I use a fiberglass-tipped 'pen' to scratch the bottom of the chip a bit then
prep the area with a paint prep product. I use 'Total Prep', Prepsol may be
another brand.
Takes lots of little drops of paint to fill the chip, letting each one dry
before doing the next. So in the end it is 5 minutes work but spread over a
week or more.
I overfill the chip (slightly) then sand down by wet-sanding with a small
piece of very fine paper (maybe 600 or 800) to get the surface even. I
mount the paper on a small piece of firm foam (some use the tip of a new
pencil eraser). This is followed by some ultra fine (1200 or was it 1800),
then rubbing compound then some really fine stuff like swirl remover then
maybe something so soft it also disolves as it polishes (I use Comet at this
point). Finally wax and buff.
I'm sure there are lots of other tricks (e.g. razor blades) but this is what
works for me. Main thing is to have patience, you can't fix it all in one
go.
Practice on an inconspicuous spot to get your technique perfected.
If the paint is really thin (sometimes is if it is left over from a spray
job) I find putting a bit in a small jar and letting it thicken a bit
helps... but since they mixed it up just for you this is likely unnecessary.
Geo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Danielson" <75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>; <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:33 PM
Subject: [TR] Fixing Paint Chips
> The downside of driving my car as much as I do is that it picks up its
> share
> of stone hits which chip the paint. I had an auto paint shop mix me some
> touch up paint and wonder what's the best way to fix all these small
> chips.
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