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#1: paintwork touch up [refinishing] Author: PUGPAUL, Location: hornsea PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:40 am
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I have applied a layer of touch up paint from halfords [correct code] and it is a lot darker; anyway - never mind that.

How do I get it smooth and shiny without taking off the surrounding paint?

many thanks in advance!

 


 


 

#2: Re: paintwork touch up [refinishing] Author: thatplace PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:25 am
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wet sand with 2000 grit wet and dry paper and then machine polish it

#3: Re: paintwork touch up [refinishing] Author: devildriverxii, Location: Stevenage PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:22 pm
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Can you post the results please, I have a huge spot on my boot that needs doing =)

#4: Re: paintwork touch up [refinishing] Author: BioCustoms, Location: Leeds PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:56 pm
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lol guys your p**sing in the wind no offence .... I thought I saw the worse with people constantly using cans but PENS !!!

#5: Re: paintwork touch up [refinishing] Author: MrZiggerz, Location: Milton Keynes PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:15 pm
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Spratty wrote:
lol guys your p**sing in the wind no offence .... I thought I saw the worse with people constantly using cans but PENS !!!

No offence lad, cans work.

#6: Re: paintwork touch up [refinishing] Author: BioCustoms, Location: Leeds PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:27 pm
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Confused maybe when ye wanting to do a banksy but thats about it mate

#7: Re: paintwork touch up [refinishing] Author: MrZiggerz, Location: Milton Keynes PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:01 pm
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www.206info.co.uk/Foru...21392.html

Also, painted plenty of car stuff with cans.

#8: Re: paintwork touch up [refinishing] Author: BioCustoms, Location: Leeds PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:39 pm
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each to their own beliefs but any professionally trained refinisher like myself knows and will back me up when I say that cans don’t work long term .... I’ve managed to get small jobs look good for about a 2 -5 days then the paint just sinks and turns satin to matt.

#9: Re: paintwork touch up [refinishing] Author: 2Oh!6, Location: Gloucester PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:19 pm
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That must have been a pretty crap job to turn a finish into matt in 5 days, just saying. Have never had a paint job sprayed with cans for satin finish though.

My Dad has rattle canned me spoilers, wings etc no problem to this day.

#10: Re: paintwork touch up [refinishing] Author: thatplace PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:00 pm
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Spratty wrote:
each to their own beliefs but any professionally trained refinisher like myself knows and will back me up when I say that cans don’t work long term .... I’ve managed to get small jobs look good for about a 2 -5 days then the paint just sinks and turns satin to matt.

i'm a professional and have been for over 10 years and i'm not going to back you up, decent results can be had from cans and last alot longer than 2-5 days, you must be using poundland cans

#11: Re: paintwork touch up [refinishing] Author: BioCustoms, Location: Leeds PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 3:34 am
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so you can honestly say that you can get a car looking like a refinishers standard with cans, if you can then your the best painter ever lol like i say each to their own beliefs me personally think its a waste of time if ye wanting a top job doing if im wrong then il be first to admit it but im still waiting for somebody to prove to me you can, im looking in to it abit too much it is a diy job after all .... but anyways it has gone off subject a little,.... pens are pointless, cans are the next best thing i suppose follow the guide that mrziggers has posted ... sorry for the high jack pugpaul

#12: Re: paintwork touch up [refinishing] Author: thatplace PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 5:06 am
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Spratty wrote:
so you can honestly say that you can get a car looking like a refinishers standard with cans, if you can then your the best painter ever lol

i wasn't voted painter of the year for the whole of the uk in 2007 and 2008 for nothing Wink

#13: Re: paintwork touch up [refinishing] Author: PUGPAUL, Location: hornsea PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:26 am
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Spratty wrote:
.... but anyways it has gone off subject a little,.... sorry for the high jack pugpaul

...that's OK nice to know what people think!

@ "thatplace" ...thanks for the suggestion!

#14: Re: paintwork touch up [refinishing] Author: thatplace PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:09 am
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PUGPAUL wrote:
@ "thatplace" ...thanks for the suggestion!

its not a suggestion, its what should be done

#15: Re: paintwork touch up [refinishing] Author: PUGPAUL, Location: hornsea PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:22 am
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thatplace wrote:
PUGPAUL wrote:
@ "thatplace" ...thanks for the suggestion!

its not a suggestion, its what should be done

OK



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