Re: Stone chips bit of advice please

On Apr 23, 7:08 am, "RogerM" <Rog...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>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

Thanks to all
Not many spray painters repair shops etc out my way .

went  the nail polish method and just sort of rubbed it back with a
pencil eraser
 unless you knew it was there before  hard to pick .

After all that  copped a rock in the screen  from some clown doing a
zillion miles rate of speed
so drilled the hit and will get novus to fix when next in the big
smoke
Thanks for the feed back