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 Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:50 am |
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Joined: May 31, 2010
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Ok hi guys,
I have a few scratches down to the primer on my China Blue 206 (sadface here), they're not big enough that they need spraying, they're only short streeks that could be done with a touch up paint.
Are touch up paints any good? If I bought a set from Halfrauds would I be alright?
206info.co.uk/Forums/v.../t=88.html
I saw that and his looks perfect, so if I follow that guide, reckon I'll be OK?
It really does make my car look tacky 
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:55 am |
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Location: Salisbury / New Forest
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I tried the Halfords touch up paint on my China Blue 206 & to be honest I wish I didn't!
I primered the scratch in the top pic & the bottom pic is how it pretty much looked after.
(Yes I know the car is very dirty in that pic)
But what seemed to make it 10x better was giving it a good days machine polish & spending time on the scratched areas.
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:03 am |
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So it did kinda help then, after you machine polished it??
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:04 am |
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Location: Athens, Greece
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:04 am |
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| myke wrote: |
| So it did kinda help then, after you machine polished it?? |
Yeah 
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:15 am |
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Yeah I saw them v99, I wasnt sure about them
CD, did you have to like do really 'pro' stuff to make it look like that, like use different pads? because im stupid when it comes to pads and stuff, i just polish and hope for the best lol [noob] 
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:23 am |
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| myke wrote: |
Yeah I saw them v99, I wasnt sure about them
CD, did you have to like do really 'pro' stuff to make it look like that, like use different pads? because im stupid when it comes to pads and stuff, i just polish and hope for the best lol [noob] |
Yeah I'm afraid I did.
I borrowed a friends Meguiars dual action machine polisher & Menzerna cutting compound polish & finishing polish. Plus 4 different pads (well 2, cutting pad & finishing pad, but in small & large sizes)
Took me about 12 hours but the finish was amazing!
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:08 am |
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Joined: May 31, 2010
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oh thats not good bad then...
ive machine polished my car before, but not to merge in touch up paint.. might have a look at some tutorials on line and see what i think, if not i'll get a scratch repair man to come and do it ;p
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:50 am |
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Joined: Apr 26, 2010
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Location: Herts/London
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it takes a while to do mate still doing ones on my boot! been about 4 weeks now. but i am a perfectionist! lol
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