protect the paint area from skin oils, and your skin from paint. Ideally, you should also have a long sleeve shirt on as well, and goggles. A $15 painting gas mask from Harbor Freight will give you pretty decent protection from the paint fumes, which are toxic gases. The damage to your lungs and skin is cumulative. Worse, 2k clear can permanently destroy parts of your brain. That stuff is about as dangerous as you can buy legally. Always protect yourself.
Dude that looks really good! I would imagine if you fixed your spot and then sanded and primed the whole door it would have been to where you couldn’t tell. But honestly it looks 1million times better!
After watching your video, I think I’m going to give it a try on my 2007 Tacoma’s roof, hood and some of the doors. The way I see it, is that I can’t make it look worse than it is now. Thanks for the inspiration on a DIY. 👍
Wow awesome video! I am looking for a little cheap car to buy and alot of them have paint defects like what you've shown. You have given me a burst of confidence to purchase one with defects and turn it into something beautiful. Good job Homie Hektor!
I need to fix some clearcoat and it is good to see how differant people do it. I was allways taught there is allways things to learn. I was taught to never rub your paint back using just your hands. Yhe pressure from your fingers can leave lines in the paint, use a rubbing block.
WOWWWW AMAZING WORK!! Only thing I would do different is go to a paint store and give them your exact paint code and they’ll match it perfectly. Usually it’s 25$ per can well worth it esp if you’re going to put the work in with wet sand. Great job man
Why did you primer it ? All you had to do was reclear it. Roll the tape length wise and place it around the affected area and then clear it. The rolled tape will give you a soft edge. There was really no reason to primer & repaint. But to each their own. If anyone is interested in mixing paints (cans), here is a quick video I did the other day. ruclips.net/video/JimVRfxgh-8/видео.html ✌N ❤
Great video Hektor. Gives me hope that I can bring back the shine on my blue Audi A4 convertible without the expense of taking to a shop. Keep up the good work!
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I could see that the top of the door was a bit bluer, but that also could of been that the primer may have what we call bleed thru, giving it a lighter or bluer appearance. Basically you may not have got it covered with the color enough. It could also be that the color was not agitated good enough to. (Shake it for 5 mins)
How long does the paint last?
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I’m a 70 year old grandmother with a 2003 Honda Accord, I just bought with 250,000 miles. Lots of clear coat missing. But I loved watching your video and might even take on the challenge! It can’t get much worse than it is now. Thanks for the great info.
Did you ever try it?
@@sa1nt_john.v1 Well life got in the way, but I still plan to.
@@sa1nt_john.v1 share with us what u did
70 year old on youtube comments huh??????
@@jb2cold Why not ? 😊
I'm a nurse, and you need to wear a mask while painting !!!! Protect your lungs!!! Your videos are amazing, and I learn so much from you!
I bought a 3M painter's mask and wear it when I use spray paint. I can't imagine painting without it and breathing toxic fumes.
Be quiet old lady
That 2k clear is BRUTAL on your lungs too, way worse than regular paint.
Finally showing the actual process instead of skipping/editing it. Because when we try at home, and we get what doesn't look to be the shiny clear mirror finish, we get discouraged. Good to see what it looks like "mid-way" to see what we have to do to get the end. Honestly, turned out A LOT better than I thought it would. This should be OK for most people who don't care for show-quality, just want the unsightly clear coat peel gone...
Lol hell a body shop did my 2 front fenders and hood for only $200. Screw all of that crap, I've worked on my own card all my life now I'd rather pay someone after getting a estimate
The body shops around Charlotte want $700 to do one door. @@roncupp7324
@@roncupp7324wow that’s really cheap is that a normal price?
@@hokuk9training970 nobody is going to do a good job on both fenders and a hood for anywhere close to $200. More close to $2000 for a decent job.
I'm a 73 year old vet. You have inspired me son. I'm gonna try this on my old dodge ram
Great video. A modification I would make is getting the paint code and going to a paint store where they can factory match and put in an aerosol can. The results would be about as perfect as one could expect. The one variable is this existing paint is OLD and pearls are very hard to match. Also def be aware that 2K has isotopes that will KILL you. Wear a appropriately rated respirator whenever you spray 2k paints/clears. Stuff is no joke!
Didn’t know this was a thing! Thank you
You can take the car paint code and take the car itself to those who would do the mixing for you and they will be able to match the color for you. Well done
Nighthawk Black Pearl is a Honda paint color.
It will not match perfectly, paint fades over time...
I watched this like 10 times and let me tell you my fender flares look SICK now! I will say you make it look a lot easier than it is and it takes a ton of elbow grease to properly sand but if your instructions are followed you will get good results! Thank you Hektor.
This is the best demonstration I have seen on how to reasonably get rid of failing top coat.
Ojo que hay que lijar bien esa capa hasta la pintura para luego poner el Primer ...y después la Pintura ....es importante lijar las capas una Vez secas para darle más Acabado liso ...y entre la última capa de pintura y la primera de Barniz transparente no puede pasar más de 30 min ....ese es el secreto de la Bicapa.
Don’t do a mist coat just to finish the can on the last coat, that’s why you got orange peel. That’s the best 2k rattle can out there. If you spray it rite, you can get no orange peel. Glad to see someone actually doing the correct steps (Sand, prime, base, & clear coat).
Ditto on actually doing the correct steps, glad to see that. I've got to repair an area that was poorly done by someone else, clear flaked right off. I suspect that they attempted to spray the clear over the original base coat and I found out that clear needs to chemically bond to the base shortly after the base is sprayed for best results. Now I know that I have to go all the way back to primer for best adhesion...
I thought that orange peel came from doing too heavy a layer. I'm not painter, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
I find that you always get orange peel with 2K clear coat spray can. On the bright side - wet sanding and buffering with compound sorts it out and the cost is mostly elbow grease.
I was going to say, wet coats instead of misting it on would help a lot with the product settling smoother
@@garrykennedy5484 no, he was spraying very light to medium coats... Definitely should have been a little wetter on the last two coats. Also he was almost completely missing the end of the rear door on both the base coat and clear coat, make sure you give the edges a little extra attention or you will be buffing through! Primer was almost barely covered with the color coats.
TC
30 years experience, collision and refinishing, Annapolis MD
Nice work, and I like your honest assessment of the repair at the end. You can tell there is a difference in the old and new paint, but it looks very good overall. My only criticism is - don't spray 2K products without a cartridge respirator and goggles, at a minimum! That stuff has toxic solvents that can mess your nervous system up.
I peeped that and was yelling about a mask at the screen. The shit in that stuff is nasty
Goggles lol
Glad someone mentioned that. Isocyanates bad. Cartridges also must be rated for organic vapors, And if they aren't brand new they should have been stored in an airtight bag and only used for 6 to 8 hours total. If either of those conditions haven't been met then be safe and buy new cartridges.
@@lGraytheferalcat What after-effects are you experiencing?
I like to light up a cuban cigar and just spray a full vehicle with 2k paints while my garage is closed. Brings me back to the 50's
I saw my uncle using a spray can to paint his car when I was younger and I thought he was crazy. The next day I was amazed at what he could do with a can of paint. Looks great thanks! Going to do this soon to my Tahoe. Needs a lot of work.
I had an Uncle who was a sign painter and did lettering by hand. My Dad had some tour buses and I watched my uncle paint a beach scene on the side of one of the buses and he used spray cans. Yeah, I thought he was crazy too. I asked him why he was using plain ol spray paint and he said it was basically like air brushing. The beach scene actually came out really nice.
Forty-four years ago my younger brother repainted my '70 Mercury Capri using a sprayer that attached to the exhaust port of a vacuum cleaner. He worked on it in his spare time and it took five weeks. Most of the time was spent preparing the vehicle to be painted. My brother more or less made me promise to not get antsy and want to look at it before he was finished. It turned out great. We still talk about it. My brother did a great job with the body preparation. This was all done in a time when cell phone cameras didn't exist. What gives me pause now is thinking about how _no one_ even thought to take a single photograph before or after so all I have are the memories of what the vehicle looked like before the job and afterwards.
Great job mate, please wear a proper 2k mask when spraying that though. That stuff is full of nasty cancer causing chemicals. Stay safe 👍
He's been doing it for years and no cancer yet. He's a professional.
Pulling The strings try 10-20 years buddy
@@skrtskrt3429 more than likely he'll die of something else before then
@@pullingthestrings5233 it's coming over years. So yeah it's better to secure your health
long term effects may cause nose or lung cancer, better wear respirator mask yaaa
Finally! Someone gives a good presentation on how to fix clear coat with spray can! I watched so many bad videos on this topic before landing on this. After a few steps of trial and error and before I watched this, I did something similar. The results were equally impressive. The two steps I added were to use a polishing compound after the cutting compound and to wax as a final step. The polishing compound will give it an even better mirror like finish. And of course the wax will help protect the new paint job! Thank you for posting this Hektor!
Great job ! I'm concidering this on my truck soon !
You don't want to wax fresh paint right away. Even though the paint appears dry, it's still curing. Generally you'll want to wait between 60 and 90 days before you wax fresh paint.
@@channell11 I was looking for this comment.
How much did it cost for all the materials?
Great video Homie! I have a restoration shop and this is good advice for people on a budget that do not want to pay for expensive repairs, but still want it right. You might already know this but 3M has a hook & loop wet 3000 Pad that saves a lot of wet sanding time. After I started using them I would not go any other way!
Where do they sell them at, I'm in Tennessee and our body shops here are a bunch of clowns. Pill Poppin drug dropping drunks
I go as far as 6000 3m trizact pads it really saves a lot of time on polishing
Agree. They’re padded too so they have a decent amount of forgiveness. Much easier and won’t leave lines if any contaminants get on there as easy. There’s knock off ones too btw for cheap jobs
Absolutely the best realistic DIY video of getting a goos finsih with readily available equipment and clear start to finish. This video genuinely helped me do my own DIY paint repair with great results.
I'm a 548 years old great great great great great grandfather, and clear coat wasn't invented when I bought my Flintstones car. Your video inspired me to try and add it. Thank you!
😂🤌🏿 jumped straight from the 70 year old to a multiple centurion #WellPlayed
IVE BEEN PAINTING CUSTOM PAINT JOBS FOR OVER 40 YEARS U DID A GOOD JOB EXCEPT U SHOULD WEAR A MASK SO THAT U COULD PROTECT YOUR YOUNGER VEIWERS AND A GOOD TIP ALWAYS TRY TO WAIT AT LEAST 2WKS B4 BUFFING IT WILL ALLOW THE PAINT TO FULLY DRY ORHERWISE U R CLOGGING UP THE POURS WHICH WILL CAUSE YOUR BUFF JOB TO GET DULL AS WELL SEVERAL MONTHS LATER SO KEEP DOING U COULD LEARN ALOT FROM PAINT SOCIETY KEEP DOING A- YOUNG BROTHER😊
Your a painter and you recommend this way of fixing this You go to be kidding yourself First the material he used is crap and it my come off in 6 months or fade It’s not quality at all .
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How would you do it? What different products do you suggest?
Thanks
I love how with your ham-handed approach to painting, you didn't get any runs on the paint on a vertical surface! Now that's confidence! And the fact you probably only spent about $75 on materials makes this project worth doing. Any videos on painting door mirrors and handles???
Love this! Great job Hector!
@Seek Him with all your heart and you will find Him what does this have to do with painting a car?
@Seek Him with all your heart and you will find Him Oh, shut up 🙄
@@jcobra09 jesus built my hotrod lol
The key to avoiding runs is to do lots of very thin light coats. The moment you try and spray a heavy coat you get runs.
Just did the same thing. Definitely spent more than 75$ , those cans are $45 each here... I used 5.... + 5x cans of duplicolour paint @ 21$ each...
Note: Wear a respiratory mask when spraying paint and clearcoat to avoid respiratory damage! Otherwise great work, turned out nice.
Any work mask but a painters mask would be best my opinion
@@scrappy7509 paper mask is fine I don’t even use a mask people do graffiti and don’t use one 25 dollars for a painter’s mask if I had it laying around do what’s good with you you can also cover nose and mouth with a shirt held with one hand and other with spray can
@@eduardoosorio5199 2k clear coats and spray paint are different in terms of toxicity. 2k contains isocyanates that is basically poison and your skin can even absorb it as well. Look it up. 2k is not to be messed with and if you sprayed 2k with no mask, you are bound to have long term damage down the road.
@@The1Music2MyEars I’ve used it hundreds times without a mask I’m fine still feel same way still
I did my Acura TSX today. omg what a difference! looks good now.
Homie Hektor I must say you got it going on brother, I like your style!
Hektor, that's one of the best home DIY videos on paint restoration I've seen...Good common sense advice for rattle can spraying...Hermano, Please use some kind of respirator!
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That’s legit inspiring. It looks so satisfying and a fun way to spend a weekend. Thank you for this video and showing us a REAL affordable way to have our old things be nice again.
Great work with spray cans. Besides a respirator, I'd say use sanding blocks or pads. Very surprised that your heavy/close spray with the 2k worked as well as it did. Looks like the magic was in your prep and post sanding. Great video!
Likewise! I was worries about the orange peel and waited until thr and and thought "oh no, this didn't work out". But he nailrd it A to Z with the detailed care on the sanding and polishing until it looked perfect. I used to apply this without wet sanding. I thought orange peel was a technique error. Perhaps, but it needs sanding in the end. This was great
Definitely use a respirator! You don't need the aerosols in your lungs.
@@Omarrr77There will always be orange peel with rattle cans as there is not enough pressure in the cans. The good thing is that with a little elbow grease, cut and buff, the paint will look great. I did this to my 2015 Infiniti Q50 hood, bumper and fenders. No one can believe that i used rattle cans. Even my brother who helped me with the prep work. Also had a few friends who are painters were extremely impressed. Only paid 300 for the front end instead of 2300 like i was quoted. Use your paint code and have a local auto paint shop premix them. Exact match! Have fun
@@demented392rt5 Is that amount of buffing and polishing a must or does there exist any products which you can just spray on and get a nice clean finish?
Thank you for the video! You demonstrated exactly why sanding and polishing after clear coat is needed, I didn't realise the huge difference it makes. I'm off to spray the clear coat on the bonnet now (first time every attempting to paint a car) Have a great day
Best video on YT so far! I was scared to do the last sanding part and just polished it with polishing wax and the result is great!
Big improvement! To avoid the sharp transition between the old paint and the new paint you can backmask and blend the base coat into about 3- 6 inches into the quarter panel. Good work keep it up!
Been learning a lot recently and just learned ab back masking and I was gonna say the exact same thing lol.
Backmask?
What is back masking?
Yes, what is it? Explain please.
You got a great finish for a diy project! Looks great! There are 2 reasons that your duplicator is lighter, you need more coats of it to get true coverage with that stuff and you need dark paint behind it because the car is dark. The light colored primer behind it makes the paint appear lighter
Like Adam said...
Well done.. Perfect presentation and technique descriptions.. best video I've seen in a long time..
Have alot of clear coat issues and you've given me the confidence to proceed..thx
I am busy with my 24year old Golf 4 Volkswagen. Meanwhile I got very good results by restaurating INSIDE and outside. It's worth, it is a very good car, has an 1.9 liter machine and only needs 5l Diesel/100 km. Every weekend I am spending on detailing and laque restauration from stone damaging. The only damages are resulting from stonefall and a less of being uncarefully, so helpfully with your super Tipps I hope to bei succesful in restaurating the surface. Thank you!
Hektor, the problem with professionals is, that they always make the difficult look so easy. Thanks for sharing; great job.
Homie…..for your health……when spraying that 2k clear you need a respirator …..isocyanates are super toxic. Please let your followers know that as well.
This can not be stated enough. And not a Covid face mask. An actual respirator. 2k clear is no joke.
i wore a mask but i still smelled it
Next time just check how many coats u need to put on for the base. Als the primer color matters as well. Some colors call for black primer because it will end up tinting the base color.
Best to remove the door handle and belt moldings vs. tape them off. Why? The clear/color coat will lift where the frog tape met with the molding as there is no surface prep to hold it. Otherwise, this is a great alternative to professional body shop methods which simply revert to complete paint of doors. One alternative to the rattle can color coat. Get a pint of color matched paint from a local automotive paint shop. Heavy on the clear so it doesn't do this again. Looks better than it did and thats the important part.
With all this time and products, would it be worth it for the average diy-er to take it to the shop?
If you can pay for it take it to the shop probably add $500-$1000. So if you have near perfect conditions at home it saves money but will never be perfect.
My Toyota Avalon is doing this same thing. It's a Desert Sand Mica, so it's a gold color basically. You did an excellent job on your project, I may have to try this on my own car now. Sure beats having the whole car painted. Most of the clear coat is gone from the hood and across the top of the rocker panels, the rest is pristine.
Tried to recreate your results and failed miserably. Definitely respect what you were able to do here especially on black paint!
You cannot see his real result of color matching cause it’s a joke of work
Well so far I'm impressed with the 303 touchless I made sure I treated my clear coat with 50% water and vinegar to get out the calcium I believe this is monumentive treating the surface to get all the impurities out that gives the longevity of the product a standing chance and that should be one of your biggest videos ever Will be going to the 303 graphite next thank you for your effort You're awesome
Is the calcium in the coat or beneith it before applying ..?
Awesome job on that for a DIY! I do mobile bodyshop work for a living and wanted to add two things:
1) you can get custom matched paint cans made for you at local paint shops. I get them for about $20 each when I need a color that I can’t easily make. They spray better and match better then Duplicolor. Larger cans too.
2). You can cut down on orange peel a huge amount amount by spraying the 2nd-last layer of clear much wetter, it’ll make the wet sand and polish process 10x easier. Most jobs don’t even need a polish when applied in that way.
Great work and way to get out there and do stuff! Too much talk from most people.
This is inspiring, especially for the guys that don't have all the cool tools and still want a clean ride. Great job on your video, Homes! Keep up the good work.
Of course it's a UA5 3.2TL, LOL. I'm convinced I have the only one in existence without failed clear coat. Excellent work, you knocked it out of the park!
This was very helpful. I like how you showed each step and results.
I use 2k clear coat on a lot of stuff, iv’e done headlights literally perfect and didn’t need to sand em after I just did a nice wet coat
I hope you wear a respirator. That's a bottle of cancer you are spraying.
@@teemoleague907 oh yeah I do I wear the best one for it but you gotta replace it everytime
@@KyleGreenSpeed3 3m charcoal or air?
no gloves no mask! look after yourself for all our sakes. From UK , appreciate the video, it's all about technique and precision, keep your brain and your skin. Cheers.
This video is really useful for people looking to repair and maintain their daily old beater, a cheap second hand car or a track machine that will get scuffed all the time. At the end of the day, in many cases you only need something that is functional, protects the metal and looks quite good. If you paid little for a vehicle or it is very old you won't probably go to a body shop and spend a fortune there. Thanks! Oh, btw, please use a respirator! That clear coat is very toxic!
If the damage was just in the clear coat was the primer and base coat really necessary? Can someone explain?
No wasn't Necessary
Very nice repair. Way cheaper than a body shop. Kudos.
Great video and nice result. I appreciate your honesty about the color match...not perfect but really improved and functional.
Painting is too dangerous with out PPE equipment take. Care yourselp
Hey brother looks awesome what is the time frame from start to finish on this project? I’m interested in doing my hood roof and trunk. Thanks 🙏🏼
I'm fixing the clear coat on my side mirrors that have spots of the clear coat eaten away by acid from bugs hitting them. I have 2 foam sanding blocks 400/600 and 1000/1500 grits. I dry sanded up to the 1000 and wet sanded the 1500 grit. I taped plastic painters sheets over the door and fender and bent the mirror to it's folded position and am putting 3-5 very light applications of rattle can clear on. It's turning out very well.
I just bought the B-92P paint for my Honda as well. Duplicolor. I tested it on something else and held it up to the car and it was wayyy off. Really blue. What I did was I applied a basic black base for 3 coats (it was over light Grey primer) then did a final dust coat with the b92p. It was a very close match
That is outstanding nice work! Especially out of a rattle can
Very helpful and informative! I’m going into this repair with confidence now. You’re an inspiration!
Great video. Love the presentation and your description is well detailed and delivered. Simplicity was key.
Overall very good work.
The problem is your repair looks better than the original finish next to it!!! Great job. I hadn't seen that clear coat product with the hardener in it before. It truly makes a spray can repair a real repair. thanks for the video.
You need glasses
@@roymoxley2587 I left them at your mom's house. Can you grab them for me, they're on the night stand next to her bed.
Great video and great job on that car.
You should machine polish and wax the rest of the car.
The color match might be closer than you think.
Oxidation on the clear can keep the full brilliance of metallic and pearl from showing through.
I buffed and polished a Honda Civic a few years ago that looked to be black.it turned out to be dark blue metallic so a little bit of oxidation can hide things
Wow. That’s pretty amazing work. Wish all the “kids” in my town would watch this before they spray paint their cars. Lol. I had no idea you could get results like that. Great job.
Love the old TLs! They are all rotted out here though😥
Best cars ever
Very nice. My 1 suggestion is that primer needs about 180 grit for a good bond. Check the can for the best grit for your primer to bond to.
Im getting ready to wet sand, compound and polish my 99 Jeep. Hood is trashed tho. If i can get color matched in an aerosol can, your video has given me the confidence to do the hood. THNK U!!
Man that is beautiful work Hektor, thanks for sharing!
Great video!
Nice Damaged Clear Coat repair!! excellent work!!
Bro, you're flipping crazy doing all that spraying w/o any breathing protection apparatus.
Especially the clear coat - that things is dangerous for lungs
What breathing level do you suggest?
One of the best, if not the best video on YT for car body paint repair! Thank!
Quick summary; apply 600grid wetsandpaper on damaged areas, 1000grid wetsandpaper on all, dry with microfiber, apply primer on 600gridded areas, apply color x3pass on damaged areas , apply clearcoat on all x3pass. Wetsand with 2000 all areas x3pass. Apply compound on all x3 pass..
Skills that one can’t put a price on!Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Great video Hektor! I liked the step by step and the actual grit that you used. Have some clear coat failure on the roof of my civic, might actually try your method
Let's just activate the clear coat on the door panel so we can dent it when we have cement on the floor lmao
Lmfao
That's hilarious 😂
Lmaoooo
That was crazy.
instantly went to the comments when I saw that....LOL
I just ran across this. Props to you, that's some beautiful work for just rattle cans. You've got skillz bro!
That's the best wet sanding tutorial I've ever seen!
You need to learn to "walk the car." Never start, stop, or reverse direction of a spray in the middle of a panel. You should have started each pass behind the back of the rear door and gone all the way past the front end of the front door and then stopped your spray. Shake the can and start spraying on the masked off section at the front and work your way to the masked off section past the rear door, maintaining the same steady walking pace for each pass. Your color coats were too heavy and uneven. Did you let the color coat dry for at least a month before applying the 2k clear? If not, you will probably get bubbling in a few months, and certainly within a year. Right now you have wet paint encased between the metal doors and the cured 2k clear, and it does not have a chance to properly dry. For your hand sanding you should have wrapped the sandpaper around a sponge to avoid uneven pressure points from your hands. And soak wet/dry sandpaper in water for at least 5 minutes before doing wet sanding. And ALWAYS WEAR GLOVES when prepping and painting to both protect the paint area from skin oils, and your skin from paint. Ideally, you should also have a long sleeve shirt on as well, and goggles. A $15 painting gas mask from Harbor Freight will give you pretty decent protection from the paint fumes, which are toxic gases. The damage to your lungs and skin is cumulative. Worse, 2k clear can permanently destroy parts of your brain. That stuff is about as dangerous as you can buy legally. Always protect yourself.
Lol who the hell waits a whole month between color-coat and clear-coat, be realistic dude hahah
@@rmkbaws I think he said a month because most places that paint cars have ovens.
You’re spraying 2k clear without a respirator???
This can kill you, or at the very least, do severe damage to your lungs and skin.
Agreed. Haven't seen him respond to anyone about it either. 2k is NASTY stuff.
Wait for the upcoming video, “Repair your damaged lung AT HOME.”
He enjoyed the smell 👍
@@millerfisherman1989 < - - - Best answer!
Its ok he is a big tough guy.
Great video, simple and understandable! Keep the good work, and continue this way hektor!
Dude that looks really good! I would imagine if you fixed your spot and then sanded and primed the whole door it would have been to where you couldn’t tell. But honestly it looks 1million times better!
After watching your video, I think I’m going to give it a try on my 2007 Tacoma’s roof, hood and some of the doors. The way I see it, is that I can’t make it look worse than it is now. Thanks for the inspiration on a DIY. 👍
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Good job Hector . awesome job and thank you so much for those tips
.much appreciated.
Wow awesome video! I am looking for a little cheap car to buy and alot of them have paint defects like what you've shown. You have given me a burst of confidence to purchase one with defects and turn it into something beautiful. Good job Homie Hektor!
Thanks for the simple, clean & easy to understand tutorial bro, keep it up 👍👍
Already been pointed out, but that 2k Clear Coat is nasty stuff. Wear a mask. Nice work!
Check it out ! Im going to look for that clear coat in a rattle can ,first time seeing this product , thx Homie
You are an Artiste! no doubt!.
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Awesome job Homie ! I learnt something today. 👍
of all the diy videos here on yt this is absolutely the best
I need to fix some clearcoat and it is good to see how differant people do it. I was allways taught there is allways things to learn. I was taught to never rub your paint back using just your hands. Yhe pressure from your fingers can leave lines in the paint, use a rubbing block.
Great work! Looks amazing!
Awesome work brah, learning thank you
Man you did really good job, par excellence
WOWWWW AMAZING WORK!! Only thing I would do different is go to a paint store and give them your exact paint code and they’ll match it perfectly. Usually it’s 25$ per can well worth it esp if you’re going to put the work in with wet sand. Great job man
Dude-you need a respirator when spraying that 2k clear. It’ll mess your lungs up good.
Latinos, we don't need that😎😎
Simple job, perfect mind.. 👌🏻👍🏼
Very nice great job, most affordable and you did a wonderful job explaining and to the point
You're am artist!!!! I would never try this but I love your artisanship!!!!
Good Work men ...I got the roof with same damage ..in a Mercedes 230 E old Year 92 ... Tank you for video .😊
These Old Nissan Máximas always have damaged clear coat 😂
Its Acura
Why did you primer it ?
All you had to do was reclear it.
Roll the tape length wise and place it around the affected area and then clear it.
The rolled tape will give you a soft edge.
There was really no reason to primer & repaint.
But to each their own.
If anyone is interested in mixing paints (cans), here is a quick video I did the other day.
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Good job, Hector. I got a truck that has the same thing. Thanks!
man down to earth results bro!
keep up the good work
no BS and straight to the point
Great video Hektor. Gives me hope that I can bring back the shine on my blue Audi A4 convertible without the expense of taking to a shop. Keep up the good work!