Electrostatic Touch-up Painting
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Electrostatic Touch-up Painting
I ran into a car detailer today at the dealership while waiting for my car to be serviced. He was touching up rock chips using -- what he referred to as -- an electrostatic paint tool. It looks similar to a brush, but instead of bristles, it appeared to have a metal point (similar to a ball point pen). Above the metal point was a very small repository for paint. He said the electrostatic charge of the car pulled the paint from the pen -- all that has to be done is to touch the metal point to the rock chip. He did about 10 rock chips in under a minute with no paint dribbles or splashes. It was done perfectly.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this before? He told me that nowhere sells them anymore....
Has anyone ever seen anything like this before? He told me that nowhere sells them anymore....
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I'm interested...
I asked my Porsche tech what he thought I should do about my rock chips he said "get a sharpy"
First I laughed but then I thought **** not a bad idea....black car.
I asked my Porsche tech what he thought I should do about my rock chips he said "get a sharpy"
First I laughed but then I thought **** not a bad idea....black car.
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I will admit to having used a Sharpie on my black Merc........not
the metal, but grill, bumper and other plastic parts......works well.....
the above technique sounds interesting.....
and might also be a good money maker
#4
Sounds very fancy.
However, for the number of times a private owner is going to touch up stone chips,
it might not be cost effective. I like getting a small amount of paint on the tip of a toothpick and just dabbing the paint into the chip.
However, for the number of times a private owner is going to touch up stone chips,
it might not be cost effective. I like getting a small amount of paint on the tip of a toothpick and just dabbing the paint into the chip.
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I would be very interested. Did you happen to get the name of the manufacturer that makes the product? A quick google search didn't come up with anything.
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