Paint peer off from my car bonnet

drbrain

Hi all sifus here,

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Yesterday nite only I discovered, one small portion of paint peer off from my car bonnet, any shop I can send for touch up without respray the whole bonnet? Or can I claim warranty from SC?

Honda's paint really thin, one layer only Sad

coolride1 · Club Advisor Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 3436

Same happened to my car.. almost the same spot.. most probably stone chip..

I DIY using Autospa touch up paint..

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drbrain wrote:

Hi all sifus here,

Crying or Very sad

Yesterday nite only I discovered, one small portion of paint peer off from my car bonnet, any shop I can send for touch up without respray the whole bonnet? Or can I claim warranty from SC?

Honda's paint really thin, one layer only Sad

my 6 months car oso have this problem lots of stone chip on d bonnet very2 thin coating even local car oso thicker Think

drbrain · Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:48 pm Post subject:

coolride1 wrote:

Same happened to my car.. almost the same spot.. most probably stone chip..

I DIY using Autospa touch up paint..

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thx for the advice, at 1U eneos now, bought a bottle of autospa, but seems like they only blackhawk black, mine is FL cystal black, hopefully not much different.

dynamite · LvL 2 Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 91

coolride1 wrote:

Same happened to my car.. almost the same spot.. most probably stone chip..

I DIY using Autospa touch up paint..

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Results acceptable?

coolride1 · Club Advisor Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 3436

dynamite wrote:

coolride1 wrote:

Same happened to my car.. almost the same spot.. most probably stone chip..

I DIY using Autospa touch up paint..

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Results acceptable?

Yes.. but not up close, can see the dip of paint.

Patch up 2 chips on my roof as well but honestly, if bonnet top, difficult to patch bcos will look very obvious.

If really cannot tahan, send for respray.

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drbrain · Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:30 am Post subject:

applied this morning, can see a dip of paint, but at least better than nothing. Crying or Very sad

anyone have experince respray your bonnet, how much do they charge normally? Confused

any method on how to prevent this from happen? I did found a 3M bonnet tinted last time from volvo showroom, but then not sure how much is that, any sifu here using that?

btfan · Amateur Lvl 2 Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 237

I suggest you try to live with it bro or at least wait awhile before you respray it. Stone chips are pretty common on cars especially on our car where the coating is thin and soft Evil or Very Mad

Honda SC charge RM400 per panel and you might need to leave your car there for 2 days.

I'm more worried about the stone chips on the windscreen. This you can't "respray" sigh. I have lots of these for some reason and to make matters worst, I can see lots of tiny specks of particles (more obvious when seen under the direct sunlight from the inside) all around the screen. It seems to grow day by day Shocked

It's not stone chips and yet when I tried to rub it off from the inside or outside of the screen it wouldn't go off!

coolride1 · Club Advisor Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 3436

btfan wrote:

I suggest you try to live with it bro or at least wait awhile before you respray it. Stone chips are pretty common on cars especially on our car where the coating is thin and soft Evil or Very Mad

Honda SC charge RM400 per panel and you might need to leave your car there for 2 days.

I'm more worried about the stone chips on the windscreen. This you can't "respray" sigh. I have lots of these for some reason and to make matters worst, I can see lots of tiny specks of particles (more obvious when seen under the direct sunlight from the inside) all around the screen. It seems to grow day by day Shocked

It's not stone chips and yet when I tried to rub it off from the inside or outside of the screen it wouldn't go off!

My bonnet also look cosmic space with tiny tiny stars aka stone chips.

I have replaced my windscreen not too long ago.. but now under direct sunlight, can see a lot of tiny specks, only explanation is the screen chips pretty easily.

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drbrain · Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:23 pm Post subject:

What to do, I bought Honda partly because of this i-VTEC engine, enjoy the high rev engine sound, ignore the rest Wink

After brushing some autospa paint, now the mark not that obvious anyway, will polish it after a few days, need to wait for it to 100% dry 1st.

I guess why we so easily getting stone chip, partly because our car always at high speed >100km/h, don't you guys think so? Twisted Evil

2322 · LvL 2 Joined: 23 Mar 2008 Posts: 62 Location: Land of DAP

Main factor is due to the oem clearcoat is really soft.

PlutoII · Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 10:49 pm Post subject:

btfan wrote:

I'm more worried about the stone chips on the windscreen. This you can't "respray" sigh. I have lots of these for some reason and to make matters worst, I can see lots of tiny specks of particles (more obvious when seen under the direct sunlight from the inside) all around the screen. It seems to grow day by day Shocked

It's not stone chips and yet when I tried to rub it off from the inside or outside of the screen it wouldn't go off!

BT,
Those tiny specks on the front windscreen are actually micro-chips.
Its like thousands of sand particles on your front screen.
Windscreen specialists have tried to use cerium oxide powder buffing to remove these, but not completely successful.

A group of detailing prdts suppliers are trying a wide variety of sanding techniques now, and I'll let everyone know if the results are favourable Very Happy

CAUTION:
If you hv these specks on your front windscreen, and very stubborn watermarks as well, pls do not use those acid-based watermark remover as the chemical will enter these "specks"/chips, spread out underneath and cause permanent hazy/white patches, thus permanently damaging your front windscreen.

coolride1 · Club Advisor Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 3436

PlutoII wrote:

CAUTION:
If you hv these specks on your front windscreen, and very stubborn watermarks as well, pls do not use those acid-based watermark remover as the chemical will enter these "specks"/chips, spread out underneath and cause permanent hazy/white patches, thus permanently damaging your front windscreen.

Good tip, Mr Pluto Wink

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kenixck · Amateur Joined: 29 May 2008 Posts: 113

temp solution, marker pen first..
no point spraying
next month kena another chip

drbrain · Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:36 am Post subject:

problem "fixed" with autospa paint, looks ok from far. Rolling Eyes

haiz....