by "Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
Published 05/18/2017 at 18:31
by "Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
Published 05/18/2017 at 18:31
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I used some light polish to clean up some minor oxidation, but it didn’t quite have the desired effect. While it did clean things up a bit, it left white residue in every single one of the approximately 5,000 nicks and chips per square foot. Now, instead of blending in as they had in the past, every single one of them is incredibly visible against the dark red paint, and it looks like the front of the car has been sandblasted, which, well, it sorta has been...
Any suggestions how to get this looking halfway decent again? There’s some color-matched (well, dark red at least) polish with a filler stick. Has anyone tried this? I used to have some waxy color filler sticks that were a quick and simple way to get around this problem, but I don’t know where to find just those sticks - any ideas?
"Aremmes" (aremmes)
05/18/2017 at 18:47, STARS: 0
If the paint has deep scratches (i.e., you can see primer through it), the only (cheap) option consists of filling with touch-up paint (Mazda dealers have them) and work it down with wet sanding, rubbing compound, and polish. For anything lighter, some ScratchX and a small electric polisher will do.
"arl" (arl1968)
05/18/2017 at 18:57, STARS: 2
Dr color chip works well. But you need to remove the stuff you just put on. Do you have a dual action polisher? Meguiers m105/205 combo should make it look a lot better, as long as you apply with a powered polisher (not a rotary). Then you could apply the color chip. This a probably a few days worth of work to do.
Check out autogeek.net. Lots of great people and info there. I have a griots garage entry level dual action polisher and it’s great for a hobbiest like me. I bought the polisher, pads, polish, and microfiber from AG.
"E92M3" (E46M3)
05/18/2017 at 20:17, STARS: 0
Time to break out the Q-Tips
"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
05/18/2017 at 20:21, STARS: 0
Somewhere around here I have some itty-bitty little brushes for dabbing in microscopic amounts of paint a little layer at a time. Sadly, my bottle of touch up paint leaked into the center console, so I’ll have to see what other paint around here I can apply to these thousands of marks.
"Little Black Coupe Turned Silver" (littleblackcoupe)
05/18/2017 at 20:26, STARS: 1
I used that stuff in the black formula on the LBC. I guess it worked ok. It was like five years ago, but I don’t remember it doing anything that made me unhappy at least.
"E92M3" (E46M3)
05/18/2017 at 20:26, STARS: 1
I was thinking the q-tips would get the polish out of the chips so they aren’t white anymore.
"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
05/18/2017 at 21:57, STARS: 0
Oh, got it. I’m a little sleep deprived right now and didn’t think of that. I was just trying to think of what I have to do to fill all of those little pits. I figured that I can use the buffer / polisher to power all that crap out.
"E92M3" (E46M3)
05/18/2017 at 23:08, STARS: 0
If it’s more than 30 chips, probably better off just getting it resprayed than trying to touch up all of them.
"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
05/19/2017 at 05:36, STARS: 0
They’re so small and would return quite quickly so there’s no point in repainting. I’ll just need to find a way to hide them in plain sight, and I think that color-matched polish is what I need. Even though I love this car, it’s just a DD minivan and not a show car.