Paint touch up trick

[Eddie6th]

The touch up paint they gave you....doesn't sound right. You say it doesn't stick to any surface. Is this paint left over from when they did your hood?

Was it thinned with anything other than the proper thinner?

[the_invisible]

Nope it's not from the hood, but another job another performed. It doesn't sound right for sure.

After it's been sitting for a while, I could see the thinner separated from the metallic content. The paint do seem very thin, and I wonder if it is best for me pour out some of the thinner and then give it another go.

[SHYNEMAN123]

I have never had an issue where the paint would not stick and would seperate
It sounds like a contamination issue with the touch up you are using.

is the base color a water or a solvent base?

[the_invisible]

Probably a water base, but I am not sure! One thing for sure, it doesn't have a very strong smell to it, unlike the aerosol spray paint.

The color and consistency feels fairly good. The paint actually MATCHED really nice to the original color. Perhaps, the touch-up separated due to insufficient drying time?

The Duplicolor touch-up clear coat I used was probably Solvent based. Therefore, when I apply the clear coat onto the supposedly water based touch-up paint, the color coat separates. I guess I will give it a better drying time.

I just redid the area by wiping out the clear coat and base coat with 99% alcohol. The primer still remains, so I did not reapply the primer. I rolled up a piece of paper to finely apply the touch-up paint. The touch-up paint fills the chip very nicely. How long do you suppose I should wait before applying the clear, Franky?

[SHYNEMAN123]

Probably a water base, but I am not sure! One thing for sure, it doesn't have a very strong smell to it, unlike the aerosol spray paint.

The color and consistency feels fairly good. The paint actually MATCHED really nice to the original color. Perhaps, the touch-up separated due to insufficient drying time?

The Duplicolor touch-up clear coat I used was probably Solvent based. Therefore, when I apply the clear coat onto the supposedly water based touch-up paint, the color coat separates. I guess I will give it a better drying time.

I just redid the area by wiping out the clear coat and base coat with 99% alcohol. The primer still remains, so I did not reapply the primer. I rolled up a piece of paper to finely apply the touch-up paint. The touch-up paint fills the chip very nicely. How long do you suppose I should wait before applying the clear, Franky?

You could force dry with hair dryer if you have one, than let it cool back to ambient temp than wait about 1/2 hr and you should be good to go or let it sit in the sun for 1hr.

[the_invisible]

You bet I have a hair dryer, Frank! You bet I do!!!

Is it almost always ideal to apply clear coat ASAP?

Would the solvenet based clear always affect the water-based color coat ?

[SHYNEMAN123]

You bet I have a hair dryer, Frank! You bet I do!!!

Is it almost always ideal to apply clear coat ASAP?

Would the solvenet based clear always affect the water-based color coat ?

No all clear is solvent based oncethe water base once it dries it's locked Your Home land has been using water base for quite a while.Us southerners are a little slow.

[the_invisible]

Hey, I used a hair dryer to heat up the touched up area... let it sit for about an hour. The clear coat applies just fine without lifting up the color coat. Gonna let it settle for a couple of days, I guess, and then wetsand it out.

[Jossy92]

I cleaned up the chip with the Prep pen

Prep Pen link

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/sho...57&postcount=1

[edit: Rats, no newb's allowed in this forum....sorry]

[the_invisible]

Great product, but my complain is that the tip is too wide for some fine chips.