Re:Paint chips/repair

["ra rabmw" <rabmw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

   PAUL......
       Clear fingernail polish is the same as clear auto paint laquer,and 
can indeed be used to seal paint chips very well.Hit the local drug store 
and you're all set.Or,go to BMW and buy the same thing for 6 times more 
money from the parts dept.Your choice.I've used it for decades.


                                o/______\o "RA"/Bob G.
                                (Oo=00=oO)
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>From: "Paul Frederick" <pfrederi@domain.elided>
>To: bmw-digest@domain.elided
>Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:11:42 PDT
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>
>
>I am the owner of '95 Avus blue M3. I have just recently noticed two chips
>in my hood both the size of the tip of a pencil(one of them is slightly
>bigger). They are more like gorges because i can see all the way down to 
>the
>bare metal. Curiously there is no indentation surrounding these chips which
>leaves me guessing as to how they got there. Is this something I can 
>repair?
>Am i causing more damage when I keep washing my car and letting water get 
>to
>the underlying metal?
>
>Any help would be appreciated. I think I read somewhere on the web that on
>small chips like these you can use something like fingernail polish to seal
>the marks (i don't think so). I am also wondering if something like would 
>be
>covered by car insurance.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>TIA
>Paul
>BMWCCA 186412
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