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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 08:33 PM
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Got two large size chips on the nose of my RKC fender I need to touchup. I understand it's a three coat process, base, top, and clear. When I bought the bike the dealer gave me the 1/2 oz. bottles of top and clear but no base. I assume I will need to get my hands on the base to do it right. The research I have done tells me the the crimson red sunglo base has the gold flake in it.

If anyone out there has gone through this process, I could use some help. The instructions on the top coat bottle just say to apply over the base coat. Does it matter how many coats of base are applied to get a good match?
Has anyone come up with a good method of getting the touched up area to match reasonably well?
The chips are fairly large so I have to try and do the best job I can.

Thanks....
 
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 09:05 PM
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I think if you want a professional paint job done you'll have to take it to, well, a professional painter. My experience using touch up paints in the little bottles is that the job is always noticeable.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 11:27 PM
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yea, touching up something will always be kinda noticeable. now with a 3 stage it will stick out like a sore thumb because it will be darker than the stock color especialy on red as the mid coat ( candy red ) will be saturated. i know its not what you want to here but its the truth.
 
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