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Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 6:43 pm 
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Im shortly about to paint my front bumper.. -Its a replica BA GT Bumper.

Is there a product i can add to my paint before poured into the spray gun to resist stone chips?

IS there a product ending with "NOX" starting with an "S"??

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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:21 pm 
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I am seeing my panel beater in about an hour, i will ask him for you :)

 

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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:41 pm 
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preventing stone chips. ???

just dont drive the car, you will never get stone chips... :P
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:41 pm 
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Use this s**t.
http://www.goopguys.com.au/product_details.php?id=9

Not the ultimate answer but better then chipping up the front bar. Either leave it on for the 3 months before taking it off and putting a new lot on or give it a coat before you head on a trip that you are expecting stone chips on.

 

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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:47 pm 
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There is a product that you can buy (I can't think of what it is called ) , it's like a clear plastic adhesive that sticks to the body of your car to protect your paintwork from stone chips . After I had my old VL Commodore resprayed I had the front section of my bonnet , nose cone , bumper and lower door sills covered with it and it work well . It took a while to put on but it looked much better then a car bra . I'm pretty sure the company that makes it is advertised in Street Fords magazine or something .
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 2:30 pm 
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Spoke to my panel beater there isnt anything you can mix into the paint u spray, as others have posted there might be stuff to apply after but he said its all to do wiv the prep work

 

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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:14 pm 
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 9:11 pm 
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You can get whats called Ceramic Clear Coat, from what I've heard, its a lot tougher than regular clear coat to prevent chips and scratches. No idea on price though. Clear plastic can be noticeable and if you get polish stuck around the edges it looks really really bad. Car bra's are good but will scratch if you dont keep them clean and dry and they can be a bastard to put on (have to lay on the ground). Best way is to keep a real good distance to the car in front while going up the highway.

 

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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 9:56 pm 
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uniacidz wrote:
phil545 wrote:

Best thing is to have some touchup paint which ya panel beater should supply


That's exactly what i got my panel beater to do, so much better than that stuff i got from ford and paid 20 bux for, but yeah got my first stone chip on my bonnet the other day, no where near as bad as the genuine paint though, only scratched the surface

 

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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 8:23 pm 
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There is a product that you can buy (I can't think of what it is called ) , it's like a clear plastic adhesive that sticks to the body of your car to protect your paintwork from stone chips .


Yeah ive seen something simlar in a 4WD dvd once aye, might be worth calling a 4WD shop and see if they have anything?

 

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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:28 pm 
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TRY
http://www.roadwarriorplus.com.au/
I dont know if you can put it into your spray gun but it dos come with a roller for application and it dose dry clear.
They have a link to there Facebook page and has videos of how to apply.
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:07 pm 
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LSAM wrote:
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http://www.roadwarriorplus.com.au/
I dont know if you can put it into your spray gun but it dos come with a roller for application and it dose dry clear.
They have a link to there Facebook page and has videos of how to apply.


Hi apparently you can use a HVLP spray gun.
They recommend using tip size of 1.7
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:07 pm 
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3M makes an adhesive clear film, tough as apparently. Can even cover the lights etc too.
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:51 pm 
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if you dont drive behind cars you wont get stone chips, thats kind of hard so yeah lol

i hate it when im driving and you can hear the rocks hitting your cars bonnet / windscreen

 

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