How To Blend and Melt Clear Coat|SMART REPAIR

What kind of clear are you using?

Good lord …

I watched video after video and knew some things I heard were a bit wrong. This gentleman did this video and it hit on evetything that I’m doing. This man allows you to understand what he is doing, and his techniques and skills are spot on! It’s an excellent tutorial!

Hi , the best video, exactly the explaination I was looking for.
One thing if I may ask,
Do you spray the blender as soon as you finish the last clear coat, or let it flash 10 minutes and spray the blender ?
Many thanks 😊

Great video and explanation.

excellent video thanks i learned alot

GREAT tutorial ! Best paint technique lesson I have seen so far and I have binged through a lot of them. Keep this style going and your channel will grow huge. Would you dare to use blend spray to correct/flatten lets say,,, oversprays, dry spots and what seem bound to become too coarse orange structures ?

Great video, very informative. Explained it very well

Great video

Awesome video, thank you ! Going to try blending black on the hood of my 3rd Gen Camaro that my kid spilled lacquer thinner on, 🤬

Perfect! 🤗

Amazing video man, I'm currently attempting a repair on my own car and this was so helpful.

Can I use the aerosol blender after the clear is already dry like a day later?

Can I use this technique on 3layer pearl as the colour is off a little bit?

Do u have a link for a white pear blend repair??

I just started following you, love the way you explain process

As others have said, this is definitely the best video out there on how to use solvent to melt clear in. I’ll be doing a spot repair for a rock chip above my windshield and I feel good about doing it after watching this 👍

Thanks for the video J, quite helpful!

Buddy this is the video I was looking for thank you 👍

Great tutorial.... thanks

I couldn't agere more with the previous post. I've been watching so many of these so-called smart repair videos because I'm in the middle of doing one. Finally, a "clear" (pun intended) explanation of where the sand ing ends, the grits, where the base ends, where the Clearcoat ends, & where to use the blender. I feel so much better now & ready to go! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you..... PS Seems to me that now the biggest hurdle is matching the base color. Does the color ususally match or do you have to make adjustments to the formula??

This is a great well explained video on blending 👍

...and, after spraying your last coat of clear coat, how long do you wait to spray your "blender"?

Cool😎! Im gonna try this!👌🏽
Thank you for sharing this awesome video!

Liked and subscribed! Absolutely crystal clear tutorial here. Unlike most bodyshop repair vids. 👏👏👏

TDS sheets say to top off sand between 2000 and 4000 Grit on the Spray max Blender.

Thank you for taking the time to show and explain this 🤙
back in the day I used to do everything almost exactly as you explained but did not know about a “blender” I basically color sanded and buffed that blend area & on dark colors there was always a faint halo or faint visible edge to me anyway that people basically dont notice but it always annoyed me as a painter, just knowing it’s there. Never tried this and I am about to and excited haha. Basically if I wanted it perfect to me I’d clear the entire panel. It’s amazing how the blender “melts” / blends the edge without dulling the new clear and making it seemless with the old clear. Saves so much time and material etc. I wish I knew this technique decades ago when I did it for a living. Man it puts a whole new perspective on spot repairs.. I’m gonna look to see if you have some tri stage blending vids. I have a couple of tri stage blending tasks awaiting on my project soon and being original paint etc want to keep the painted areas minimal. Luckily it’s pearl white so more forgiving than some other colors but I need it perfect for this project, can’t wait to try it , thanx again main! Liked and subscribed , you get straight to the point , explain and show thoroughly, awesome 🤙🤙

Hands down the best video I’ve watched on this topic 👍🏻 I have a crease on my drivers door that’s about 3 inch from the edge, hoping I can get away with it on such a large panel 😂

I have about 10 round holes in my clear coat on the roof of my car. I don't have the courage, budget or equipment to sand and repaint the entire roof and adjoining c pillars. As a short to medium term fix do you think it's possible to simply patch these holes with clear coat?

Say I carefully deoxidised and sanded the exposed paint and a few inches of the surrounding clear with 1000 grit, then spray new clear with some overlap. Finishing with some 1500 - 2000 grit and a good buff to sort of blend the new clear with the old.

Even if the holes are still visible because the paint underneath remains somewhat discoloured, I would still be happy with it being glossy again across the whole roof. It's an old car and doing a full sand and respray would look too new anyway. Thoughts?

This video help me so much. Thank you

Nice job bro

So I recently had my passenger side front fender repainted on my 2021 Veloster N (had a burn mark from a detailer who burned through the clear coat.) When I look at the car from the back passenger side at an angle, it looks like there’s a dent/color variation on the fender (hope this makes sense). Looks like half the fender was painted almost. I was told they had to blend it. This is driving me nuts man. What can I do to fix this?

I'm use to the old school blending with reducer. I picked up a can of transtar melt away edge blender. It didn't do so good. Show me with the reducer

By melting the clear won't you see the edge come through after sitting in the sun for a few days or weeks because the blend is so thin in that area there's very little uv protection

Do you get a line when you polish the blender ? How does the blender stick to the old clear? Thanks

Thnx, you explained perfetto 😉

Hi, excellent, the best video I have found to make a nice paint job on an element. wonderful explanation.

Excellent teacher

This is the best video at explaining clear coat and blending. Thanks so much for posting this. I'm in the process of trying to fix chips in the paint on my 2013 Silverado. I guess Chevy has a problem with the base not adhering to the primer (bummer), and the shop wanted $3K to fix, which I don't have. I've done pretty well repairing the areas, but still need to clear, and that's been a little intimidating to be honest, but I think you've given me the courage to at least try....

Gotta subscribe to all of my fellow painters. Nice job my dude! I’ve always been a Sata guy too, but a few years ago I started collecting spray guns and I’ve ran across some really nice ones… Walcom & Ani to name a few!

What if you don’t use the blender ?. Awesome channel

Wow love the paper trick 😱👍🏻 question iam fixing and match spray bomb a small area on my daughters 2021 Versa . I going to use 2k spray clear ….Can I blend the clear over paint blend half way down fender . Without any reducer-blender

Thanks for the video this helped me so much. I didn't want to paint the entire panel. This will defff help me alot blending my widebody fenders I just molded on my car.

Dude! I have been trying to understand this concept, and have felt like a complete idiot! Seriously thankyou

How long do you want to wait from the time you spray your clear to when you spray your blender?

How long should I wait after last coat of clear before I can apply the blender. Thanks

Thanks for showing how to use the solvent to blend. I bought some but have been hesitant to use it because I wasn't sure how. Your video and description are clear and professional. Thanks for sharing,

My cousin worked at a body shop over 25 years ago and he used to to this. If I remember correctly it was called Sickens. Why do most body shops today want to paint the whole quarter panel? Is it for warranty purposes?

So for the bridge idea, can you use soft edge tape instead? Or, is that too much of a fine line?

Great video 😊