Blending patch area of lifted paint

Should have clarified, I left the tape edges up as in a soft camo so the spray carries over a little bit.

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Cobra 427

What you're referring to is "overspray".

templar1099

You want to carry over the the re-paint slightly to try to blend better. Hope this helps. 

 

What you're referring to is "overspray". You'll want to spray a little bit of paint over the edge - NEVER mask off close to where you're painting. What you want to do is wet-sand the surface smooth with 600 or higher grit to level. Use popcicle sticks (sealed with superglue) as these are thick enough not to bend when sanding, or leaving a tell tale "witness line" from rippling in the paint if you move around while sanding to keep it from leaving any kind of depressions in the paint surface itself.

The only thing that you can do now is wait for the paint to cure - or use a hair dryer to help it along. Once cured the paint will be hard, and easier to sand without being AS prone to sanding marks left in the paint surface. The result of your problem is that the two paint surfaces are uneven, and therefore won't look as good as when it was first painted. The only thing to do this is something a little more abrasive than 1000 grit - use 800. This may help level it, or it may just make it worse. The only thing I can tell you is to resray, and mask as far away as you can to help make blending easier. 

 

~ Cobra Chris 

It usually takes several repetitions of sand, prime, repeat. You can use a heavier paper first, going to the grits you are using with later coats.  I often use the heavier primers from spray cans.  You can mask the area with sticky backed paper, or just mask around the flaw with regular masking tape and wrap the rest of model in saran wrap.

I had a problem with a ships water line, very narrow band. I feathered the edges and built up the area with a loose Perfect Putty and sanded smooth, re-primed,taped off loosely like a soft camo and shot the area with my .2 airbrush. You want to carry over the the re-paint slightly to try to blend better. Hope this helps. 

I'm a little unsure, but it sounds like you may have repainted without first making the repair. I sand the spot down to eliminate the ridge before I repaint. Sometimes I have to sand down to bare plastic to get it blended with the surrounding paint. After that, I loosely mask the area, keeping the edge of the mask up so I don't create a new ridge, and reapply the paint with an airbrush.