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I bought same for my Rosso comp. And it did not work ! 2 small bottles ( second coat base cherry red and third coat lighter red). From what I read, it is nearly impossible to touch up tri-colore. Interested in your experiment. Please post pics. anyone had success touching up tri colors paints ? Any detailer that were successful ? Thanks
Yikes! Yeah from my card sample it seems like it’s going to be tricky matching. First sample I had too much clear coat or something and it kind of yellowed a bit. Second test looked good though. I’ll def post when i get around to trying it though. Maybe a couple weeks. Anything is going to be better than how the prev owner addressed the chips. Looks like they just walked around and poked it with a can of white-out. Haha. Gonna try and fix my dash delamination this weekend. 😬 After that I’ll Bob Ross it. 😆👍🏼
there are a couple of sources of touch up paint and the clear coat for ALFA Rosso red and you can do it yourself and get a pretty good job. But if you have Rosso Competizione or the tri coat white they are a bear to do it right....nearly impossible. You may have to just do the best you can and accept the "beauty spot" or go to a GOOD pro paint shop and have them do it. Generally they have figured it out how to do it at the pro level but not easy. That being said, while my car is ALFA Rosso, my wife has a tri coat white car (non-ALFA) and my son has a tri-coat red car (also not an ALFA). They both decided i was worth it....what does dad know ;-)
Tbh, I have no idea how it happened. I heard what appeared to be a larger rock or a stone hit the rear when I was driving down 93 and noticed that. The bonnet is a little out of place as well. Will probably need to go to an Alfa dealer and go through insurance.
Just bought this. I’ll update the thread with the results. Thanks for the help.First off, welcome to the forum!
That should be able to be touched up. Rosso Alfa is good like that (single stage). I personally like the touch ups that have the brush. Gives more flexibility. The pens are somewhat restrictive. You can always use a smaller brush or a tooth pick, etc.
You’re in Boston, btw? You need to come out to a C&C or something some time. We have a good (small but growing) group of 4C owners in the area. Kudos for driving the car in winter. I don’t drive mine during winter but you can find mine parked on the streets of Boston/Cambridge most of the spring/summer/fall.
EDIT: I’ve used this site for touch up in the past and it’s been good (I’m sure they’re all pretty similar tbh)
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Browse our large inventory of Alfa Romeo 4C touch up paint to keep your vehicle looking brand new. Choose from pens, brushes, aerosol and combo kits to do the job right.
Also I used the iphone metal thingy that you use to pull the micro sd card Out….it is thick enough to hold the right amount of paint blob to fill the paint missing ……you can also use tooth pick. Needle is too thin.
I have to say the process they use to touchup is pretty cool. I used this on my Porsche with excellent results and pretty seamless.
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