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Old 03-30-2015, 09:04 AM
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Was the color mismatch using just the paint or was it using the paint and then clearcoat over it?
I ask this because using paint alone will not match up properly most of the time as well as being a less than proper methodology.
I'll tell you what I've learned from big time concours prep folks and what I've used with very good results.
Any clearcoat painjob requires extra steps from ,say, a straight lacquer job, but the principles are the same. All it requires is some patience and a little elbow grease to yield results that are hard, if not often impossible to detect.
First, clean the chip out with mild solvent/cleaner. Next use color. I should emphasize using color paint that is fresh and allowed to flow. Air is the enemy, old paint will notflow properly, if you can't thin it yourself, get fresh color.
Don't use a brush and slobber it all over the chip. Think of a chip as a hole with edges, all you want is the paint to flow out to the edges. Use a wisk broom bristle or small piece of wire. All you're going to do is dip it into the paint and touch it into the chip. the paint should flow to the edges. Rarely will you need more than one touch. This is step one, if the paint covers the chip, leave it alone for several days and allow it to dry. It will dry & shrink up below the paint surface....this is fine. The second step it to hit it with clear urathane, same technique, except now you may need 2-3 applications between drying because now you want a bump above the level of the OEM paint.
Understand, with many colors, it may not look matched UNTIL the clearcoat is applied.
Once you have it built up, after a few days, you get your, 600 grit wet/dry paper and WET sand it down slowly to level it out. As you get close, you switch to 1000 grit and then 1500. You should do this so the effected area is not much more that 1/2"-1" and if you go slow and use ample water you end up with a slightly flat spot that will clean up with hand compound or machine polish and will yield nice results.
My once/ twice a year chip fixes take 20/30 minutes for each step and works well. The only thing uglier than chips is big blobs over the chips.
Good luck.
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