Where can I get some good touch up paint?
02-14-2011, 11:58 AM
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Where can I get some good touch up paint? So the bank drive thru owned me today. A small concrete pillar took some paint off of my passenger side skirt and gave my rear passenger wheel some curb rash. I'm pissed because the wheels were flawless up until this point. But they are black, so maybe I can touch it up. I want to get somr high quality touch up paint, but don't want to order it online. Wouls an auto parts store have anything?
02-14-2011, 02:41 PM
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Man I used the duplicolor from Oreilley on my truck and it's perfect. Just make sure you use enough paint, too thin a coat is the usual reason for failure in touch-up paint. If it's a big enough area use the spray can with the clear after, cut and buff it out. Your dad can't hook it up?
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Man I used the duplicolor from Oreilley on my truck and it's perfect. Just make sure you use enough paint, too thin a coat is the usual reason for failure in touch-up paint. If it's a big enough area use the spray can with the clear after, cut and buff it out. Your dad can't hook it up?
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Yeah, you can get the pen or a spray cans. Come by and I'll show you the door handle I did on the truck if you want an example. I did about 5 coats of the base coat and then probably 7 of the clear, just to make sure I had enough on there to w/s it back down. It turned out perfect.
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Yeah, you can get the pen or a spray cans. Come by and I'll show you the door handle I did on the truck if you want an example. I did about 5 coats of the base coat and then probably 7 of the clear, just to make sure I had enough on there to w/s it back down. It turned out perfect.
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just looked dull, definately needed it. I didn't do anything real crazy, 3 steps of paper and then polished it with Meguires ultimate compound. Sounds much worse than it is, the after paint work only took about 10 minutes total.
