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All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: CMB on April 13, 2013, 11:36:07 pm

Title: Best touch up paint and method
Post by: CMB on April 13, 2013, 11:36:07 pm

Whats the best product and method on touching up little stone chips etc.?

Title: Re: Best touch up paint and method
Post by: fransnz on April 13, 2013, 11:51:02 pm

I had a few stone chip marks and just bought the genuine vw touch up paint.
Its a base coat and clear coat.
I found some on eBay in black.

Title: Re: Best touch up paint and method
Post by: xjay1337 on April 14, 2013, 12:21:51 am

The best way to touch up?

Using too little is better than using too much. Use a cocktail stick to till in minor imperfections... right in the cracks of the chip/scratch.
Using too much is only going to ruin the look.

Then after you've "filled" the scratch in, laquer it on.. Then wait for it to dry and for that really good look then you'd need to wet sand it and then compound it back up.

Title: Re: Best touch up paint and method
Post by: stealthwolf on April 14, 2013, 07:48:45 am

Remember to clean out the chip first with say a 10-20% sol of IPA. It's time consuming and laborious to fill in stone chips - quite a few people on here have just resprayed the bonnet instead.