Mirror Paint Damage

chrischhorn · 01-20-2013, 03:51 PM

Yea, don't feel bad. My wife pulled my car into the garage that has shelves in it. Too close on the passenger side and cut a strip of paint off all the way down to the plastic. Touch up paint won't fix that. Its about a 2" gash that cut plastic

scottIN · 01-20-2013, 05:37 PM

Touch up paint + Langka. Just shake the crap out of the touch up before you start, and then stop & shake it about every minute. Do thin layers until you're just above it and then use Langka. And if it doesn't look good, you can use the Langka to pull it all out & start over. Langka says that it only works after a few minutes, but I've used it up to 2 days later to remove overfill. It actually works a little better to get most of it within the first couple of hours and then fine tune it the next day.

luigi90210 · 01-20-2013, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by chrischhorn

Yea, don't feel bad. My wife pulled my car into the garage that has shelves in it. Too close on the passenger side and cut a strip of paint off all the way down to the plastic. Touch up paint won't fix that. Its about a 2" gash that cut plastic

for that you will need some BOG(plastic filler iirc), primer, a rattle can with car color or color of choice(or plastidip), and a clear coat(or plastidip glossifier if you go with the plastidip route)

kenchan · 01-21-2013, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by chrischhorn

Yea, don't feel bad. My wife pulled my car into the garage that has shelves in it. Too close on the passenger side and cut a strip of paint off all the way down to the plastic. Touch up paint won't fix that. Its about a 2" gash that cut plastic

let's not "up" someone's bad luck here.. it's already bad enough the op got his mirror wacked by a careless idiot who he does not know.

your case, you know your wife and her capabilities... <= example of what people might say.

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01-20-2013, 05:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
scottIN Track Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: New Castle, Indiana Posts: 764 Drives: '12 370Z Rep Power: 56	Touch up paint + Langka. Just shake the crap out of the touch up before you start, and then stop & shake it about every minute. Do thin layers until you're just above it and then use Langka. And if it doesn't look good, you can use the Langka to pull it all out & start over. Langka says that it only works after a few minutes, but I've used it up to 2 days later to remove overfill. It actually works a little better to get most of it within the first couple of hours and then fine tune it the next day.