11-24-2010, 09:18 AM
> Actually, I was thinking about those paint kits for
> automobiles that claim to completely cover up road
> chips and blend perfectly.
There's no such thing.
The commercials lie.
You're scraping off the clear-coat when you use the buffing creams, you're leaving an ugly smear of paint when you use touch-up paint.
If you have talented hands, the clearcoat pens work alright on very shallow scratches, but won't do a thing for a chip.
If you try buffing an aluminum case you'll create a texture on that spot that's different from the rest. If you try to buff the whole lid to give it an even texture, odds are that you'll screw it up.
Best not to mess with it unless you're gonna do something like this:
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/1569/...tternw.jpg
I suggest a visit to etsy.
http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?s...=powerbook&search_type=handmade
> automobiles that claim to completely cover up road
> chips and blend perfectly.
There's no such thing.
The commercials lie.
You're scraping off the clear-coat when you use the buffing creams, you're leaving an ugly smear of paint when you use touch-up paint.
If you have talented hands, the clearcoat pens work alright on very shallow scratches, but won't do a thing for a chip.
If you try buffing an aluminum case you'll create a texture on that spot that's different from the rest. If you try to buff the whole lid to give it an even texture, odds are that you'll screw it up.
Best not to mess with it unless you're gonna do something like this:
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/1569/...tternw.jpg
I suggest a visit to etsy.
http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?s...=powerbook&search_type=handmade