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Hello,
I have a 92 z28 Vert. The taillights have overspray on them. I started to remove it with paint thinner and I rubbed off the black paint. I am going to touch up the black paint, does anyone have any suggestions on the paint type and prep? Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ozzie
1992 z28 convertible
5.0 TPI auto
I bought a set of tailights that had a bunch of over spray on them cheap. Bought a headlight polishing kit to use on them and it worked great. Looked better than new
Some buffing compound and a cotton buff should work great. .....as for paint, I've had great success over the years with SEM trim paints in a can. I always have a can of satin on hand. Mightwant a gloss for tails though.
You can always wet sand with 2000grit very lightly and then polish/buff with any metal polish.
I used this method on my c3 taillights the set on the very left were all wet sanded 2000 grit then polished then I wiped as much of polish off and clear coated with eastwood diamond clear.
the set on the right which I was not going to use was my practice set and only the bottom left out of the four was sanded and cleared.