Did I get any clearcoat at all?

[dsm1995gst]

Barely tapped the tailgate with a plastic ladder and the paint is completely gone...

 

 

 

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[2018GMC]

Unfortunately all the new trucks have thin paint. I have a few rock chips I touched up and there is hardly any thickness to the paint.

[aseibel]

4 mils of paint if you're lucky. 

[Grumpy Bear]

The up side is it is pretty hard stuff which has made it pretty easy to touchup. I've done a pretty large one where it was hit by an RV in a parking lot which took the paint but not the primer and didn't leave a dent and it is nearly impossible to find if I don't point to it.  Mine is under 4 mils. So thin under the rear bumper that the primer shows through. 

 

That high up on the body and I'm guessing metallic, that's a tough fix to make invisible. 

[rah7777777]

I've got chips on my hood and the paint can't be thicker than a piece of cheap notebook paper. 

Got a quote to have that clear plastic added to the front of the truck, $1700. 

So guess i'll be buying some touch up paint haha

[rah7777777]

delete. duplicate

Edited September 10, 2019 by rah7777777

[dsm1995gst]

Ok I guess I need to ask the best place to buy the touch up paint then...


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[SierraHD17]

At the dealer.  They have nice little pens that aren't expensive either.

[2018GMC]

I got my acdelco touchup brush / pin from amazon

[Mikebtte]

Got to keep cost to manufacturer down, GM prolly hit is with a Single-Stage Topcoat Nason paint and called it good.

 

 

[KARNUT]

I generally use color match rattle can on the nose of my vehicles when they get the measles. I make templates ifs it’s too bad. My Toyota after two road trips got the measles. My rattle can fix has lasted two years. Recently got a letter from Toyota for a free paint job for peeling on body panels. Oh what a feeling.


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[jshrubs]

I've been touching up the front end with a touch up pen since I bought it . Checked pricing for protective film for the front, was quoted over $1000.