tegwin
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| posted on 2/7/07 at 02:41 PM |
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OT. Touching up stone chips?
Off toppic..but im trying to think of the locost solution to the stone chips on my tin top...
My plan is to use the paint from the manufacturor and apply it very carefully using something like a cocktail stick to each chip...once its dried I
will apply the laqeur in the same way and then use some kind of T-Cut type product to blend the new with the old and try and polish it smooth before
waxing.....
Is it likley to work, or just look pants?...Is there a better way of doing it?
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smart51
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| posted on 2/7/07 at 02:51 PM |
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Chips away make it look like new, if you're willing to pay.
Touch up sticks supply all the material if you can do a good job. I'm told that thin layers are best.
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RazMan
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| posted on 2/7/07 at 02:51 PM |
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That's the way I do it - very time consuming but it works well.  It is worth using a small fibreglass brush to clean out the pits first -
removing wax residue and general crud before the paint goes in.
When using wet & dry to bring it all flat again, use 1200 grade on a rubbing block and put a drop or two of washing up liquid in the water.
Finish with an electric mop if you have one.
[Edited on 2-7-07 by RazMan]
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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worX
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| posted on 2/7/07 at 03:08 PM |
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As Raz said, just clean the chips first.
I use a matched spray can, halfords have always let me take a few out to the car to get the best match - ignore the manufacturers codes and match it
yourself.
I then spray the paint into the top of the can, or something else suitable, let the paint go a tiny bit tacky, you can tell this by the way it moves
around, then I use a slightly blunted clean nail tip to apply the paint into the chip.
you know the rest after that...
hth
Steve
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twybrow
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| posted on 2/7/07 at 03:22 PM |
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I did this on my Impreza a while back. Started wet and drying the area flat again, and promptly shat my pants due to the number of scratches I was
putting into the bonnet. A good half hour of T-cut and some elbow grease and it all looked great.
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UncleFista
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| posted on 2/7/07 at 08:01 PM |
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I bought some of the small pots with the little brushes that form part of the screw cap. I got 3, 1 primer, 1 metallic colour and a clear laquer.
They were less than half the price from the Ford dealer than they were at Halfords. A perfect colour match too.
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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