BigsViper,
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Hopefully we are talking small chips.
Supplys:
1 pint* of your paint from Dupont, PPG, etc. (We use Dupont but they are basically the same.)
1 qt. of Chromabase* - Basemaker Mix with paint 1:1
(with this color of silver mix the paint very, very well or your touch up will come out to dark)
You're going to hate this one - 1 gallon Dupont Glamour Clear*
1 qt. of hardner for the clear - mix 4:1
One camel haired medium sized pin stripe brush
1 sheet each of 800 & 1000 grit wet sand paper
Get a handfull of wooden stir sticks.
Now you're ready to begin.
Whittle out a small piece of one of the stir sticks about 1/4 x1.
Ok, run back in the house and grab the bucket under the sink, and don't forget to grab the liquid dishwashing soap!
Throw your hand made sanding block, along with the 800 sandpaper in the bucket, add water and just a touch of the soap- just enough to make a few bubbles.
Process: Tear a small piece of 800, just enough to wrap around your block twice. (you want a somewhat hard flat surface, more wraps and it will become to spongy)
Now, grit teeth, squint eyes and sand with even pressure, very lightly around all those nasty little chips. Do NOT go through your clear-coat! But don't worry, you would have to sand a long time to do that. When you're done you should have a whiteish area around each chip. If it's still shiny after drying go back and hit it again.
Still with me? Great..I promise it will look awesome when your done!
Dry completely, temperature is at least 60 degrees, right?
Now take the pint of paint and put it in the shaker. What! No shaker? Got any "Hip-Hop" singers in the house? No fair using the wifes' blender! You get the point. Shake till you drop, especially with that color silver!
Baby jars work well, but any glass jar will work. Measure out a small amount, your choice, then mix the same portion with the basemaker. Add just a drop or two of the hardner or catalyst you bought for the clear.
Load up the pinstripe brush about 1/4" worth...practice, practice, practice! You want to lay it down smooooth, without any brush marks and you want it THIN! Put one coat on, "Only one please", not the adjoining sanded area, then immediately head for the next chip. Wait at least 5 minutes between rounds. Continue until each chip is almost flush with the surface and smooth, without marks. Usually three to five coats will do it. Don't worry about the match yet, without the clear coat it wont match. If the paint starts to harden or gell, dump it and re-load.
Clean the pinstripe brush thoroughly with thinner. You did get the Thinner didn't you? Opps my fault, run back to the paint store and get a gallon* of thinner!
Now clean out the paint jar using the above thinner.
Mix the clear with the hardner 4:1
Take your time, the clear will take a lot longer to dry than the paint. Again, practice, practice, practice! Repeat the above, light coats all the way around. Now you can blend it a little into the sanded area..keeping it thin or light coats. Give the clear at least 5 to 10 minutes between coats. If you can touch it and its soft without leaving a print, you are right on.
Do this until you've got a build up just a little bit higher than the original finish.
Great, you're done! Clean all parts again with thinner and go have dinner and a good nights rest.
Get the bucket out, another little stick and both sheets of sandpaper, mix with a little soap. Very, very lightly using the block method make a few swipes over each chip using the 800 grit wet-sand paper. Dry off and see how it's turning out. Looking pretty dull? Good. Switch over to the 1000 and repeat, going outward a little farther around the chip.
When its dry, it should look flat, smooth and dull. Hopefully your chip will have disappeared. If you have an electric buffer, this will be easy, if not, eww it's going to get ugly.
Get the mildest rubbing coumpound you can find, darn another trip to the paint store. Follow directions of the coumpound, and Zaino.
There you have it! Took longer to type this than it will be to do it!
*These are the smallest quatity's available. Look for a $100.00 investment.
You sure you wanted all this?
HAPPY NEW YEAR - Everyone!
DV
Ps. Or, tear a match out of a match book, dip into the paint, touch up, then clear coat with clear fingernail polish. Hey, it works, not long time permanent, but it does work--there's the short of it
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