"Atheist Chaplain" <abused@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "RogerM" <RogerM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>
>>>>Some stone chips down the side door and on front guard
>>>>
>>>>Collected some decent sized dings /chips yesterday .
>>>>Question/s
>>>>
>>>>Have fired off an email ordering colour code from dealer bottle of
>>>>paint chip
>>>>150ml $18.00 INCL P&H reckon that is cheap
>>>
>>> I've yet to find a manufacturer who will give the perfect colour
match.
>>> Try the local spray shop for the colour match. Will cost you an arm
and
>>> a leg but at least it will/should match. Forget the spraying idea,
just
>>> dab it on carefully and above all, thinly. Just do it very lightly a
few
>>> times.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>1 what preparation prior applying it when it arrives Prepsol or the
>>>>like . Ok to use .
>>
>> Prepsol is the best, especially if the chips are fresh. Watch for
surface
>> rust.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>2 post application - what type of polish -AFTER 2 days drying
>>>
>> I wouldn't be trying to cut and polish it for a coup[le of weeks at
>> least.
>>
>>>>3 The nail polish like brush that comes with touch up paint always
>>>>seems to make repair look daggy
>>>>any other clues on how to apply ( such as artists air brush or
>>>>similar ?
>>>
>> If you talk to the paint supplier/spray painter, you will find he uses
>> many tricks of the trade and the good ones will have proper touch up
>> brushes designed for this purpose. You might even be surprised at how
>> little or how much they will charge you to do the jobe properly
>> themselves. The fact you have asked in here indicates you are not very
>> competent in doing the job properly.....no offence...but it is a very
>> specialised field you are toying in. Good luck as I know how
frustrating
>> it is to have a new car with bloody stone chips appearing out of
nowhere.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>
> stone chips I can live with as they are a day to day part of owning a
car,
> car park rash OTOH gets under my skin :-{
> from an early age, both my children have been taught to be careful when
> opening the car doors in car parks, I only wish other people would be so
> considerate.
>
Man, you have that right. You teach your kids just as you would do
(meaning
not to touch the other car) and then you see some bastard who couldn't
give
a rats just slamming their door into yours. The one thing I have noticed
though (and it surprised me), was most offenders at this are women.
Roger
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