Well, I got my trans am all painted, black with silver stripes. Looks great, but I got some runs in my clearcoat. How can I get these out? Car was cleared thursday night over black basecoat. Air temp is in mid 30's most of the time, but car is in garage with temp of like 40. Im assuming one would sand it off and buff it out, but anyone with experience, help me out. I plan on waiting around two weeks to let the paint set on the car. BTW, the car looks awesome with the black, silver stripes (not on roof, and on spoiler), and the clear but the runs look terrible. How can I fix them. I put a lot of money into the paint, but the wet coat of clear recommended made these awful runs. thanks in advance.

 

The temps you mention are probably what contributed to your runs. I'm trusting these runs are in the clearcoat. If they're in the base you're S.O.L.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/

makes a little paint shaver whereas you shave the runs out then wetsand with 1200 then 1500 then buff.

You can do the same thing with a razor blade but it is easy to ruin the job unless you are very precise. I will tell you how anyway. First don't even try it if your runs are on a curved area. If they are on a flat spot take a brand new razor blade. Scrape it a few times across some 1200 sandpaper to rid it of any burrs.

Then with the blade straight up and down literally scrape the run off a layer at a time until flat. You would be scraping with the blade at a 90° angle to the flat metal painted surface.

You could block it out with 1200 BUT a lot of times you will still see the "lump" of the run or you will wind up sanding through the base.

It might pay you to get a helping hand from an experienced bodyman and just to let you know some clearcoats "lockup" after 24-48 hours and you wind up trying to buff the equivalent of granite.

Get immediate help.

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clearcoat runs are very easy to remove. Just wetsand them and buff! Feel lucky that you didn't get runs in the color.

 

Run the clear all you want, just don't run the color I waited till the next day to start sanding on mine to get rid of the clearcoat runs. Just remember not to use your fingertips when sanding! Use light pressure on a sanding block or use the palm of your hand. Also, use plenty of water and maybe some dishsoap mixed in. If you hear a little grinding noise when sanding, stop and rinse the area plus the paper.