[///MSport420]

Originally Posted by F30AM

Thanks for the thumbs-up re the touch-up. Even the bodyshop said that they could not do better.

I presume I'll just have to live with the slight mis-match between bumper and bonnet. But it really bugs me. What is really annoying is that my car was damaged by a neighbour who reversed into it. Thankfully I had a witness and his Insurance paid-up.

Did you use fine brush for touch up or coctail stick? And did you apply laquer on top?

[F30AM]

Originally Posted by ///MSport420

Did you use fine brush for touch up or coctail stick? And did you apply laquer on top?

I used a cocktail stick. When I applied the lacquer it turned into a total mess, became very dark and I had to start all over again. So no lacquer for me.

A fine brush will also do. I would have used one if there was one at hand.

[dazzapb]

Originally Posted by teaston

Thanks for the link, just ordered one for the chip i have on my bonnet!

Hi mate, i need some paint as well did you get B45 or WB45?

I managed to hit a bollard the size of a tiny dwarf at a Kew open carpark (god knows why it was there.. to protect a tree?) but it shrunk the size of the space by 1/3 so annoying.. its about 1cm wide on the bottom of the front bumper. If the bollard was a normal shape rather than wider at the bottom it might have hit the number plate.
Luckly I was only going a few miles an hour I felt a small clunk but I though it was a dip in the space! I was gonna give it more beans thank god I didnt!


On the other hand I should be looking but it was hidden honest

[teaston]

Originally Posted by dazzapb

Hi mate, i need some paint as well did you get B45 or WB45?

I managed to hit a bollard the size of a tiny dwarf at a Kew open carpark (god knows why it was there.. to protect a tree?) but it shrunk the size of the space by 1/3 so annoying.. its about 1cm wide on the bottom of the front bumper. If the bollard was a normal shape rather than wider at the bottom it might have hit the number plate.
Luckly I was only going a few miles an hour I felt a small clunk but I though it was a dip in the space! I was gonna give it more beans thank god I didnt!


On the other hand I should be looking but it was hidden honest

I requested B45, don't know what WB45 is tbh!

[dazzapb]

cheers it could be water based but that's a guess

[///MSport420]

Originally Posted by teaston

I requested B45, don't know what WB45 is tbh!

I guess water based will washout

[F30AM]

Originally Posted by ///MSport420

I guess water based will washout

No it will not. If that was the case your whole car will be dripping paint in the rain.

[-AndyH-]

All paint is water based/water borne (even what is sprayed in the factories). It all changed a number of years ago due to environmental concerns.

[teaston]

Originally Posted by -AndyH-

All paint is water based/water borne (even what is sprayed in the factories). It all changed a number of years ago due to environmental concerns.

Yep, i believe the last 3 series to have lead based paint was the E36, then early E46's rusted like hell!