davey_83 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) Another little job being tackled in the Zed. A job I had been putting off for months as I've never dealt with carbon repairs. Had a fair amount of clear coat peeling on my driver's side door mirror covers. Caps are 4 yrs old so these things are to be expected I guess. Process as follows *pic heavy!! Process was warm up the mirror to help release the adhesive. Clean and degrease the mirror cap Wet sand the flaking clear coat, 400 then 800. IPA wipe to assess Roll edge masking tape applied Time to clear coat, found some e-tech wheel lacquer which should be up to the job. 4 dust coats applied with 10mins between Initial couple of dust layers Few more allowing for intervals 2 wet coats applied with 15mins between  Left to dry for overnight indoors Masking tape removed Wet sand with 1500 then 2500 IPA wipe over and now to see if we can bring this kid back. Wasn't sure if I was attempting to blend a traditional clear coat or a gel coat, but here goes. Menzerna super finish with polish pad, 2 passes, then SF with waffle finishing pad again 2 passes. 1st pass 2nd pass 1st finishing pad pass 2nd finishing pad pass Chose to then do the final finish on the car as the rig kept moving about. Overall very happy with the outcome for a few hours work and using materials already to hand. Edited April 28, 2020 by davey_83 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Schwier Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Great work. Finished product is spot on! Always takes big balls to carry out any DIY paintwork, so easy to get wrong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 Cheers pal, bit of anxiety floating about as experience helps when stuff goes wrong but myself would be reliant on lady lucky to help me through. So much patience is need for bodywork and prep prep prep. Another go over once on the car and not moving about plus il hit the passenger side with the machine polisher, IPA then coat with gtechniq C4. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 Fitted the carbon mirror cap however the forecast said rain that night, so opted to cover the unit. Couple mornings later took the bag and masking tape off, hit with quick detailer and she's whole again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msitpro Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Looks better than new! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 Yeah, I may have to wet sand the passenger side now too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 You can see the difference the mild wet sand did to the clarity. Green being wet sanded and blue not, blue resembles the early F40 paintwork look and green being the later F40 I better stop looking or it'll all be getting done...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEADPHONES Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 I can foresee many more respraying and paint projects on your threads now you've had such success with this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballistic Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Great work, very satisfying i bet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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