Repairing Paint Chips in Metallic Paints

[DiscoRover007]

Hey gents just wanted to give a brief tip in case this ever happens to anyone. I know every once in a while someone’s paint will chip on a body and  a lot of times you’re forced to strip the body in that scenario. It is especially difficult to repair  metallic paints and achieve the same depth of color because the rest of body has several layers of paint compared to the resprayed area.

I finally tested a theory I had as a solution. Basically all you need to do is find a compatible paint and use a solid color base coat. My body was sprayed in TS 51 Racing Blue Metallic. To initially fill in the chip, I used Tamiya TS Dark Blue with an airbrush. I then used ts 51 on top of that.

With minimal layers I was able match the depth of the paint. With clear coat and polish I hope it be nearly indistinguishable from the rest of the body.

I don’t have before and after pics but I thought this might be useful someone if they haven’t considered it before. It is something to try before stripping a body for sure and it definitely better than trying to match the layers of the paint to get it to look the same.

happy modeling 

[peteski]

I had a paint chip on an A-pillar of my model. Primer, color and clear coat came off cleanly in a single chip.  I was able to carefully glue the chip back where it came out. This was years ago, but I think used a tiny bit of CA glue.  Unless I tell you where to look, you likely won't find it.  I really got lucky!