Dan Stephenson wrote:
> Hi the paint on my Boxster has chipped away a little in two places.
> Small, head of a pin. Is there a way this is fix-able short of the
> full-up method of stripping and repainting?
Doubtless others will have more ideas and I am no expert, but here's
mine (lifted from someone else already):
If you can sand the spot, great. You want the paint to stick as best
as it can. Tiny disc of sandpaper on the fresh eraser of a pencil if
you can. Take some primer, spray in a cup or shallow dish. Dip a pin,
thick hair (from a paintbrush) or toothpick in the paint and stab the
bare spot with a bit of the primer. Try to use too little rather than
too much. Any of these tools can get loaded with paint, so be careful.
Lay a couple of layers in over a day or two. Warmer weather will bake
the paint on faster. I think curing is important and it shouldn't be
rushed. There are likely beers to drink too, so take your time. You
may have to quickly wipe away excess or later you may try gently rub any
overage out with rubbing compound, but make sure the paint is clean and
dry before any additional layers are added. Soap and water might do,
but there is a specific liquid sold for cleaning grease/oil/etc off of
paint surfaces that you might try. Acryli-clean or something like that.
Obviously, for acrylic paint.
After at least two layers of the primer, use one or two layers of your
touch up color then a clearcoat layer if you can. Since it is a small
spot, you may not require it. Paint shrinks when it dries, but the
multiple layers should get you flush with your original paint surface
thickness. You can lightly rub down a high spot if you need to, but
since you've been working the paint in that area a bunch remember not to
rub too much. It would really suck to make a larger mess.
I got my touch up paint from http://www.paintscratch.com
. It matched
perfect (after a clearcoat layer!). Not a plug, just telling you what
worked for me.
It is quite likely that I am forgetting something, but I hope this
helps and do let us know how you fare. Oh, and I hate gravel trucks.
DS
95 993 Coupe
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