Paint fix?

[rickd13]

I have a spot on the trunk of a car I'm doing now that needs to be fixed somehow. The car is painted with Duplicolor spray paint from a can and Duplicolor clear from a can. The car came out great except for that one spot,( It got screwed up somehow when I had that section masked off so I could spray the roof of the car a different color) so I would like to avoid having to redo the whole paint job on the car all over again. The question I have is, if I can mask that section of the trunk off along the panel lines can I respray the color coat over the clear coat that is already on the car now or will that not work? It looks like some of the spray from the roof color got through and ate through the paint. I rubbed it out with Scratch X and it made it better but it is still noticeable. Can this spot be fixed or do I have to strip the whole car and start over( I hope not)?

[VW Dave]

At this point, you have very little to lose....I would mask the lid @ the panel lines and try to shoot a light coat of color over the existing paint. The only thing you might run into there is color variation, due to the additional color coat(s) being added on top of the existing paint job(vs.over your primer like the rest of the body).

If you're not happy with the outcome, then you will have to strip and re-shoot the whole body.