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Title: Pen or Jar for this Scratch?
Post by: Dache on February 19, 2012, 07:45:25 PM
This is the ONLY defect of the bike. I'm assuming a pen won't fix this? So I need Base Coat + Main Coat from ColorRite + a clear coat?

What else to fix this?

http://imgur.com/4CbyS

Thanks all!
Title: Re: Pen or Jar for this Scratch?
Post by: adidasguy on February 19, 2012, 09:43:41 PM
You can do that with the ColorRite pens. You dab the paint on from the pens. You can get primer, base color and clear in the pens.
Title: Re: Pen or Jar for this Scratch?
Post by: Dache on February 19, 2012, 09:51:08 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on February 19, 2012, 09:43:41 PM
You can do that with the ColorRite pens. You dab the paint on from the pens. You can get primer, base color and clear in the pens.
Thanks! Does this need to be sanded down or anything?
Title: Re: Pen or Jar for this Scratch?
Post by: adidasguy on February 19, 2012, 10:43:25 PM
It would have to be clean. Whether much sanding is needed is a subjective thing. Experts at colorrite can give good advice. I hesitate giving string advice on a chip without seeing it.

My gut feeling says dab in primer and let set up a week.
Then dab in color. That will fill in the chip pretty well. After that sets up, dab on clear and overlap the edges. Then light sanding & buffing.
One thing helpful for small extra dabs of paint is a nib file. These are also used to cut down a drip rather than sanding (which can affect a large area, not just the high drip of blob). i find these handy. Here's a link to them:
http://search.eastwood.com/search?asug=&w=nib+file&x=0&y=0&p=Q&ts=custom