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Title: Paint Repair advise Post by DrunkenDwarf on 05/15/09 at 09:07:28 I've got a tiny chip out of the underside of my tank from removing the brass plug on the carburetor. I'm a clutz. :-[ ColorRite wants me to buy primer, base coat, top coat, and clear coat. The location isn't visible unless you're underneath the tank, I'm primarily interested in protecting the metal. What do I really need to do to prevent rust? -D. Dwarf |
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Title: Re: Paint Repair advise Post by marshall13 on 05/15/09 at 09:17:58 hidden chip?model shop, pactra primer(tiny bottle), pactra color(closest to stock color on bike)..... to apply a book of paper matches.... that whiskery end when you pull a match out of a book is a perfect touch-up brush.... use a postage stamp of sandpaper just to clean the exposed metal of any corrosion, light coat of the primer, when dry, color.... check for blistering when you pull the tank... see a blister, redo it.... |
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Title: Re: Paint Repair advise Post by Wyldman on 05/15/09 at 09:21:08 666F6A63796E6A0B0 wrote:
Fingernail polish works great. :) |
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Title: Re: Paint Repair advise Post by marshall13 on 05/15/09 at 09:42:05 55636C6667706770020 wrote:
Fingernail polish works great. :) [/quote] jinx, you owe me a beer...lol |
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Title: Re: Paint Repair advice Post by DrunkenDwarf on 05/15/09 at 11:28:28 07313E3435223522500 wrote:
Fingernail polish works great. :) [/quote] I was wondering about that. -D. Dwarf |
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Title: Re: Paint Repair advise Post by verslagen1 on 05/15/09 at 11:34:25 I just hope that when your wife buys you the matching color paint the the girl down the street doesn't show up wearing the same color. :o |
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Title: Re: Paint Repair advise Post by Duane on 05/15/09 at 12:31:20 I have a 2004 funky green, bet it's hard to find in fingernail polish. |
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Title: Re: Paint Repair advise Post by marshall13 on 05/15/09 at 19:52:06 49786C63680D0 wrote:
check miami...lol |
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Title: Re: Paint Repair advise Post by Jay on 05/15/09 at 22:09:35 I have always used automotive touch up paint from Wally World, or wherever. Cheap, easy to get, and black is a pretty easy color to match. I still have the same bottle from back when I had the Honda. Broke it out the other day to take care of a tiny rock chip on the frame. Naval Jelly, rattle can primer (with a cardboard overlay with a cut-out the size of the chip), paint, sand, paint, sand, touch up. Beer. :) |
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Title: Re: Paint Repair advise Post by DrunkenDwarf on 05/16/09 at 04:46:25 Thanks for the info. Part of the issue is the color. White. (Pearl Glass White according to Color Rite.) Luckily the chip is underneath the tank, so no one will see the crappy paint job. -D. Dwarf |
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