70rrclone
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What would be the best way to fix these paint chips? They have a little touch up paint on them now.
Thanks Shane
Thanks Shane
Fixing chips in paint
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In my eyes, but no expert, your kinda screwed. Metallic is not forgiving because when it is shot, the metallic takes a set. You could try building it up , but when sanding it back out, you disturb the metallic. Same thing if you sand it out and try blending, it can be done, but the color will probably be off. There's someone out there that can do it, but.......
Good luck sir, I have been there.
Good luck sir, I have been there.
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You need to get a GOOD spot putty from an auto body supply store, one that can be directly painted over.
Fill the scratched out areas.
You may have to spray at the entire panel to get the color to blend. You will not be able to just spot repair the chipped areas.
Even with that, you'd need to fade the paint either before the edge of the panel or into the next to allow for a gentle transition from new paint to existing paint.
You will need to REclear at least the entire panel.
I am dealing with this right now. A Duster I've had parked outside (painted in 2013) had over 100 chips in the paint that required the same thing. I ended up filling all the chips and repainting the entire car.
Fill the scratched out areas.
You may have to spray at the entire panel to get the color to blend. You will not be able to just spot repair the chipped areas.
Even with that, you'd need to fade the paint either before the edge of the panel or into the next to allow for a gentle transition from new paint to existing paint.
You will need to REclear at least the entire panel.
I am dealing with this right now. A Duster I've had parked outside (painted in 2013) had over 100 chips in the paint that required the same thing. I ended up filling all the chips and repainting the entire car.
me too had a high metallic silver car, chipped the hood painter painted it three times still didn't quite match, and he's pretty damn good at it. I would just try to build it up level the loose paint around the edges would be nice to remove first, but it will probably bring more attention to it being bigger, or repaint the panel and try to blend it to the adjacent ones, which is like a magic trick with high
metallic.
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Thanks for the info, I figured it wouldn't be an easy fix. Ill probably try a combo of what KD and Don suggested. Im trying to avoid redoing the whole quarter panel. Theres not a shot in hell I can come close to matching the paint. Now I wish I had done the car in white. Ugh!
purple is easy too
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Looks like clear coat on it...if so then fill the voids with clear and cut and buff.
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Yes , it is chromax with 7900s clear coat. Ill give that a whirl with what I have left over.
gotta look better than the chips, will make it alot less noticeable, good luck
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Looks like the touch up product has caused the paint to lift around the edge you need to sand it flat very carefully. Then use a soft filler to bring the chip area level with the original, sand let it settle, good if the filler is slightly low then use a high build under coat apply with a air brush to seal the chip let harden then sand flat again at least the area will be flat with the resrt.
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FC7 is Plum Crazy/In Violet and it too is a metallic. Metallics of any kind are hard to color match.
way easier than silver, I just matched some purple and blended it pretty damn good, and i'm a drywaller. 
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Im not about try try blending the silver. I woke up one day bought a $99.00 amazon paint gun. watched a few my friend Pete videos. And painted the car. Lol.way easier than silver, I just matched some purple and blended it pretty damn good, and i'm a drywaller.
this is the car i chipped hood opening for the turn signals impossible to match
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That looks awesome!
that was one bad bitch, but couldn't drive it too nice pretty much ruined the car for a driver, trying not to do that again. I like a few imperfections eases my mind a bit.
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This was about 2 weeks before I got the chips in the paint. 71S in Louisville isn't very friendly. Its not perfect. But not bad for a first paint job.
looks pretty tough like the tires and color scheme with the hood stripe
All paint is hard to match. Every time there's a light difference. Darker colors tend to hide it. My Road Runner is Vit C, someone altered the formula by adding metallic or pearl , haven't matched it yet. Two people have tried at different paint places. In different light, the car is two or three different colors, so someone before us was a helluva lot better at matching it! It shows up the most under florescent and led light.
Good luck with yours!
Good luck with yours!
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