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Touch up paint

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:23 pm
by Penguin
Hi all

I have bought some genuine touch up paint for my NC, those dreaded stone chips. Does anybody know what is best to use as a thnner/bursh cleaner?

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:57 pm
by JBT
I'd be guessing but I suppose any acrylic thinner should do. What colour and where did you get the paint - Mazda?

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:39 pm
by Penguin
The car is \"radiant ebony\" in colour. The family calls it aubergane. I thought it was acrylic. I am trying to upload the avatar and signature to show you the colour but I cannot do it with \"safari\". I am going to try with Internet Explorer tonight.

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:39 pm
by JBT
That's OK Penguin, I know what radiant ebony is like - another metallic fleck paint. I don't know if it is acrylic but it probably is. Did you get the paint from Mazda? What did it cost? I'm going to need some factory paint for touch ups on our stormy blue.

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:09 pm
by Penguin
It is the genuine Mazda and cost is $22.00. I am still having trouble uploading the picutes and when I try to email the administrators the site is crashing. It makes you wnder if it is me or them?

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:34 pm
by JBT
Are you following this procedure?

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:52 pm
by Penguin
I will try

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Thanks JBT

Now I will try to get that in my signature

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:56 am
by PUR157
I may not know about car paints... but from what I've learnt from my model cars... Acetone does a very good job of cleaning small brushes with sticky paint on them...? But for it to work properly it cant be diluted

hopefully this doesnt count as a stupid answer... :oops:

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 8:23 am
by JBT
To get this picture
Image
in your signature:

Go to your \"profile\" page - click on link towards top of this page
Scroll down to the \"signature\" space
Copy this url http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/1313/c ... uredi9.jpg and paste it into that space
Put \"[img]\"%20before%20the%20url%20and%20\"[/img]\" after the url
Click on \"submit\" and you should be done

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:47 pm
by Penguin
thanks to Bob I have an avatar. Now I will take a decent photo for the signature.


I am going to try the acrylic thiners with the touch up paint. I will let you know how I go.