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| MINI2 Regular Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oxfordshire Local Time: 07:16 PM
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Offline | Touch-up paint/lacquer question I've got a stone chip on my front bumper and have touched it up with chili red touch-up paint from the dealer. However, I haven't yet put the clear varnish/lacquer on. What I want to know is how important/necessary that I do this? The touch-up paint looks nice and shiny at the moment but as it gets older, will it discolour without the lacquer? Many thanks in advance for your replies. |
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| w' all the toys.. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: United Kingdom Local Time: 08:16 PM
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Offline | Hi, To answer your question..... Chili Red is a solid colour and does not have any clearcoat. Only metallic colours use a clearcoat. Cheers, Geoff. |
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| GP 06 MCS 0380 | I have a porter cable random orbital polisher, for polishing the car, and on a car with no clearcoat you get the colour coming off on the foam pads. I did my roof of my Cooper S which is solid black and no colour came off, so I guess there is a clearcoat on some solid colours! ![]() |
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