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Pearl paint and its maintenance, need some inputs
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SUSsoyaben86
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 Jan 4 2009, 04:52 PM
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for pearl paint..is a bit hard to do some DIY touch up when u got some small little stone chips..your front part mostly will have lots of them..for normal paint..u can just go and get those DIY touch up paint..for pearl..cannot..
why don't just take those normal paint with some golden or sliver or rainbow flakes on it??touch up will be much more easier..
and actually all the paint to me..if u are into body..all paint color..no matter pearl or matt or normal ones..u still got to take care of it..wax it..polish it..clean it..
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SUSsoyaben86
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Jan 4 2009, 05:29 PM
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yup..is true that some pearl white will turn yellowish...if u are lazy to clean ur car often..my housing area nearby got a pearl white honda civic..turn yellowish after 3 month never wash and move cause ownner went outstation..
the flakes i mean is also known as dust..some ppl call it flakes..some ppl call it dust..rainbow dust or silver dust or gold dust..
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SUSsoyaben86
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Jan 4 2009, 05:52 PM
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QUOTE(StormZ @ Jan 4 2009, 05:49 PM) i have a habit of washing the the car atleast once a week....if it rains, i will atleast wash the dirt with water ....i guess this shud be sufficient to maintain it?... im just scared, once i spend so much money on nice paint...after 2 years it looks rubbish...that will be a pain.... well..won't be rubbish after 2 years..just make sure that ur painter use a good quality of clear coat..if not..after 2 years..all the clear coat start to crack and ur paint job looks ugly lor.. |
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SUSsoyaben86
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Jan 4 2009, 06:01 PM
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QUOTE(kev da man @ Jan 4 2009, 05:54 PM) if you do not know how to detail your car, then its better to remain on the stock paint, else, its just a waste of time and money a couple of months down the road... don't know how is not a problem..at least u still can learn or ask ppl to do the detail for your car..problem is u are lazy and not that caring person..then ur paint job will be wasted.. |
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SUSsoyaben86
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Jan 5 2009, 10:55 AM
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wat car are u restoring??
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SUSsoyaben86
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Jan 5 2009, 12:30 PM
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QUOTE(ah liew @ Jan 5 2009, 12:17 PM) Gold dust paint is hard to maintain & it looks dusty on the surface of black colour or otherwise black hood. if u insist then don't over do it like those ah beng. yaya..  my whole car also is rainbow dust/flakes with black paint..if at normal day..u will see it like dusty or dirty..but at nite or sunny day..the color will stand out like a daimond.. i should have used on white paint rather then black paint.. |
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SUSsoyaben86
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Jan 5 2009, 12:41 PM
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QUOTE(ah liew @ Jan 5 2009, 12:32 PM) haha nevermind lah... we learn from experience & share it with others  my experience cost me 3k++  |
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SUSsoyaben86
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Jan 5 2009, 11:20 PM
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QUOTE(StormZ @ Jan 5 2009, 05:46 PM) thanks guys for all the suggestions...will talk with the paint shop and come out with the best solution for my car btw, mine is a Mercedes Benz W123 230 1979 Model. Hopefully it turns out well... bro..classic car huh??got any photo??post here lar..also to me..i don't really think pearl color suit classic cars..normal white looks much more better..pearl is like for those sports car to me.. |
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SUSsoyaben86
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Jan 7 2009, 06:51 PM
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QUOTE(StormZ @ Jan 7 2009, 05:46 PM) yup...classic....well, thats my point bro....i wanna have a different color that is abit unique. I guess im too young to restore a classic look...heheh..i just wanna make sure inside, the rust n all are settled first. Personally, wanting to go for the original AMG look. Already on 16inch rollers....not easy to find ori rims for this car. Also plan to put EFI the car with MegaSquirt....eliminate the problem of fuel distributor in the car...coz i cant imagine puttin a jap engine into this car. maybe after few year, will put back all the ori things on the car...still have the 14inch rims with hubcaps!!.... will post some pics once done with bodyshop...now super dusty la the car....so saddd..... well..unique color doesn't mean have to be pearl white color.. to me the unique part is not the car color..is how the finishing of the paint job..if u paint pearl white..but the finishing suxs..not nice already.. classic car must always have super mirror finishing that can even see ur own face..that is classic unique color.. also i dun think age is a problem to restore a classic..me also young..restore my beetle and now that's my daily drive.. |
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