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88delta88
Joined: 09 Jun 2003
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Location: Canada
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| Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 2:24 am Post subject: |
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| I've had a hit & run that basically took out the whole passenger side of the vehicle... Not my olds thankfully, but yeah, I agree on the vehicular vandalism. shoot em all. |
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justinwebb
Joined: 22 Apr 2004
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Location: Pataskala, OH
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| Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 2:25 am Post subject: |
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| i wish i could find the person who did it..... |
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88delta88
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| Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 2:29 am Post subject: |
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| you can just bet they dont drive an oldsmobile... |
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justinwebb
Joined: 22 Apr 2004
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Location: Pataskala, OH
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| Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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| i might just take it to macco and see if they can just paint that side of my car and hopefully it will match closely with the rest of my car |
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85cieraholiday
Joined: 04 Jan 2004
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Location: West Haven Connecticut
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| Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| NO NOT MAACO!!!!!!! Take it to a real body shop or a dealer and get some quotes, they can match your color exactly!!!! They have the paint codes, etc to get it right!!!! I know someone who went there a few months ago, the paint is uneven, painted over rust, and the overspray is bad!!!! Your car is too nice for that! |
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BigBlockOlds
Joined: 04 Jan 2004
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Location: Ohio
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| Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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Compound is an abrasive. Your not spreading paint around but rather "sanding" down fine scratches with it.
You can get them in different grits depending on how bad the imperfection is. I used a Fine-cut abrasive on my Intrigue. I always start with the finest abrasive first before moving to something stronger.
After the compound is used you need to follow it with swirl remover as there will be a lot of tiny scratches left.
To do this you will need a rotary buffer. By hand just won't work.
You also have to know when to stop as you can burn right through the paint if your not careful. Take a look at the scratch and if it is down to primer then you have no choice to paint the car or just live with the touch up paint.
85cieraholiday wrote: Compound takes the paint around the scratch and makes it almost wet again so that you can spred it a little into the scratch. Im sure that another member could explain it better. |
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