ah those tricoat touch up blues
07-02-17, 07:47 AM
#16
'Repairs will always be visible from certain angles and up close but a good repair will protect the surface and totally blend from a few feet away"
Metallic colors are the worst to gather a match.
The "pens" are a true pita. The paint vials are, as Jabberwok states the way to go when used judiciously.
The fact that perfection is nearly impossible.... Yep.
A re spray is the only procedure that really does the job when done by a pro.
Doug k
Metallic colors are the worst to gather a match.
The "pens" are a true pita. The paint vials are, as Jabberwok states the way to go when used judiciously.
The fact that perfection is nearly impossible.... Yep.
A re spray is the only procedure that really does the job when done by a pro.
Doug k
07-03-17, 06:12 AM
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I looked at the hood yet again, and being huge craters, don't feel that satisfied, yet, the color is perfect....so again I feel the size of the chip s a limiting factor....a crater is being filled in, so normally, you still see the crater, but it now is not bare, and matches perfectly. You can attempt to build it up--I saw a pro do this on my BMW, he took 2 hours. In the end, I had the same feeling, but he did do it as best as humanly possible, incl. the clear. So it's just a stop gap if you will, I wouldn't do this if say you got sprayed by a dump truck etc.....but it's better than bare metal...
agree $950 is not worth it on a car this old......
And I notice the OE touch up has a roughing "pen" at the end, I would not use that, it would make the area worse. I do notice that the base coat alone touches up nicely on the bumper/plastic.
agree $950 is not worth it on a car this old......
And I notice the OE touch up has a roughing "pen" at the end, I would not use that, it would make the area worse. I do notice that the base coat alone touches up nicely on the bumper/plastic.
07-03-17, 08:38 AM
#18
I've have primer, base and clear which came in 2 oz bottles to touch up some spots on my bumper. I'm probably going to wet sand it first and maybe mix the 2 base coats with the clear before applying. I watched a couple of real good videos on the process. Now I just have to find the time to do it. I bought a DA polisher and lots of detailing equipment to start maintaining the paint on my cars so this is consuming a lot of my spare time ( Which there is not much of ) at the moment.
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