Hi everyone. I just bought a second hand Jimmy Lewis and it has some patches where some paint has chipped off from paddle strikes. Anyone ever used some touch up paint for paint chips? Does nail polish really do the trick ... I'd imagine that wouldn't last long. I thought maybe some auto touch up paint would be the best but interested in what others have tried.
Whatever the paint you use, the trick is to always cover it with automotive clear varnish.
First, contact the maker to get the reference of the color used. For instance, Gong red is RAL 3020 (there are different color catalogues: Pantone, BS, NCS, RAL, AFNOR, NS, ...)
Get automobile / boat paints in the desired colors (in France I use www.bleu-distri.com/), and a clear UV-resistant varnish. Either spray bombs or touch-up pens (I use both). Do not use masking tape with spray cans to avoid seeing the transition between the old & new parts. Mask only pinlines, logo, non-painted (bamboo) zones, pads... For touch up pens, if you leave brush marks, sand lightly the paint once dry
Use many thin layers rather than thick ones.
To smooth paint chips, I now just do a "mini hot coat" before painting: just prepare a tiny bit of epoxy resin, and apply it on the chip with your gloved finger, stretching it as thin as possible
I used epoxy enamel spray paint the other day - worked really well.
The best thing though is to what I have just done on my ProWave - use the new ION white or grey rail tape protector. It will cover the chips and will stop new ones forming...
Cheers
