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Great repair Richy, never thought a scratched like that could be repair without spraying the entire door.
I will give this method a try on my truck.
Thanks for the write-up.
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Originally Posted by umana2482
Great repair Richy, never thought a scratched like that could be repair without spraying the entire door.
I will give this method a try on my truck.
Thanks for the write-up.
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You're welcome! Let me know how it goes.
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Originally Posted by KillaCam
Excuse me for my ignorance, but what is a local paint supply house? A bodyshop?
No, it's where the body shops buy their paint from.
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Re: Key Repair-Step by Step Procedure
Richy, thank you for the great write-up!
I've read, watched the videos, read again and experimented on my own vehicles. With your step by step procedure, I was able to repair a key scratch on my wife's BLACK Lincoln LS to the point of being unnoticable, and she approves! (now she knows why so much time is spent in the garage)
The wealth of knowledge and help shared by everyone, pros and novices, makes it one of the best forums on the internet.
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Re: Key Repair-Step by Step Procedure
Originally Posted by richy
No, it's where the body shops buy their paint from.
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Was there clear mixed in with your touch up paint?
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Re: Key Repair-Step by Step Procedure
Amazing job Richie
I would have never guessed it would come out that nice w/o a complete repaint (of the door).
Write-up was first rate also.
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Re: Key Repair-Step by Step Procedure
Originally Posted by cartman57
Richy, thank you for the great write-up!
I've read, watched the videos, read again and experimented on my own vehicles. With your step by step procedure, I was able to repair a key scratch on my wife's BLACK Lincoln LS to the point of being unnoticable, and she approves! (now she knows why so much time is spent in the garage)
The wealth of knowledge and help shared by everyone, pros and novices, makes it one of the best forums on the internet.
Awesome! I'm delighted to hear that. That's why we make the posts is to help people, so I'm thrilled to hear it helped you. Thanks for taking the time to provide feedback!
Originally Posted by KillaCam
Was there clear mixed in with your touch up paint?
No, it's just the base colour. Not having the clear mixed in does not seem to alter the appearance.
Thanks very much for the feedback!
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Re: Key Repair-Step by Step Procedure
Richy,
New to the forum... first post ever!
I have read all 10 pages of this thread and am wanting to clean up some major road rash on my front bumper. (Wish I had pictures)
How would you tackle road rash, its a Black F150?
After reading this thread, my thought would be:
1) Buy touch up paint - matched to ford
2) Wash the car to clean up the area
3) Add touch up paint to the area
4) Wait till spring to Wet Sand
5) Wet sand 1500, 2000, 3000
6) Use M105 to polish out the wetsand
Or do you have a better method for major road rash?
Thanks
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Re: Key Repair-Step by Step Procedure
Originally Posted by CoachBuesching
Richy,
New to the forum... first post ever!
I have read all 10 pages of this thread and am wanting to clean up some major road rash on my front bumper. (Wish I had pictures)
How would you tackle road rash, its a Black F150?
After reading this thread, my thought would be:
1) Buy touch up paint - matched to ford
2) Wash the car to clean up the area
3) Add touch up paint to the area
4) Wait till spring to Wet Sand
5) Wet sand 1500, 2000, 3000
6) Use M105 to polish out the wetsand
Or do you have a better method for major road rash?
Thanks
First of all, a warm welcome to AG!! Road rash is probably best dealt with using a product called Dr Color Chip. They have a wipe on method that is very effective for road rash. On small chips that are more spaced out, I just use a toothpick and apply very lightly. Remember, it's better to do multiple very light coats than to do one big "blob". Give ample time (as in many hours) between coats to ensure proper drying time. I would not get into wet sanding a bumper due to being plastic. Plastic is very heat adverse and you will likely borrow way more trouble than you want if you burn the paint trying to compound the plastic after sanding it. My advice would be to use the Dr Chip on that area or how I just described and use the Dr. Chip products to do it. Use their paint and their leveler once you've brought it up to level.
In fact, you can use my method and another product called Langka which is a chemical leveler. It is not easy to use b/c it can remove your touch up if you're not extremely gentle with it. I now use the CarPro Suede mf's with Langka and it works the best I've ever had it work that way.
Hope that helps!
Rich
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Re: Key Repair-Step by Step Procedure
Rich,
Thanks for the reply.
My bumper is made of painted metal. Think of any F150 (or other truck), typically the bumper is chrome, but mine is black because I have a 2008 F150 Harley Davidson version.
I have seen both the Dr. ColorChip & the Langka system. I agree that the Langka system is good chemical leveler. My chips are pitted quite deep -- was not sure how well the Dr. C would work. I even have a couple of spots that are down to the primer coat / bare metal.
With that said, you believe Dr. C is the best option for a severe road rash? Or try the same method you did on the door panel -- fill the road rash with paint / let dry / wet sand / polish?
I'm just not certain how well Dr. C works, especially with it being winter.
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