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To touch her up or not to touch her up!
XFullFatTim
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To touch her up or not to touch her up!

I collected three quite big stone chips on the leading edge of the bonnet and on the N of the lettering this afternoon while out for a drive. As the car is Fuji White they don't show (apart from the black plastic under the "brushed silver plastic" of the N) as they appear as white Matt primer and are hard to see without looking hard, but they are quite large. So is it a touch-up stick or leave them alone? I have always steering clear of using touch up sticks as previous 8 cars have all been painted with metallic and sometimes touch up sticks make the damage more visible than if it had been left alone.

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25-03-2012 06:15pm
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Evo-king
 

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RE: To touch her up or not to touch her up!

Tim, always be careful when touching up a Lady.

On a serious note, is the bonnet Aluminium? so little chance of rusting.

As the car is White a solid colour I think if you are careful the touch up stick will work OK.

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25-03-2012 06:24pm
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berlin2011
 

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RE: To touch her up or not to touch her up!

Same question i'm pondering - went for decent wash today and after inspected and have three paint chips on bonnet/fender (minute if I have to be honest, but I can see them). So the question is touch them up or let it be?

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25-03-2012 06:26pm
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RE: To touch her up or not to touch her up!

Can be done very successfully if you are patient. There is a good guide here:

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/sh...hp?t=20127
25-03-2012 07:21pm
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IKM
 

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RE: To touch her up or not to touch her up!

I've bought the Chipex blending kit to touch up a small chip on the nearside front door. It looked promising on The You Tube video, but I haven't found the time yet to have a go myself with it. I've also bought the LR touch up stick just in case! Comments appreciated.

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25-03-2012 07:33pm
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doug
 

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RE: To touch her up or not to touch her up!

On LR touch up pens, my Orkney Grey one is much too dark. I had to mix it with some Audi Blue to get the correct colour.
I had a very small crip in the middle of my bonnet. Used a pin to fill the hole with paint. After a few hours, wiped over with IPA until it was flat. Not perfect, but you have to look hard to see it now.

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25-03-2012 07:47pm
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Wicksy
 

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RE: To touch her up or not to touch her up!

All of my previous cars had picked up stone chips within the first month or so of ownership, but, touch wood, the Evoque is untouched at the moment. I'm dreading finding the first one even though I know it will eventually happen.
Being my first Land Rover I was hoping that the paint would be tougher than on other marques. Are stone chips normally a problem on LR models?
25-03-2012 07:52pm
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IKM
 

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RE: To touch her up or not to touch her up!

(25-03-2012 07:47pm)doug Wrote:  On LR touch up pens, my Orkney Grey one is much too dark. I had to mix it with some Audi Blue to get the correct colour.
I had a very small crip in the middle of my bonnet. Used a pin to fill the hole with paint. After a few hours, wiped over with IPA until it was flat. Not perfect, but you have to look hard to see it now.
Thanks, useful info. I'll try the Chipex OG 1st.

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25-03-2012 08:18pm
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berlin2011
 

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(25-03-2012 08:18pm)IKM Wrote:  Thanks, useful info. I'll try the Chipex OG 1st.

Be keen to know how the Chipex OG works out.

Current: SD4 Dynamic Auto, 5 Door, Orkney Grey with Black Contrast Pano roof and 20" Shadow Chrome wheels. Pursuit interior. [countdown="Hand over"]15th June 2013 2:00pm[/countdown]

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25-03-2012 08:31pm
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(25-03-2012 08:31pm)berlin2011 Wrote:  Be keen to know how the Chipex OG works out.

Looks good on there web page, but it's a lot on money @£49.00 for just a small tin of paint, some IPA liquid ,MFcloth & some paper towels .
For one or two chips, I'm sure companies like "chips away" charge this money. But On the other hand at least your have the kit to use once the next chip comes along.

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25-03-2012 08:51pm
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