Mike,
How's about taking back to whom ever painted it to see what they would charge
you. Maybe they'd have pity on you....
Gerard Chateauvieux wrote:
> Ouch... at least it's in the sill and not in the middle of your hood!
>
> You'll probably get a lot of suggestions on this, but my method is to use a
> small sable hair watercolor brush to fill in the area in a few layers so I
> can control the thickness and to make sure to flow the paint to the edges.
> Sand carefully with some 320 and work your way to something finer
> (600-1200). Use some polishing compound and some good wax to get the shine
> back. If you have waxed the car before, use a degreaser to remover the wax
> around the area first.
>
> Gerard
>
> At 7:44 PM -0800 3/6/01, Mike Maclean wrote:
> > Anyone know where to get copper stranded spark plug wire? All I
> >can find around here is steel stranded 7mm wire. I think 8mm fits
> >better in the Lucas side distributor cap.
> > Also, what's the best way to touch up a paint chip about the size
> >of the tip of yoour little finger. One my kids dropped a hammer on the
> >edge of the drivers sill and took out a chunk of paint. I have some of
> >the same paint the car was recently painted with and some matching
> >hardener. Can I just blob it on and sand it down?
> >Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
>
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