At 06:12 PM 2/8/03 EST, Stanthefireman63@aol.com wrote:
>my car has been painted white over the acrylic. i was closing my hood and
>when it went down, a small piece of paint chipped off of the corner of the
>hood from a stress fracture beneath it. it's a piece about as long and wide
>as your pinky finger. it came off in one perfect piece and it will fit
>perfectly, but i dont know what to do. could u guys give me some advice
>about whether i can just get an adhesive and stick it back on, or if i would
>have to repaint the hood or something. please help.
J.R.,
For starters, I show #2077 owned by John A. Dennis in Fresno, CA. If that's
you, I don't see where the "R" came from. If that's not you, would you please
send me you name, address, phone#, VIN#, when you bought your car and from
whom - privately - not via the mailing list.
As to your problem, are you sure it's just a paint chip and not some of the
acrylic? Either way, you'll probably have to do some work. You can try
gluing it back on with something like super glue, but I don't think that's
going to last, and you'll be able to see the line where the piece broke out.
If this car is a driver, I'd try that 1st.
If it really is paint and not acrylic, now there's a bit of a problem.
Normally you'd just get some white touch up paint and put some paint in the
area. BUT DON'T DO THAT if you see white acrylic.
I'd live with the chip until you need to do more work, because trying to
fix it will be quite a bit of work. Is you paint job clear coated? If so
that adds to the problem.
To fix the spot, you will need to sand down the area about 3 time larger than
the chip. Then get some dynaglass or bondo. I usually start fixing the
acrylic with dynaglass, and then go to bondo. These will seal the acrylic
so the paint doesn't eat them. Both products will run about $10 per quart.
Which is a hole lot more than you'll need. Once the filler is applied, you
will need to sand it smooth. I'd start with about 120 to 180 grit. Next you
will need some primer. Before spraying the primer, take some masking tape
at apply it to the hood about 1" further out than were you stopped sanding.
Take some newspaper and tape it to the masking tape that is already on the
hood. You trying to keep the new paint off of the old paint.
Spray on some primer, then using some fine sandpaper - 300ish - sand the
primer. You want the primer and bondo to "feather" - flow smoothly from
the area you are working on to the rest of the hood. If you sand through
the primer you will need to spray some more primer.
Finally when this is smooth, spray on some white paint. It may not exactly
match the color of your hood, but for a small spot it may not be too
noticable.
Also visually check the area where the chip came from, the acrylic may be
cracked. If that's the case, you need to grind out the acrylic down to the
fiberglass. Then use dynaglass to fill the area and follow the procedure
above.
You don't want to have the hood painted unless you have a lot of money, or
are fanatical about the appearence of your car. Thats' why I said wait
and see if any thing else happens.
Who ever painted your car, may have not done a great job with the prep,
or may have had some problems with the paint and that's why it cracked.
If this is the case, then I'd expect some more of the paint to chip off.
Body work is very labor intensive - spelled costly. My guess is that your
looking about about $100 depending on the size of the chip to have a shop
do the work.
John
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