| HrdTsk |
As anyone who does a fair amount of highway driving can tell you, stone chips are inevitable. Aside from purchasing some type of stone guard covering the front end, pretty much everyone will get some after enough miles of highway driving.
What can be done to help with fixing stone chips in the paint once you get some? I mean chips that are through the paint. |
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| cmdpm |
touch-up paint and www.langka.com.
just did this myself over the weekend.
regards,
chris |
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| cmdpm |
HrdTsk,
as you know from visiting the website the principle of what is does and the procedure that is recommended is straightforward.
my results have not been as perfect as they make it look.
now is this because of something i'm not doing exactly right? the amount of product, the cloth, the amount of pressure? i have varied the these factors but i still have not been able to bring the touch up paint flush with the surface-the paint is either above or below the surface.
although it is not perfect i think it is still better than without langka. i would still recommend it.
good luck,
chris |
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| xlargebee |
i just visited the web site.
thank you for your introduction.
i've never heard/seen this before.
but how come there's no choice for color?
you just apply it and rub it to get the color from the surrounding area?
or should i buy something else? like a base color paint from Acura? |
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| DaveI |
Here's another option, looks promising. I'll probably try it at some point.
Autovisuals |
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| TheWorm |
My results with Langka were unimpressive. Contrary to their instructions, the Acura touchup paint requires ~ 2 days of dry time before using Langka, else you'll pull it all right back out of the chip.
In addition, once you've used the Langka solvent, the touchup paint will appear significantly duller than the surrounding paint, especially if your color is a dark metallic.
So, then you get to pull out the random orbital buffer and some 3M SSR (or ScracthX or similar light abrasive polish) to bring back some shine.
Net time: 2+ days.
Not worth it IMO. I now use the matchstick or toothpick "buildup" methods.
YMMV, and the Langka may very well work more effectively on non-Honda/Acura paints.
Do a couple of searches for "Langka" and "chips" for some ideas on other methods that may be more effective. |
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| cmdpm |
xlargebee,
you must use acura touch-up paint first, several applications, each with their own dry time, as needed to give you a bubble effect that extends above the surface. then you use langka to chemically reduce the blob down flush with the surface.
ThwWorm,
i have also used langka on my previous 2001 toyota sequoia, with the same less than great results. so, it may not just be the acura touch-up paint that doesn't allow great results.
also, langka recommends using a final clearcoat if necessary, although most touch-up paints shouldn't need it.
regards,
chris |
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| Fireblade6 |
quote:
Originally posted by TheWorm
My results with Langka were unimpressive. Contrary to their instructions, the Acura touchup paint requires ~ 2 days of dry time before using Langka, else you'll pull it all right back out of the chip.
In addition, once you've used the Langka solvent, the touchup paint will appear significantly duller than the surrounding paint, especially if your color is a dark metallic.
So, then you get to pull out the random orbital buffer and some 3M SSR (or ScracthX or similar light abrasive polish) to bring back some shine.
Net time: 2+ days.
Not worth it IMO. I now use the matchstick or toothpick "buildup" methods.
YMMV, and the Langka may very well work more effectively on non-Honda/Acura paints.
Do a couple of searches for "Langka" and "chips" for some ideas on other methods that may be more effective.
I agree with The Worm 100%....With a little patience, steady hand, and TLC to each chip...using the Acura Touch up and fine cleaning compound and detailing is the only way to repair the chip... |
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| manus1980 |
| According to Langka it doesn't work on Honda/Acura paint. |
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| Dale MDX |
I've used Langka on Honda paint, Acura paint, Subaru paint, BMW paint, and probably a couple of others, all with the same results over the past 3 years or so. Not good. No matter what the technique, the paint is pulled out of the chip. It starts out good. Check with magnifier, needs a little more paint removed, ...then a little more, ...just about there.... oops, I can see bare metal. If I let the touch[up paint dry for day or more, J get the same result. Different fabrics don't seem to make a difference, and using less of the product (trying to make the process slower) also doesn't seem to help.
It works even less well on a "cut" in the paint, like a very narrow scratch. It's really hopeless in that situation as far as having paint left in the damaged area. Langkas site at least used to admit a problem with those types of repairs. Don't remember reading that it doesn't work on Honda/Acura paint. Results for me have been the same as other paints. But I keep coming back and trying again, in hope that it will finally work.
One technique I might try sometime is to just remove part of the paint blob, getting it to that "almost enough" point. Then wait a day or so and go back to it again to finish it up. That just might work, based on the theory that the problem is that the Lanka solution dissolves the paint and if you work it for more than a few seconds, it's all dissolved and gone. If you give it some resting time, the solvent will evaporatate and get you back to dried paint to work with again.
I think all Langka is is some solvent mixed in with a polishing compound. Between the two, it dissolves and rubs off the added paint down to the level of the paint surface. (You use a piece of fabric wrapped over a credit card-like piece of plastic as the tool to rub with). It sounds really promising as far as the theory. |
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| xlargebee |
quote:
Originally posted by cmdpm
xlargebee,
you must use acura touch-up paint first, several applications, each with their own dry time, as needed to give you a bubble effect that extends above the surface. then you use langka to chemically reduce the blob down flush with the surface.
regards,
chris
thank you, chris! |
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