<![CDATA[painting the dings]]>hey i have some dings minor dings all around my car and some paint chips on the fronts of the side view mirrors (not on the actual mirror but the things holding the mirror). anyways i have paint left over from a previous paint job done to my car and i was wondering how do i repaint or fix those dings. thanks for the help

]]>https://fargostreet.com/topic/1953/painting-the-dingsRSS for NodeThu, 28 May 2026 00:19:57 GMTWed, 16 Mar 2005 01:41:52 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to painting the dings on Wed, 16 Mar 2005 23:32:10 GMT]]>If you are going to wet sand it at all you definatly want to use clear, I have mixed a little clear, hardner, etc. with the paint and it looked pretty good, your best bet is to almost fill the chip completly then after it "flashes" give it a little clear, let dry wet sand a little and you should be good to go 🙂

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/35069https://fargostreet.com/post/35069Wed, 16 Mar 2005 23:32:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to painting the dings on Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:13:23 GMT]]>i have a good friend that works for a body shop and has speacial training in chip repair all he does is get the matching touch up paint and a bottle of trim adheisive remover fill chip with touch up paint wait till it starts to dry but still a little wet and use a lint free towel soaked in adheisive remover and wipe the chip area quickly should be enough to level the wet paint and look pretty good it takes some pratice but if done right looks pretty good. people pay hundreds of dollars for this same method method at a body shop

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theoblivious wrote:
when you say repeat do you mean use clear coat?
You want to try to use many thing layers as apposed to one giant gob on the spot, it looks much cleaner and drys differently. If you are using a paint ISN'T specifically designed as touch up paint, then you will want to leave a little room for clear coat, wet sand, then hand/machine buff it, but only after it is for certain dry and the way you want it.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/34939https://fargostreet.com/post/34939Wed, 16 Mar 2005 05:18:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to painting the dings on Wed, 16 Mar 2005 04:58:42 GMT]]>Well if you are gonna sand the paint down , you may want to buff it the next day??

Kevin

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/34935https://fargostreet.com/post/34935Wed, 16 Mar 2005 04:58:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to painting the dings on Wed, 16 Mar 2005 04:55:17 GMT]]>when you say repeat do you mean use clear coat?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/34933https://fargostreet.com/post/34933Wed, 16 Mar 2005 04:55:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to painting the dings on Wed, 16 Mar 2005 02:48:20 GMT]]>Depending on the size of the dings, a good method is this:
Clean the chip with isopropal alcohol.
Take a toothpick, dab the end with paint, not completely filling the chip.
Let the paint dry for a good day, and repeat till the chip is id full, or just a tad bit over the sides of the chip.
Gently wet sand the spot to make the paint level with the rest of the paint.

This has worked well on a couple small chips on my car.

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