Chipped hood

[90LaserRST]

My Laser has an overall very nice paint job, but the hood has an awful lot of tiny chips that make it speckled white. Is there touch-up paint or something I could use on it? Anyone with any suggestions feel free.

[Steve Rennick]

That's a pretty tough one...I have the same problem, and I went a body shop for suggestions, they told me that touch up paint A: wouldn't last and B: would look terrible (it's tough to match the paint exactly, and since it's such a large area, you really don't want it to look different)
Their suggestion was to paint the whole hood, Which wasn't THAT expensive.

[90LaserRST]

Thanks for responding. Did you end up painting the hood? How much (if you don't mind) did they say it would be? How does it look?

[Steve Rennick]

I haven't painted it yet...(to many other things to do!!!) I think i'll probably just end up painting the whole car. If I remember correctly though, I think they quoted me around $250 to paint the hood.

[Steve Rennick]

I haven't painted it yet...(to many other things to do!!!) I think i'll probably just end up painting the whole car. If I remember correctly though, I think they quoted me around $250 to paint the hood.

[ZBEEST]

If you get it painted ask them to mix a little extra for you to put in a jar. No matter what, you will get chips. My 5 month old paint job already has small chips in it. I use a tooth pick to pick up a little paint and drop it in the chip. Just do this until it's nearly level with the surrounding area and then repeat with clear coat. You want to avoid getting paint on the area around the chip. A paint brush, unless it's really, really fine will not do this. The tooth pick works well.

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[greenstreak]

I have one chip in my hood which now has a small amount of rust in it. :mad: I just got back from the shore and I guess the salt air sped up the corrosion process. What should I do prior to filling the chip to keep the rust from spreading?

[This message has been edited by greenstreak (edited September 01, 2000).]

[greenstreak]

Sweet, thanks dude!

[Van]

greenstreak and 90LaserRST,
First, Very fine sandpaper 1000 grit or even the white scotchbrite pad. Then use the toothpick to dot on some "primer sealer." Sand area again with very fine sandpaper next day. Then use toothpick to dot on some color match paint. Repeat the color match process until fairly level with surrounding paint. Then buff area lightly with 3M rubbing compound, part no. 05973. Then buff lightly with 3M polish pad glaze, part no. 05996. Then last but not least use Meguiar's show car glaze #7 by hand. The 3M products I mention are not exactly cheap and you will probably have to go to an automotive painter's supply store to get them. An airbrush will work better than a toothpick if you know how to use one. But, then you will have to buy real paint.

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[studs]

Hi ppl,
I feel your pain, my `94 has a clean paint job except for the hodd, I had 42 paint chips, so I just got the damn thing painted, a year later I have about 5 with rust coming through on some old spots, collision shop must not have sanded enough, but that's another story. Anyway you guys might wanna give this stuff a shot i've been thinking of trying this stuff myself, just haven't got around to it, it looks like it would work, but it could just be another gs-27 scratch remover rip off. If anybody tries it let me know if it works, i'll do the same if I ever get around to ordering it. Here's the site www.langka.com. (http://www.langka.com.) It's supposed to blend the old paint in with the new touch-up paint without creating the blob, looks interesting.
-Hope this helps somebody
-studs `94 TSi

[rushoakr1]

YOu can buy Scotchcal tape(or something similar) , made by M3 which is clear tape that you can put on your hood to stop the dings. I am going to try it soon. Maybe paint it first and then put it on.

[espressoguy]

I first saw something about that protective coating about seven years ago in a magazine. I expected to see it catch on fast but haven't even seen it sold anywhere since then. Please leave a post about where you found/bought it.

[greenstreak]

IMO that stuff looks like crap!

[NickM]

I took the po-man's/lazy-man's way out until I get the entire car painted: I got a 1 piece hood-only bra. I know car bras are cheezy as all hell, but since the car is black, and it only covers the front of the hood it's not too bad. It's better than revealing all the chips on my hood.

- Nick

[3312DC]

You guys were mentioning ways to prevent chips from your hood without a bra. Theres a product called Invsi Shield, and they use a material from 3M. A friend of mine is a distributer and i had a kit installed on the front of my laser. you can only see it if your about 3 feet away. Its perfect for all your problems. let me know if you want more information

[TurboMitsu]

On all 1G's taht I've owed - there would always be cracks in the paint on the bumper (no I'm not hitting things :) ) is it becouse of the bumper flexing too much? can I blend it in somehow? Van?

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[Van]

A crack is pretty tough. I think that the cheap a** way that the front bumpers (if you dare call them that) are mounted does give them alot of flex. This can contribute to cracking of factory paints, IMHO. The newer poly-urethanes will make a 180 degree bend on a 1/16" radius (or an 1/8th, I forget)and not crack. (Picture painting a flat metal panel and bending it in half.)
But I would do a crack the same way I posted above. The airbrush would be highly recommended for a crack.

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