how hard to fix this chip??? (smaller picture)

[SuprSpdDB7]

well here's the chip.... it's on my hood towards the lower front....

don't worry... it's just the chip all the crap around it was the car being dirty... and a finger smudge (lol)



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[hockeyman]

Holy crap! Is that a picture from the Hubble Space Telescope??? Looks like a Galaxy somewhere out there! :eek:
Do a search, there was a repair guide for chipped paint about 2 months ago.

-Marc

[C.O.Jones]

I've got 56.6... This thing takes a looong time to download. It did seem like a galaxy photo, so I've been humming the theme to 2001 A Space Odyssey.

[Everglades W68]

Re-size that thing down to a normal size picture - it is imposible to see what it is showing and how big the chip is.

[SuprSpdDB7]

ok guys...it's fixed... sorry i didn't remember to size it down...
now can ya help??

btw i searched and couldn't find anything

(on another note... wow it's 4am time for bed ;)

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[hockeyman]

Well, it shows how to fix small chips, but here it is anyways:
www.camarov6.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=005007

I have no idea how big that chip is on your car, but hopefully this helps.

-Marc

[Domestic Violence]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by hockeyman:
Well, it shows how to fix small chips, but here it is anyways:
www.camarov6.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=005007

I have no idea how big that chip is on your car, but hopefully this helps.

-Marc<hr></blockquote>

i don't know if that little recommendation is going to work. if you dry sand it, it's going to scratch the $h!+ out of your car.

i get a rag and pour a small amount of the touch up paint on it and rub it into the chip. if you do it good, you don't have to sand, but you might get some paint on the part around the chip. if you do, you wet sand it with 2000 grit paper. by wet sand, i mean turn on the hose and run a continous stream over the part you're sanding and while you're sanding. 1500 is a little too rough for a small chip. i like 2000 better. the water keeps the sandpaper clean when you're sanding the paint; makes it more effective and reduces the scratches.

when you finish with the paper, you use a medium abrasive rubbing compound to get all the scratches out.

use a sanding block too. using your fingers can leave groove in the paint.

i've done this to my car in several spots and i challenge you to find them.

[hockeyman]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Domestic Violence:


i don't know if that little recommendation is going to work. if you dry sand it, it's going to scratch the $h!+ out of your car.

i get a rag and pour a small amount of the touch up paint on it and rub it into the chip. if you do it good, you don't have to sand, but you might get some paint on the part around the chip. if you do, you wet sand it with 2000 grit paper. by wet sand, i mean turn on the hose and run a continous stream over the part you're sanding and while you're sanding. 1500 is a little too rough for a small chip. i like 2000 better. the water keeps the sandpaper clean when you're sanding the paint; makes it more effective and reduces the scratches.

when you finish with the paper, you use a medium abrasive rubbing compound to get all the scratches out.

use a sanding block too. using your fingers can leave groove in the paint.

i've done this to my car in several spots and i challenge you to find them.<hr></blockquote>

Yeah, what he said [img]tongue.gif[/img]

-Marc

[CamaroGirl]

Okay, go to www.waxstation.com and find the Mother's paint chip repair and then get some touch-up paint. That paint chip repair stuff works wonders!! Normally, if you try and use touch-up paint you get blobs of paint, the Mother's stuff will smooth out the blob, but doesn't do anything to your clear coat, so the touch-up paint blends right into it!