Spiderwebbing help?

[goingballistic]

I'm trying to get through one more year before I paint. I have a beige 81 and am starting to get some serious spiderwebbing above the front wheels on the top surface of the fenders. There are bits and pieces all over this post but has anyone been succesful in finding a reasonable temp fix for this or is rubbing compound the way to go............I'm afraid of damaging the car !!!!!!!

I'd like to be able to "somewhat" blend the paint back together to cover the webbing........any ideas?

 

[goingballistic]

ttt.

 

[goingballistic]

40 views and not one response????????

 

[JJU]

You don't necessarily need to use an abrasive.

Have you tried the 3M product 39009 (dark cars) but for light cars? I believe the number might be 39008. It's kind of rare to see swirls on light colored cars so I forget the number of the product.

It's difficult for me to judge without seeing the car.

 

[goingballistic]

Jack thanks but this is not swirls per say it's actually swiderwebbing cracks in the paint surface. I'm wondering if there is anything you can purchase that I can rub/blend the paint back together so I can wait until this winter to paint. If not, I'll just live with it until I paint. Rubbing compound will work but it's very time consuming and to say the least hard work to do the entire front end so I was kind of looking for someone who has already done this and may an easier way out???
Paul.

 

[JJU]

Oh crap! :cry It might be what my 1963 is showing now and will force me to paint it after the mechanical restoration is finished. Mine are stress fractures in the paint. My painter will be sanding the paint off the car and repairing the affected panels. If this is what you have, there's nothing that can be done except repaint to make it look good again. Sorry to hear this.

 

[goingballistic]

Oh crap! :cry It might be what my 1963 is showing now and will force me to paint it after the mechanical restoration is finished. Mine are stress fractures in the paint. My painter will be sanding the paint off the car and repairing the affected panels. If this is what you have, there's nothing that can be done except repaint to make it look good again. Sorry to hear this.

Yea I'm not real thrilled about this either . I've got some serious ones above the right front fender that is actually now allowing the paint to peel, it's cracked so bad. Directly above the drivers side rear wheel there are stress cracks that actually follow the semi circle of the wheel well, about 40 fine lines from front to back of the fender well. Most are not noticable from about 10 ft away but I see them and was hoping to actually not have to paint for another year. I guess I'm going to use some rubbing compound and see if I can at least blend the not so bad stuff and repaint this winter. Kind of why I started this thread............I was looking for some help on how to do that.
I really didn't want to paint until next year as I'm in the process of building a 383 stroker and I think my wife is gonna have my "boys" on a platter if I try to talk her into paint as well !! Thanks for the help.
Paul.