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Decided to take advantage of today's good weather and spend a few minutes with the touch up paint to disguise the odd stone chip and battle scar. Started off by cutting back with a proprietory rubbing polish. Carefully painted in affected areas and subsequently applied the clear laquer top coat. Doesn't look half bad though I say it m'self ! Does anyone have any further tips on how to more fully blend the new paint into the old ?
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How about.....
>>cutting back (the rest of the car) with a proprietory rubbing polish. Carefully paint in affected areas and subsequently apply the clear laquer top coat. ;-)
Billy
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Yeah good idea billy, but it's going to take ages with that little brush thing in the pot though ! ;-)
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unfortunately blending in is a bit difficult, im a brickie and when it comes to wall repairs et al the new bricks (same stock ) will not match the original , weathering and i assume moving through air must cause dulling and loss of sheen from paintwork , cutting in a larger area of a paint repair may make it less obvious and a good quality seal or wax may help
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A good trick is to apply the paint/laquer with a cocktail stick, the very fine tip allows you to get the paint right into the chip rather than in and around.
Clean the chip with IPA/Acetone/white spirit.
Apply the paint, leave for half an hour, apply the laquer.
You can also mix the paint laquer 50/50 and apply in one go.
This method gives a very smooth finish to the filled chip.
If your brave enough you can go one step further and wet sand the top of the filled chip down level with the surrounding paint and polish up with an heavy compound, and then a lighter finishing polish.
BUT, this can quickly lead to problems if you don't know what your doing e.g. rubbing down too far THROUGH the paint.
A neatly filled chip is a lot better than a rubbed down panle requireing a respray.
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Have a look through this:
tinyurl.com/2l8ypz
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Absolutely right about the cocktail stick - much more accurate than a brush, of any size, for filling small stone chips.
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the little self adhesive squares of paint given free with new toyotas are pretty good, as long as you dab a bit rust stuff on before if its gone thro to metal, they can be spotted if youre looking but no more so than the average touch up paint job
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going back to the wet and dry, dont attempt this! You will require polishing compound a buffer and lots of skill to shine back up, you will never blend a stone chip in unless it is professionally painted.
cut a cotton bud in half and use the stick for small chips.
morr help at www.fixachip.co.uk
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you will never blend a stone chip in unless it is professionally painted.
Absolutely! You will probably just bring more attention to the damage otherwise.
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But a stone chip with a blob of paint over it is always preferable to a hole in the paint with a scab of rust forming at the bottom...
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The sleeving removed from some thin wire, cut at an angle and with a small slit cut along its length is far better than a cocktail stick.
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Thankyou Samuel Pepys :oP
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