Last summer I painted my wife’s bike using the steps on the first page and it came out fine. It wasn't perfect, but I was happy with it. Then on a very hot and humid day a month or so after I finished painting, I ruined all my hard work. It was about to rain so I grabbed a tarp and threw it over our bikes. I completely forgot about it a day later and when I removed the tarp, it had made indentations/impressions in my new paint job. CRAP!!!
Now I am finally up to fixing my mistake. Once the weather gets a little warmer I want to paint again. I'm not sure the indentations are all the way through to the color or just in the clear coat. Is it possible to sand them down without going all the way to primer?
So far my plan was to sand with 800 grit paper to get the indentations out. I want to get rid of them but attempt to keep the color layer intact and not burn through to the primer. Then once all the clear was sanded off I was going to but on another 2 layers of color and 2 layers of clear. Wait 48 hours, wet sand with 1000 grit then go through the clear process again.
I don't have a DA sander so I will be attempting to do the sanding by hand. Sanding by hand worked ok when painting last time. Can’t afford a compressor and DA sander right now.
Please let me know if there are any flaws in my logic. I appreciate any help.
Its the green bike in the photo below.