05-16-2017, 12:03 AM | #1 |
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Should I wait to paint correct after wax?
During my hand wash today I noticed a scratch where a rock hit (and broke thru the film!!!!) my stock PPF and glanced across to the wheel well, so there is a long scratch essentially after the PPF to the wheel well. I continued to wax with CG wet wax anyways and then realized the wax kind of filled the scratch for now ...should I wait for the wax to wear off before correcting? Is there a way to wipe the wax out of the scratch so I can apply colorchip? Or just wait it out until it's dirty again?
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05-16-2017, 01:57 PM | #4 |
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Thanks you guys,
I will mess with it today when i get home from work. Bruce_SC you are essentially saying its too deep for colorchip if i can feel it with my nail and a professional should correct it? Thanks! it looks badass regardless lol |
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Thanks buddy.
I can feel it with my nail so ill leave that one for the pros. now im in the boat of deciding whether to leave it be and correct before I sell in future cause i would be tight if i fixed it then it happened again. It looks cool and im not too OCD so maybe ill leave it be for now and keep it |
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07-02-2017, 09:36 PM | #13 |
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Thats kind of a kick in the nuts though, isnt it, when your expensive Xpel or whatever film gets pierced?... That must have been some sharp large projectile which hit.
Kind of begs the question, how much paint protection is your paint protection film supposed to get you?!
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edit- i never notice much on xpel! they self heal so if u catch a bad one it can go from unsightly to barely noticeable in about a day or so . I also notice that the stock PPF really does catch alot of bad hits, i always get out of my AW and see dirt impact marks that i wipe off with my thumb from rocks being thrown back |
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Thanks... I think Ill scale back my wants a bit, and just get the front bumper and maybe rocker panels including fronts of rear fenders done.. Price on that should be about $1150... The hood on my 135i is devoid of any dings at all, and I really would like to leave as much of the paint uncovered as possible. Im pretty good at paint correction and maintenance, and Im comfortable with my abilities at getting a great finish/shine on oe paint. Wrapped panels are still an unknown, and always carry the risk of installer error, film defects, etc. To me, and given my history and experience, front bumpers are the only mandatory zones to get covered..
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