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Touching up IRR paint.
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:08 pm
by Tel
The XF has gone and got scratched.
It's deep and just wondered if anyone had tried touching up IRR using chipex?
Re: Touching up IRR paint.
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:10 pm
by Tel
Surely someone must have tried touching up IRR paint?
Re: Touching up IRR paint.
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:25 pm
by mickjaguar
Only stone chips. The colour was a near enough perfect match (paintz4u). But the metal flake variation gives it away closer up
Re: Touching up IRR paint.
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:48 pm
by Lunar
Yep, it’s because when you apply metallic paint with a brush all the flakes end up orientated the same way.
For best results use a pointy touch up stick and dab at the area - a bit like Monet would
Overfill the scratch, leave for a week, then rub back down to remove the top layer, which should leave more natural orientated paint. Then you can lacquer, leave, and rub down that too.
Long process but the results are worth the effort.
Re: Touching up IRR paint.
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:16 am
by Tel
Lunar wrote: ↑Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:48 pm
Yep, it’s because when you apply metallic paint with a brush all the flakes end up orientated the same way.
For best results use a pointy touch up stick and dab at the area - a bit like Monet would
Overfill the scratch, leave for a week, then rub back down to remove the top layer, which should leave more natural orientated paint. Then you can lacquer, leave, and rub down that too.
Long process but the results are worth the effort.
Yes, I see the pointy things in the chpex kit (aka cocktail sticks)!
I don't trust myself with a pointy thing!
Re: Touching up IRR paint.
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:12 pm
by Northnoble
I just can’t get my head round rubbing it down after.....just feels wrong!!
Re: Touching up IRR paint.
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 2:42 pm
by Lunar
Yep, to be honest I’ve not done it myself.
It was a quality panel shop who did it for me while they had the car in for a nose cone re-spray - which was just before someone hit me and I needed a new nose cone
Respected place and they did a great job on a 1 cm ragged scratch.
Maybe I should have said cutting rather than rubbing though.
https://www.premierpanelskills.co.uk/
Re: Touching up IRR paint.
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 10:36 am
by santoshlv426
Would touch up paint from JLR not work ?
I just got some