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Anyway easy way to fix this?
Little rock chip from car kicking up debris from snow. What's the easiest way for a untrained person to fix this?
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Unless the chips penetrate to bare metal, I'd leave them alone until some day the entire panel needs to get repainted. Think of them as well-earned patina...
Plus, it'll make it much easier to identify your car in a lineup. :) |
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Or ..... clean up the wound (with alcohol) and carefully apply (with a tooth pic) a dab of touch up paint. After a while .... you won't "see" it anymore .... ;) humfrz |
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And my car only have 520 miles.. And this happens. |
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Whenever I've tried the paint dab approach in the past, I soon ended up with a bunch of standing-out-like-a-sore-thumb paint pimples. :) |
Close your eyes when you get close enough to see it. Shouldn't be often since you'll need to be about 2 feet away or less.
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Some touch up paint with a toothpick will be fine right? The bumper is abs plastic right?
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The secret to applying touch up paint is to have someone with artistic talent make the application. Like @993Fan says ..... most of us with "fat fingers" and a "more is better" attitude, will make it look like someone painted it with a broom .... :bonk: humfrz |
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You can apply the touch up paint generously then remove the excess with a compound like most scratch removers. The end result should be relatively smooth and nearly invisible.
If you take this approach I suggest not waiting too long to remove the paint bump. Once its completely settled it can be hard to rub down. |
You should see the front of mine...
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Dr. Color Chip.
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Touch up paint from your dealer. Use the pen side, not the brush.
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