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| 2080.1 | Dulux and a 6" wide brush works best ! | AYOU35::WARREN | | Fri Apr 30 1993 11:38 | 19 |
| Jim,
Best going to the dealer if you want to get a matching paint.
It also depends how *weathered* the rest of the body work colour is -
As the new paint will be bright, the existing paintwork may be duller, in which
case you cant do much about it I dont think. It might be quite expensive to get
a pro to touch up the paint as he may charge a minimum price for the job-
ie you may only need a small amount of paint, but he will charge you for a full
tin, and even more if he had to mix paints to get the correct shade, etc etc.
Have you tried T-Cut ? I believe that it can cover up some scratches.
Tip: if you try to *touch it up* yourself, dont use the brush you get in the tub.
Try something with a solid tip, as this will tend not to disperse the paint
over a larger area than is required.
Warren.
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| 2080.2 | | BLKPUD::WILLIAMSH | | Fri Apr 30 1993 11:40 | 6 |
| Get some touchup from the manufacturer.
I recently got some Metallic blue 2-stage touch up from a Vauxhall dealer
for �3. perfect colour match.
Huw.
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| 2080.3 | super dooper polish.... | WOTVAX::DRAPERP | Peter Draper | Fri Apr 30 1993 12:00 | 4 |
| You could give that Colour cote coulored polish a try if the scratches
are not too deep - I believe you CAN getb it for metalics.....
Pete
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| 2080.4 | Coloured polish | MUGGER::POWELL | | Tue May 04 1993 14:26 | 7 |
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Dont T-Cut, this would ruin the paint. The prev note regarding coloured
polish is right. It does make a good job (not perfect) and is also a
really really good polish. I use it on a metalic blue R19 16v and it
works well on small scratches and stone chips.
G.P
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| 2080.5 | Check Your Orientation! | CHEFS::CURRIEI | Dyslexic snice brith | Tue May 04 1993 14:49 | 13 |
| Someone once told me that it's not only the colour of metallic paint
that needs to be an exact match, but also the orientation of the car
relative to the earth's magnetic field(!). In other words, if your car
was facing north-south when originally painted, it should be oriented
the same way if being resprayed. If there's any truth in this, it's
related to the fact that the field will determine the orientation of
the metallic particles in the paint, and this can have an impact on the
appearance of the paint from different angles.
This is hardly relevant for retouching scratches, but could affect the
appearance of respayed panels. Anyone else heard this theory?
Ian
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| 2080.6 | | FORTY2::PALKA | | Tue May 04 1993 16:35 | 16 |
| re .5
I dont think the metallic particles are iron. They are probably
aluminium, and so practically unaffected by the magnetic field.
There are lots of other things that can affect the appearance, quite
apart from the colour of the paint, and size, shape composition of the
particles (which could all be matched from the original formula)
E.g. exact viscosity of the paint.
temperature, humidity.
speed at which the paint leaves the nozzle
(which depends on nozzle size and pressure)
These all make it very difficult to match the original appearance.
Andrew
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