cleaning out pinholes in laquer
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Im looking for a bit of advice in best way to clean G4 compound from pinholes.
Bascially I made some carbon panels for my car but had to cut the bag during cure and ended up with pinholes, part needed lacquering anyhow so put an initial coat of lacquer on and sanded it back and did a brief G4 mop over as I needed to fit to car to drive it to an event.
Anyhow I ended up with G4 in the pinholes and I am struggling to get it out, tried panel wipe, even tried thinners but that was too agressive on the laquer.... I cant sand the pannel all bay back to remove the pinholes totally as that will ruin the carbon weave underneath and I dont want to paint over them as they are as they a effectivelly white pinholes against a black carbon finish.
any advice?
Bascially I made some carbon panels for my car but had to cut the bag during cure and ended up with pinholes, part needed lacquering anyhow so put an initial coat of lacquer on and sanded it back and did a brief G4 mop over as I needed to fit to car to drive it to an event.
Anyhow I ended up with G4 in the pinholes and I am struggling to get it out, tried panel wipe, even tried thinners but that was too agressive on the laquer.... I cant sand the pannel all bay back to remove the pinholes totally as that will ruin the carbon weave underneath and I dont want to paint over them as they are as they a effectivelly white pinholes against a black carbon finish.
any advice?
nothing worked, tried steam cleaner, air line etc etc .... basically i went round the pinholes and removed what i could with a sharp knife and air line which took forever then I relaquered using a 2 gun technique that allows the 2 pack to flow into the pinholes.
needs a proper block back and then a final coat of lacquer but its looking good now.... it did occur to me over the weekend that it would have been quicker to have made a new panel and sold this one on to someone who wants it painted rather than lacquered lol
here is a pic of the panel before i blocked it back and left it full of white pinholes... looks like this again now lol
needs a proper block back and then a final coat of lacquer but its looking good now.... it did occur to me over the weekend that it would have been quicker to have made a new panel and sold this one on to someone who wants it painted rather than lacquered lol
here is a pic of the panel before i blocked it back and left it full of white pinholes... looks like this again now lol
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