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Old Jan 10, 2001 | 06:54 AM
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What's the best way to touch up the paint on my car? I've got some chips on the front of the hood and don't want to just blob on the paint.
Old Jan 10, 2001 | 07:00 AM
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Somewhere in the BBS thewre is an excellent treatise

on paint touch-up. Maybe you can find it with the search. Basically, you use a toothpick to have the paint fill the chip with a capillary-type action. It takes time and patience, you need to repeat the process several times to overfill the chip, and then wet-sand or compound it back to level. The trick is to take your time.
Old Jan 10, 2001 | 10:57 AM
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I was just about to ask this very same question... thanks.
Old Jan 10, 2001 | 11:21 AM
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touch up

Use primer if bare metal is showing before you paint to prevent rust.
Old Jan 10, 2001 | 11:32 AM
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check ou this link:


http://www.autopia-carcare.com/painchiprep.html
Old Jan 11, 2001 | 04:46 AM
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Thanks UMD_MaxSE - that link is exactly what I needed!
Old Jan 11, 2001 | 06:43 AM
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Thanks UMD_MaxSE - that link is exactly what I needed!
Thanks man....Anytime
Hope you are able to get those chips fixed up nicely.
Old Jan 11, 2001 | 10:50 AM
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Can you use the regular touch up paint on the guards that run along your door? I have a few small chips from where other people have opened their door into mine. How about the bumpers ?????????
Old Jan 11, 2001 | 11:08 AM
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Can you use the regular touch up paint on the guards that run along your door? I have a few small chips from where other people have opened their door into mine. How about the bumpers ?????????
Yeah, it should be the same paint.
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