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Stone chips / paint nicks
02-04-2002, 05:37 AM
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Originally posted by nphnet
Hi,
I came across an American product called Langka aka "The Blob Eliminator"
Hi,
I came across an American product called Langka aka "The Blob Eliminator"
$27 doesn't seem too bad for an experiment though so its been ordered....
02-04-2002, 06:12 AM
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Originally posted by Tifosi Red
Have you given it a try? If it works as advertised it could be an absolute god-send. I know I've spent literally hours treating the chip on my car and have just sent off for a touch up pen from the US recommended by bayarea408.
$27 doesn't seem too bad for an experiment though so its been ordered....
Have you given it a try? If it works as advertised it could be an absolute god-send. I know I've spent literally hours treating the chip on my car and have just sent off for a touch up pen from the US recommended by bayarea408.
$27 doesn't seem too bad for an experiment though so its been ordered....
02-04-2002, 06:47 AM
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Tif,
whats this pen thing as I managed to put a two foot scratch on my bumper at the weekend when cleaning the car, bloody stone in the sponge!!!
Im taking the car to a dent devils place this weekend to get rid of the cone damage and I was going to get them to do the scratches at the same time but theyll no doubt want to charge the earth so this stuff could be very interesting.
whats this pen thing as I managed to put a two foot scratch on my bumper at the weekend when cleaning the car, bloody stone in the sponge!!!
Im taking the car to a dent devils place this weekend to get rid of the cone damage and I was going to get them to do the scratches at the same time but theyll no doubt want to charge the earth so this stuff could be very interesting.
02-04-2002, 07:03 AM
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Jason, I believe these SMART repair guys can be very reasonable, especially if you want a few panels doing at once. Scratches are far harder to DIY touch in than chips, get a price 1st but failing that you can borrow the pen off me.
02-04-2002, 10:25 AM
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Yeah, I have a couple of doozies up near the windscreen on the bonnet, god knows how they got there
This Langka stuff just seems to be a cutting type compound isn't it, I bought some from Halfords (for exactly this purpose) and that seems to work really well, I think they just call it a levelling compound but its too cold and wet to go to the shed to check
The stuff basically smooths out the touch-up paint, but you still have to make sure you put the paint on well, on bigger chips this is quite tricky, as I have found, but after taking it all off again (with the levelling compound) and trying again mine isn't too bad.
This Langka stuff just seems to be a cutting type compound isn't it, I bought some from Halfords (for exactly this purpose) and that seems to work really well, I think they just call it a levelling compound but its too cold and wet to go to the shed to check
The stuff basically smooths out the touch-up paint, but you still have to make sure you put the paint on well, on bigger chips this is quite tricky, as I have found, but after taking it all off again (with the levelling compound) and trying again mine isn't too bad.