Smart Repairs

[gazmangti]

Hi all,

Just wondering if any of you guys have had stone chip or scratch repairs carried out to your paint work. If so are they worth the money.

I will post some picturs up later to show some scratches on my car, see what you guy think I should pay?

Cheers
Gaz

[Tetsuo_83]

No, do it yourself.... sanding block, masking tape, rattle can primer, colour, and clear. Will never be perfect no matter who does it, so why spend a fortune.

I did this... cut away all the flaking paint, sanded, primed, primed, primed, sprayed, sprayed, sprayed (this could go on for a while), then clearcoat.

first two pics were taken with my mobile while doing it, took the last one with my camera for a better idea of how it turned out. Arnoldo and J-GTi have both seen how nasty the chip was before I did it.

[bristolgeezer]

i've got a couple of stone chips i'd like sorting although im not brave enough to have a bash at it myself, fair play to you for havin a go though!

[Arnoldo]

Very gd !!! Is there any way u can blend it in better?

[Tetsuo_83]

Very gd !!! Is there any way u can blend it in better?

Ya picky b*stard Craig

Yeah, wait a month and Farcla/T-cut the s*it out of it!

[Tim_GTi]

Yeh i need to give mine a good t-cut, does itget rid of all thse lights white surface scratches? cos i got loads!!! Like the ones you'd get underneath the door handles (not me: previous owner, ggrrrr!!)

[Tetsuo_83]

T-Cut's good, Farcla is better but harder to find. and yeah, will deffo get rid of any light scratches.

[Tetsuo_83]

Triple post... forum went insane last night sorry (admin please delete??)

[Tetsuo_83]

Triple post... forum went insane last night sorry (admin please delete??)