cd.thomson
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| posted on 3/3/09 at 11:25 AM |
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OT - Tintop paintwork
Does anybody here have experience of repairing paint scratch damage to tintop cars?
I'm trying to sell my Ford Focus and I'm sure I can get much more for it if I tidy it up a little. The interior is VVGC.
This is probably the worst scratch, and there are two 1 inch by 1 cm scratches to the front bumper too. What would be the best method of DIY repairing
these?
Craig
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Guinness
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| posted on 3/3/09 at 11:29 AM |
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If it wasn't for the scratches on the bumper, I'd just look round the local scrappy for a mirror cover from another silver focus!
I've got a load of little dings and scratches on my Leon. Everytime I get one of the dent / paint / ding repair guys out to quote all they want
to do is paint the whole panel, rather than just touch up the scratch.
So I ended up just buying a touch up pen and doing it myself.
Mike
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 3/3/09 at 11:49 AM |
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Are those the touch up pens available from halfords which come with the three different pens - primer, color and lacquer?
What kind of finish do they leave?
Thanks for the reply Mike
Craig
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BenB
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| posted on 3/3/09 at 11:50 AM |
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I bought some colour-matched paint in a rattle can from Halfords.
A quick sand, some plastic primer and a top coat should do the trick....
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 3/3/09 at 12:00 PM |
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Cheers Ben,
Do you reckon theres such a thing as carpaintingophobia. If there is then I've got it.
I've got images of trying my best, stepping back once I've taken the masking tape off and seeing this:
Craig
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UncleFista
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| posted on 3/3/09 at 06:06 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
Are those the touch up pens available from halfords which come with the three different pens - primer, color and lacquer?
What kind of finish do they leave?
Thanks for the reply Mike
The touch-up pens are OK for chips, I wouldn't want to use one on anything much larger.
Check your Ford main dealer (yes, really) before buying them from Halfords, I bought a set for my old Mondeo, the Ford kit was almost half the price
of the Halfords one. Pretty good 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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