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apdicenzo - 09 Sep 2007 19:17 GMT
Just noticed a few chips on my 2003TL bumper..ARRGH!!!!..pisses me off..went
to the beach yesterday and some a.shole must have hit it waking by with
their chair..sorry for the language but some people are so ignorant..anyway
what is the best way to fix it?..I have touch up paint but I'm afraid I
won't do it right..Any suggestions?
Tegger - 10 Sep 2007 12:00 GMT
> Just noticed a few chips on my 2003TL bumper..ARRGH!!!!..pisses me
> off..went to the beach yesterday and some a.shole must have hit it
> waking by with their chair..sorry for the language but some people are
> so ignorant..anyway what is the best way to fix it?..I have touch up
> paint but I'm afraid I won't do it right..Any suggestions?

Brush the paint on. Done. Easy as pie. Hard to screw up. If you don't like
what you've done, just use some methylated spirits (hardware store) and a
clean cloth to wipe it off, then try again.

Use some methylated spirits and a cloth to clean off any surface oils
first.

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Jim Yanik - 11 Sep 2007 01:33 GMT
>> Just noticed a few chips on my 2003TL bumper..ARRGH!!!!..pisses me
>> off..went to the beach yesterday and some a.shole must have hit it
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> Use some methylated spirits and a cloth to clean off any surface oils
> first.


If you want to get fancy,use an airbrush.

chances are,those paint chips were from road debris and not some beach
chair.
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Tegger - 11 Sep 2007 02:12 GMT
Jim Yanik <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in news:Xns99A7D119972FCjyanikkuanet@
64.209.0.85:

>>> Just noticed a few chips on my 2003TL bumper..ARRGH!!!!..pisses me
>>> off..went to the beach yesterday and some a.shole must have hit it
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>  
> If you want to get fancy,use an airbrush.

Not a good idea. Too much overspray, poor coverage. A brush is better.

> chances are,those paint chips were from road debris and not some beach
> chair.

Possibly, BUT, nobody south of Pennsylvania patches stone chips. They
therefore have little experience either way..

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Jim Yanik - 11 Sep 2007 17:13 GMT
> Jim Yanik <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in news:Xns99A7D119972FCjyanikkuanet@
> 64.209.0.85:
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>
> Not a good idea. Too much overspray, poor coverage. A brush is better.

well, a "chip" on a plastic bumper cover could be a lot larger than a
stone "chip" on a metal body part.Especially if it were done by a beach
chair.
Then you would want the wider coverage.
and you can get an airbrush swath VERY small,too.

>> chances are,those paint chips were from road debris and not some beach
>> chair.
>
> Possibly, BUT, nobody south of Pennsylvania patches stone chips.

???
WHY not? do they like rust?
I do it here in Florida.
(BTW,the seacoast has as much salt in the air as the North puts on their
roads in winter.)

> They
> therefore have little experience either way..

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Mike - 14 Sep 2007 14:24 GMT
Call your dealer (or maybe a BMW / Lexus / Mercedes dealer), and ask if they
have anyone that comes around once a week/month and does touchup work.
Usually dealers will have someone come by that does this type of work on
used cars on their lots to make them look nice for resale.  They also have
leather/vinyl/upholstery folks as well for future reference - can fix
cigarette burns, tears in seats, and the like.

When you call, see if you can get the repair companies actual phone number
and schedule the appointment through them.  If you have the dealer handle it
for you, they will of course markup the price for the exact same service
(around here anyway).

I've had a couple of rock dings painted out of my 02 TL-S bumper (plastic)
and hood (metal).  The guy I used actually mixes the paint on site to match
your car - he has a big book with paint codes/etc.  He then covers
everything except for the ding/scratch and airbrushes multiple layers until
the new paint is up to the level of the old paint, then does a quick spray
of clearcoat.  You can still see it, but it is MUCH less noticeable than if
you had just used the touchup paint and brush - I have a black car, and the
light has to be just right for me to notice.  If memory serves it was about
$50 for a half-dozen chips - each chip smaller then a pencil eraser.

By the way, I'm about 400 miles south of Pennsylvania.  :-)

- Mike

> Just noticed a few chips on my 2003TL bumper..ARRGH!!!!..pisses me
> off..went to the beach yesterday and some a.shole must have hit it waking
> by with their chair..sorry for the language but some people are so
> ignorant..anyway what is the best way to fix it?..I have touch up paint
> but I'm afraid I won't do it right..Any suggestions?

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