Hiya all,
Ive decided to debadge my punto Mk1, ive started by removing the side "60" badges, real easy to do with the hairdryer, there was a little evidence of fading, but ive t-cut it a few times and its looking better: almost un noticible. Will this improve if i continue to t-cut and polish the area?
Im also gonna debadge and fill the holes on the tailgate, will i be ok to: fill the holes, sand the area smooth with some super fine wet n dry paper, then applying the fiat colour match paint with a brush. to finish i wil smooth it out with fine paper, then t-cut and polish (would i need some lacquer or anything similar over the top of the fiat paint?).
Is this the right method to be using; ive done some dent damage around one of my locks before and used this method, it looks good now! What opinions do you have, and is there anyway to thin out the fiat touchup paint, with some common DIY liquid (white spirit etc..) as its quite thick and dries real fast!
Finally i was going to leave the front fiat badge on, however the blue's started to fade slightly, i was thinking of painting the blue bit carefully to match the car colour (red). what sort of paint could i use to do this to prevent fading, or it looking real bad in the future? would my touchup paint be adequate, and would i need to add any lacquer or anything underneath/over the paint?
Any help or oppinions would be great,
Thanking you in advance,
Ben
Ive decided to debadge my punto Mk1, ive started by removing the side "60" badges, real easy to do with the hairdryer, there was a little evidence of fading, but ive t-cut it a few times and its looking better: almost un noticible. Will this improve if i continue to t-cut and polish the area?
Im also gonna debadge and fill the holes on the tailgate, will i be ok to: fill the holes, sand the area smooth with some super fine wet n dry paper, then applying the fiat colour match paint with a brush. to finish i wil smooth it out with fine paper, then t-cut and polish (would i need some lacquer or anything similar over the top of the fiat paint?).
Is this the right method to be using; ive done some dent damage around one of my locks before and used this method, it looks good now! What opinions do you have, and is there anyway to thin out the fiat touchup paint, with some common DIY liquid (white spirit etc..) as its quite thick and dries real fast!
Finally i was going to leave the front fiat badge on, however the blue's started to fade slightly, i was thinking of painting the blue bit carefully to match the car colour (red). what sort of paint could i use to do this to prevent fading, or it looking real bad in the future? would my touchup paint be adequate, and would i need to add any lacquer or anything underneath/over the paint?
Any help or oppinions would be great,
Thanking you in advance,
Ben
