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Touch-up paint, FLEX or NON-FLEX? Any experience anyone?

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Old May 31, 2005 | 05:52 PM
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Touch-up paint, FLEX or NON-FLEX? Any experience anyone?

ok, i'm looking to get a touch up paint kit from paradox in here:

http://www.paradox-systems.com/exterior.html

now, what the hell is the difference between flex and non-flex?

Anyone has any other recommendations?

Any experience anyone?

My car has some nasty scratches in the bumper, is not even funny.

If i didn't have a body kit i wouldn't normally do this, however scratches + body kit makes the car look beyond ghetto.
Old May 31, 2005 | 06:00 PM
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Flex- has flexible paint agent mixed with the paint that gives the pain "an elastic" proportion. Its what is used on bumpers, moldings etc. I bet you have seen cars runing around with paint peeling off the bumpers or cracking, this is due to the cheap repair facility who pockets the $$$ on insurance repairs (most of the time thats the case) and doesn't add flex agent into the paint when doing bumpers. Non Flex would be used on metal parts- like hood, roof, doors etc.
Old May 31, 2005 | 09:27 PM
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A disadvantage to paint with the flex additive is that it has the tendacy to fade more easily.
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