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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: matt-sboro on 28 February 2009, 20:16:20
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i made the mistake of taking the boot badge off to replace with the new style badge and off with it came a rather large lump of metal >:( leaving me with a rust patch.
i've sanded it all down and removed the pitted metal. i'm about to fill/primer and then paint.
now when i put the new paint on, im gonna be left with the small lip of paint where the new meets old (only at the sides of the repair due to me painting from bottom of window to top of boot trim)
now this should go and the paint should match up when i polish the boot lid...is this right?
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To be honest mate,i would leave this to the professionals,but then it all depends on the type of finish you require.
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not a mojor finish tbh - just want it to look right and i want the big patch of rust gone.
i've heard of a technique called 'back taping' where you roll the masking tape back so you dont get a prominent line. then you are just left with some 'soft splatter that is much easier to blend in
its only a small area and will mostly be behind the new badge anyway
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Shame you are to faraway,ihave a mate who works for his self in this line of work,could of sorted you a good price,and his work is A1.
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2 be honest its a 150k mileage car that i mainly got so i could do some private work so its not really an issue on how perfect it can be. i aint saying i dont care how it looks but i'll be giving it a good go.
my main concern is this blasted oil leak that doesnt appear to be coming from the cam cover gaskets. so i'll be spending my money there getting it diagnosed and fixed
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not sure if this will help
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1180255700
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As you say, most of it will be covered by the badge, but the repainted bit will be a fair bit bigger, repremember you could always fit a bigger badge, off say a Movano. ::)
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if you want something perfect it needs professional job with a complete paint on whole part..
other than that taping and masking will do the job but colors wont match.. :-/
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If doing it DIY, then you should feather the edges of the existing paint so as not to get a "line" - but note that laquer does yellow with age and new laquer may take months to settle to its final colour.
My dad resprayed a wing on his Royale - match was terrible to start with but as the laquer cured (for want of a better phrase) it blended in nicely after a month or two.
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If doing it DIY, then you should feather the edges of the existing paint so as not to get a "line" - but note that laquer does yellow with age and new laquer may take months to settle to its final colour.
My dad resprayed a wing on his Royale - match was terrible to start with but as the laquer cured (for want of a better phrase) it blended in nicely after a month or two.
yep..if the same color code is applied, at the beginning the colors will differ in tone but after a time , it will be same..experienced many times..as I'm very sensitive for cars paint.. :P
(when the painters see me, they stay away ;D)
but I have seen loads of gray/silver cars that they never match..
also on other colors.. I think the painters dont care about the exact color brand and codes.. :(
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If you do it right you shouldn't see or feel an edge where you badge is going or been...
If you have a spoiler on the back of your car, i would spray to the underneath of that spraying the whole lower section of the boot.
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Would the easiest solution not be to simply replace the boot lid with one off a car in a breakers yard thats the same colour. Unless your cars has an obscure colour that may be the easiest route as boot lids appear to be readily available.
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mines an estate version so not as easy to come by i dont think - but they all see to rust anyway so it would just be transfering one problem over to another.
anyway... i've done the primer work today - back in the garage next weekend to flat the primer ready for paint - then i suppose we will see what happens!