Dings/Touchups
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Dings/Touchups
How do you deal with dings and such. I was going to get a pint of matched paint (Pananma Yellow- 1958) and try to touch a few spots up but I don't want to make things worse and regret it.
Is there a technique that's recommended?
Is there a technique that's recommended?
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Yes, technique is involved. BUT the most important part is getting the color to match EXACTLY. Due to you applying it in a small area...and NOT blending it ...like you would if it were sprayed. Having the color perfect is PARAMOUNT!!!!
The next thing is if you are trying to do bodywork with paint. Chips that are too deep will require many applications with very good dry times in between applications. With out seeing them...it is hard to say.
Is your car clearcoated???? Is it lacquer???? How long has it been painted ( if you know). Because if it is an old paint job. There is a chance that the top surfaces can actually be a slightly different shade than those surfaces that never see direct sunlight. I have worked on and painted on several old Corvettes that were actually three (3) shades of the same color...and this was mostly due to extreme exposure to direct sunlight over time.
Trying to use touch-up paint and make it so you can not tell is a time consuming process. And I am refering to those of us with a trained eye for color matching and perfection. I am not saying it can not be done...but it is very, very tedious work....that is if you are actually trying to make it so you CAN NOT tell it was touched up. And I mean from two inches away...and not twenty feet away.
BUT getting the color PERFECT is the most important part....like I had mentioned.
"DUB"
The next thing is if you are trying to do bodywork with paint. Chips that are too deep will require many applications with very good dry times in between applications. With out seeing them...it is hard to say.
Is your car clearcoated???? Is it lacquer???? How long has it been painted ( if you know). Because if it is an old paint job. There is a chance that the top surfaces can actually be a slightly different shade than those surfaces that never see direct sunlight. I have worked on and painted on several old Corvettes that were actually three (3) shades of the same color...and this was mostly due to extreme exposure to direct sunlight over time.
Trying to use touch-up paint and make it so you can not tell is a time consuming process. And I am refering to those of us with a trained eye for color matching and perfection. I am not saying it can not be done...but it is very, very tedious work....that is if you are actually trying to make it so you CAN NOT tell it was touched up. And I mean from two inches away...and not twenty feet away.
BUT getting the color PERFECT is the most important part....like I had mentioned.
"DUB"
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I do not know of any...I was self taught through the "school of hard knocks"....and graduated from the University of "trial and error".
Without seeing good photo's of what your are attempting to touch-up...I am at a stand stll in giving further advice.
"DUB"
Without seeing good photo's of what your are attempting to touch-up...I am at a stand stll in giving further advice.
"DUB"
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