f**king halfords

[wadoryu]

i bought their stone chip repair 3 stage. used it exactly as it said on the box and the match is nothing like i am mega pissed off............ and now there are dark blue blobs where i have applied it and horrid lines where i have gone down a streak any way i can get rid of the new paint as its now dried as i want a flush colour look help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bald24]

T-Cut it ?

[J222JRA]

Halfords touch-up kits are wank, bare in mind that paint fades and to each colour there are loads of different shades so chances of it matching are very low.


Oh and bald24 t-cut is also wank

James

[wadoryu]

Halfords touch-up kits are wank, bare in mind that paint fades and to each colour there are loads of different shades so chances of it matching are very low.


Oh and bald24 t-cut is also wank

James

well that makes sense any recommendations to fix my paint work

[Doug_vtr]

Yup halfrauds paint is shit. Their posi blue is unbelievably wrong! I bought a spray can from there and it was much to dark and had a bit of a weird green tint to it.:n:

[J222JRA]

well that makes sense any recommendations to fix my paint work

personally whenever i touck up chips i go to a bodyshop, get them mix the paint to the shade on the panel and get a tiny artists brush.

[Add91289]

Yup halfrauds paint is shit. Their posi blue is unbelievably wrong! I bought a spray can from there and it was much to dark and had a bit of a weird green tint to it.:n:

did you shake the can properly before you used it?

[wadoryu]

it was like a paint brush and i did everything it said on the back

[Doug_vtr]

yes I did. I eventually bought some paint from citroen and it was much better.

[wadoryu]

errrrrrr mate what?

[Doug_vtr]

errrrrrr mate what?

Oh sorry mate i was just replying to ADD91289's question. sorry for the hi-jack.

[wadoryu]

tsall good i thought something like that would have happend

[Liam_]

personally whenever i touck up chips i go to a bodyshop, get them mix the paint to the shade on the panel and get a tiny artists brush.

I use paints4u.co.uk. Get the colour code from the inside of the drivers door and they'll mix up a pot of paint (with the lacquer already in), they come with a small artists paint brush too.

This way you get a much better match. :)

[wadoryu]

nice cheers mate

[marcusd]

did the same thin mate hte halfords. even paid 12 quid for a made up can and thats nothing like it either. altho mixing the two togeter does get a better match if thats any help

[craigy_87]

same thing has happened to mine in the past i believe, the front of my car is a dark red minefield

[Bickerton]

I use paints4u.co.uk. Get the colour code from the inside of the drivers door and they'll mix up a pot of paint (with the lacquer already in), they come with a small artists paint brush too.

This way you get a much better match. :)

This company is the way forwards for any paint requirements

[saxokid100]

Halfords touch-up kits are crap..........never get good match...:n::wall::bump:

[wadoryu]

is there a way i can buff these dark blobs out? or something?

[Jordysport]

on another subject about halfords lol, went in there the other day and had a look around and couldn't find what i was looking for so asked one of the guys there and said "have you got a Lambda sensor Socket" i got the blankest look ever and no one in the shop knew what it was, had to draw a picture in the end lol. Halfords = Fail.

[wadoryu]

a little bit of a thread hijack but oh well.

but yeh i go into every mountain bike shop to test on who is the best and i have to say the staff at halfords no sh*t

[J222JRA]

it depends how well the paint has adheared to the surface mate

[wadoryu]

do you reckon it would be worth trying to polish it out?

[fossie]

Get your colour code, go to a decent paint place and get the colour matched, use a fine brush for the scratches...
What i have done before is wetsand it to take the 'ridges' out and looked canny good

[Bickerton]

Paints4u do a good kit

[SpeedFreakGTi]

halfords can mix better paints than what u get off their shelfs but it depends what monkey theyve employeed todo the job.