Any hielp for repairing the scratch and chips
Created on: 05/22/15 03:55 AM
Replies: 6
darryle
Location: ontario
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Rook
Joined: 03/28/09
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RE: Chips and scratches
05/22/15 8:20 AM
ugh! DAMMIT! I would not be surprised if you have a very difficult time matching the color with ColorRight paint. It's very expensive and I've heard a lot of complaints about the candy colors matching OEM. For a touchup like that, Id just blot it on and buff it with a scratch remover compound after an hour. Use a small wood dowel with a rag over it to concentrate the rubbing to the area you are leveling. The freshly dried touchup will rub away a lot easier than the OEM paint but always pays to be careful. DO TEST whatever compound you use!! SOme are very powerful and they will leave scratches. I suggest this stuff. It's very mild. The Scratch and swirl remover is a bit milder than the rubbing compound.
I've found some Turtle Wax compounds as abbrassive as light grit sandpaper.
In the end, you'll prolly not have a perfect match but if you get close, it won't show to anyone else. You'll forget about it.
If you see a one coat color in a pen at the auto store, that might just come as close as colrwrong. I am not happy with the $60 jar of frame and engine paint I got from them. Color is good if you apply it thin but no way did they put enough metal flake in it. Ida been better going with a Duplicolor pen. They have one that looks like almost a perfect match and I bet it has a good amount of metal flake in it like one of their other colors I bought to touch up the midnight saphire blue I scraped on my fairings. It's actually a black but one coat (no need to apply an undercoat color) and it is cloase enough for spots.
Give it a whirl. You can't make it worse. Maybe you go for a repaint some day or do a custom job to conceal the small scrape.
* Last updated by: Rook on 5/22/2015 @ 8:22 AM *
darryle
Location: ontario
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Posts: 1185
RE: Chips and scratches
05/22/15 10:32 AM
Color rite is a a 3 stage , base top and clear,going to order the paint ,worried about screwing up from lack of experience,what do you think jars or pen?
* Last updated by: darryle on 5/22/2015 @ 10:33 AM *
yannih
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RE: Chips and scratches
05/22/15 12:56 PM
I had a candy plasma blue Gen1.
I bought the 3 stage kit for fairly small touch ups.
Base, color and clear setup.
I'm not saying you would be the same but I could not make it work.
The base was a sparkly silver color and wasn't to hard to apply. But the color was clear and I could not make that match to anything close to acceptable because unless the coat is exactly the right thickness the color is wrong.
To thin to light. To thick to dark. I tried very light coats to get the right color layer. No go. I never got to the clear stage because I was no where near satisfied enough with the results.
IMO I would strongly advise a pen for small chips (if you can get one) and perhaps a jar (again if you can find one) for the big deep scratches you have with some sort of decal over the top.
I say decal because unless its professionally done via spraying or you have experience in this area it will be hard to achieve a reasonable result due to the metalic color.
The sparkly color finishes Kawa use are absolutely beautiful.
But a PITA to maintain.
Really good luck.
* Last updated by: yannih on 5/22/2015 @ 12:59 PM *
Grn14
Location: Montana
Joined: 02/25/09
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RE: Chips and scratches
05/22/15 6:10 PM
I'd go with the pens...two...the base coat,and the second top coat.I matched mine well...it worked okay.You just need to mix the two pen colors in a spoon...get the flake right in it.Mix it till looks like the factory paint...dab on with a q-tip...check it out.You'll see right away if it's matching(you need to spread it out about a penny size or so to get the right look for testing).If it looks right,apply with q-tip.If it isn't,wipe carefully OFF with a rag...not smearing it around.Then go back and do your 'matching' again...till you get it right(don't wait for it to dry).IF you have a part that you can remove easily...use the backside(that's been painted) to test the mix.They recommend that anyway.Dab the pen in the spoon.Mix.Apply.Remove if not matching.Just keep working with it.You can get a virtually perfect match with the pens...you don't need the clear coat.
It may never look EXACTLY like it's 'part' of the factory paint without buffing it down to match the lost paint...but colorwise,it will look okay.I did this on a few nicks and such.
* Last updated by: Grn14 on 5/22/2015 @ 6:14 PM *
darryle
Location: ontario
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Posts: 1185
RE: Chips and scratches
05/23/15 5:05 AM
thanks guys ,we have enough green 14r's around here that i'll get the 2 oz jars.Green I think the pre mixing in a spoon is right on ,but will use toothpicks and a tiny paint brush instead of Q tip
Grn14
Location: Montana
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