[jure5gtt]

IS this the tool

Mirka paint shaving block - YouTube

Yep. Thats the tool. Saw that video few times and still do not have courage to try on my own. I tried to mirror angle and movement but not the speed and force.

 

[jure5gtt]

I made that video clip many years ago now, infact I still use the same shark blade daily.

One issue you'll notice is that they are super sharp to start with, after use it will blunt off and become nice to use.

Also, you need to flat the clip after shaving off, so a slight scuff is fine as it'll probably sand out.

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Thanks for your input. If I recall correctly you were the one that already warned few times that denibbers are dangerously sharp when new and was one of the reasons why I stopped what I was doing and asked for an advice. I will try to buff this blurred are and will see where I'm standing.

 

[jure5gtt]

Can you get a panel from a breakers and practise opn that?

Yeah. That won't be a problem. I have spare bonnet in my shed since I'm around cars my whole life. That is good advice since last time when I was overconfident in my abilities managed to strikethrough clear with wet sanding.

I wouldn't polish it up yet, it will look rubbish.

I don't really like to give advice as it's really hard to evaluate a chip from a picture.

Also different people have different ability's.

I guess at this point I'd suggest making sure the chip is flat, without any low spots.

When you use the blade, slide it over smoothly without any pressure. If it catches the chip, good. If not just keep going.

A single chip can still take me 20-30 slides to get smooth.

I can get you a few more pictures of different situations tomorrow if you like??

I thought to polish it just to see how well I can shine up blurred surrounding area and double check severity of potential collateral damage on clear coat.

Please be so kind to post up few more pics and any additional advice that crosses your mind. :thumb:

I have put on my girl panties this evening on and acted like a man...
Tried to make few more light passes over the chip and stopped there. Area (by eye) seemed to be flattened so continued with light wet sanding (just few passes) with P3000, used 3M FC Plus and afterwards 3M Super Fine. Everything looks pretty much good now. Not perfect. Still can feel under fingertip a bit raised part and from some viewing angles slight cutting mark caused by denibber. I think it is safe to try to shave a little bit more tomorrow and shine it up again. Pics to follow..

Thanks everyone for helping me out.

 

[jure5gtt]

Tried to take a photo of repaired area but couldn't get right angle of camera to catch (probably) final result. I assume it is good result for the first timer when camera cannot catch imperfections. :lol:

Made a video.

Please notice skewed reflection on car's front bumper which is caused by slight vertical flat spot (pit) caused by denibber.

 

[jure5gtt]

Made few more passes with well soaked P3000. You will notice (attached pic) brighter vertical line in the middle of the sanded area. That is the pit that I caused with the denibber.
I did not go further with flattening the area since I noticed that orange peel effect on sanding area is becoming less noticeable than on surrounding area.

Slight pit is only visible if you are looking at the panel (driver's doors in this case) at narrow angle opposing the light source and "hunting" reflection defect by minimum head left-right movement.

Good news is that touch-uped spot is basically invisible from all angles and color match and blending is perfect.

During the weekend I'm gonna try to solve few more chips but on the bonnet this time. I assume that it will be much easier to "drive" denibber over the surface when you can simply place it on the surface and leave the gravity do it's part.

 

[jure5gtt]

Made some good progress during the weekend.

STEP 1:
Rubbing alcohol 99% aka IPA wipe down.

STEP 2:
Sanded area with P2500

STEP 3:
Touched up chips with base and build up layers to create blob. Just base, not clear.

STEP 4:
Rubbing alcohol 70% for flattening by light soaking and gentle rubbing blob with cotton bud (can use 99% but 70% takes smaller amount off and can more precisely level blob).

STEP 5:
Sanded area with P3000

STEP 6: (yet to come)
Light layer of clear. Thinking of taping/masking area and use spray can to achieve thinner and more even layer.

STEP 7: (yet to come)
Cut the clear with denibber but after 7-10 days of curing since any sooner will probably pull all the filling out.

FOR BEGINNER LEVEL GUYS THAT DO NOT WANT TO TAKE A STRIKETHROUGH RISK AND/OR DO NOT OWN DENIBBER:

Must highlight that you can do all the procedure without pre and post sanding if you do not have required tools (polishing machine + paste) for returning shine once when finished but need to be more patient about layer curing (drying) time. Also, procedure with alcohol blob "melting" is 100% harm free to surrounding factory clear coat.
Downside is that you still need to polish touched up area but you can do it simply with decent paste and by the hand. Touched up area will be, when polished, little more dull than surrounding factory clear but that is maximum visual effect you'll achieve since base coat can never be polished to level of the clear.