I'm pissed......On the way to the dealer to pick some parts up and
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I'm pissed......On the way to the dealer to pick some parts up and
I got two rock chips on my car. I saw the first rock hit the windshield. It is just a small dot above the rear view mirror. The other one is kind of big right above the passenger headlight. I just washed it this morning too. I only had the car for a month now. I won't bother buying touch up paint. That stuff never looks good. It had to happen sometime. I can't keep the car in bubble wrap in the garage forever.
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Re: I'm pissed......On the way to the dealer to pick some parts up and
Yeah, I hated the idea of that happening.. I spent the money and got a clear bra on the front of the car (www.xpel.com was who I went with).
However, touch-up paint <B>can</B> look good <B>if</B> you do it right. Most people just don't take the time. One option is the LANGKA paint chip repair system ( <A HREF="http://www.langka.com/">http://www.langka.com/</A> ). The other is this method:
"Carefully fill it in with your touch-up (leaving a blob), let dry only 15-30 min and then apply 3M imperial hand glaze to piece of cotton T-shirt and wrap around something flat (I used a cut out piece of an old credit card). Rub this on the touch-up blob, keep adding more IHG, and it will slowly wear away until it is flush/smooth with surface. This is similar in principle to the Langka method. I've done a couple of these on my car and was amazed by the results." - DarinS4Turbo
However, touch-up paint <B>can</B> look good <B>if</B> you do it right. Most people just don't take the time. One option is the LANGKA paint chip repair system ( <A HREF="http://www.langka.com/">http://www.langka.com/</A> ). The other is this method:
"Carefully fill it in with your touch-up (leaving a blob), let dry only 15-30 min and then apply 3M imperial hand glaze to piece of cotton T-shirt and wrap around something flat (I used a cut out piece of an old credit card). Rub this on the touch-up blob, keep adding more IHG, and it will slowly wear away until it is flush/smooth with surface. This is similar in principle to the Langka method. I've done a couple of these on my car and was amazed by the results." - DarinS4Turbo
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