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iMuf 01-17-2014 02:52 PM

Paint touch up tips
 
Larry Kosilla just put up a new video about touching up paint on a car. The car he is working on was keyed as you will see. Lots of good information in this video.


Tadcaster 01-17-2014 03:40 PM

Pretty good Video - useful things to know

STUMPMI 01-17-2014 04:06 PM

From the past videos I have watched from ammo...

I expected that scratch to pretty much disappear....
The reality is... It was still quite visible.:thumbsdown:
Which means I was more disappointed than impressed.:(

Granted anything looks better than the bare scratch... But Barely. :confused:

Mels SS 01-17-2014 04:32 PM

That scratch was brutal. Looks a lot better though.

Space 01-17-2014 05:24 PM

Thanks for the vid Imuf
 
Below is my contribution of a short vid on touch `up.
It's the way I do it >more just to cover the bare metal.
On Bad chips, etc > I take it to the `Professionals.
Below is good 4 a daily driver.

iMuf 01-17-2014 06:28 PM


Originally Posted by STUMPMI (Post 591325)
From the past videos I have watched from ammo...

I expected that scratch to pretty much disappear....
The reality is... It was still quite visible.:thumbsdown:
Which means I was more disappointed than impressed.:(

Granted anything looks better than the bare scratch... But Barely. :confused:

I agree, I was also hoping the scratch would have come out a little better as well. But with anything like that you will need a complete re-paint to get it to look perfect. He only spent 2 days on it, imagine if he spent a week on it wet sanding and trying to get it to be a lot more level. Even then I think it would be near impossible to get the touch up paint to be even and perfect like a full on paint job would.

Tadcaster 01-17-2014 07:02 PM

For most of us car nuts yes if we got a scratch that big we would have done a repaint but the tips where good for things like stone chips


Space I need to watch the Video you posted

In my phone will check it out in the morning

xxtheshockerxx 01-17-2014 10:58 PM

the sad reality is paint touch up is never perfect no matter how bad you want it to be. if it bothers you that much then repaint is the only way to have the look you really desire.

Space 01-18-2014 06:06 AM


Originally Posted by xxtheshockerxx (Post 591432)
the sad reality is paint touch up is never perfect no matter how bad you want it to be. if it bothers you that much then repaint is the only way to have the look you really desire.

:rolleyes:
Do you do touch up paint work in your detail business ?
I think it's stressful to have a nice ride in todays world.

I thought the below `vid was decent :eek: What do you guys think ?
This is a good thread & I hope that many contribute their tips/tricks & links/vid's...

xxtheshockerxx 01-18-2014 10:57 AM

Yes we do alot of touch up work. Unfortunately it doesn't always pay enough to be blessed to take the time to sand it out andtry to do everything pperfect. Most dealerships just want everything the same color haha. On my own Car I will so the best I can but still I am so picky it doesn't help haha


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