Author Topic: 2 stage fix for single stage paint?  (Read 4803 times)

Jkalplus1

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2 stage fix for single stage paint?
« on: September 21, 2012, 15:47:52 »
My car is painted (2007) with 717 -papyrus white- in acrylic urethane (single stage) paint.  I am about to buy a touch up paint (from Amazon) and "fill" chips the only way I know, that is, by building up new paint, a thin layer at a time, until level with the new paint, color sand to blend it in with the surrounding paint.  No drama here, I found it pretty straightforward in the past...but I was using the same paint the car was originally painted with.

This touch up paint is 2 stage, has anyone ever had good luck using 2 stage touch up paint on a single stage painted car?  It seems the supplier I checked with (Sherwin-Williams automotive)  has to get a product from the States in order to make me a touch up batch of Papyrus White in single-stage, which makes it not worth his while to make me a small batch.

w113dude

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Re: 2 stage fix for single stage paint?
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2012, 17:03:01 »
I have done it, on DB-717 you'll have better chance than a darker color, two stage paint tends to have more clear build-up & shows more depth and in my opinion more user friendly, on small touch-up spots you shouldn't have any problem. I would do it.

Jkalplus1

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Re: 2 stage fix for single stage paint?
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2012, 16:40:55 »
Super, thanks!
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Re: 2 stage fix for single stage paint?
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2012, 18:30:04 »
I picked up 717 touch up paint from MB.  I got it in both the aerosol can and the little bottle applicator.  It matches perfectly.  I don't know how their prices compare with Amazon.
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Jkalplus1

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Re: 2 stage fix for single stage paint?
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2012, 16:33:49 »
I picked up a can of single-stage 717 at my local Sherwin-Williams Automotive paint store.  20$ for a big can.
I will report on the color match and paint quality when I am done fixing my chips.