Paint Thickness

[Terry1100]

Recently, our Blingo was "stuck while parked" by an unspecified red vehicle leaving some marks down the side.

 

The marks mostly t-cut out apart from a bit of red paint sitting in a tiny indentation caused by the scrape.

 

So, I applied more elbow grease with the t-cut - and managed to take of the top surface of the body colour around the mark :( :angry:

 

I've done that on cars with 25 year old paintwork in the past but never on a new-ish vehicle.

 

I suppose that's the difference between a Citroen and an Audi (substitute any other premium brand here) - but I didn't expect to lose the top surface quite that easily.

 

The next step will be to test the eficiency of Halfords TEN QUID touch up paint !

[hertsnminds]

It's not just the thickness it's the fact that most paints tend to be water instead of oil based these days as it makes them more environmentally friendly.

 

I think this is true of lots of cars made in the last 10 years, I know the Lotus Elise and Fiat Barchetta both suffer from serious stone chip problems on the bonnet. A combination of the height of the car and the tytpe of paint used.

 

Ian

Black 55 VTR+