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Mail From: vocalise (YSC)

Hello:

Thanks so much for the information and warnings against the "bra". I've
dropped it off the list of options for now..

However, in the quest for SOME form of protection against chipping, I
thought of something that I saw while travelling in Asia. I have never seen
it work, but saw it on TV ads (progeny of informercials here). It seems to
be a spray-on protective film, and when dried looked much like the film that
we find on new cell phones protecting the display, among many other places.
In other words, it may be peeled off if you pry it. I suppose it was meant
to be a multipurpose protector, such as to be used in kitchens against
grease and gum.

Has anyone seen anything like it here for retail purchases? The closest
thing I could find online among other less descriptive pages was something
that audi used to protect their cars during transport:
audiworld.com/news/02/spray/content.shtml
At least that's the idea of it, except it's clear, dries flat into a film,
and available in a spray can. I thought this would have been a cool idea
against minor chips. It's also a non-permenant installation, easily
removable, compared to the 3M Stoneguard (still checking for removable
options for the Stoneguard). 3M seems to make a spray on rubberized coating
for underchassis (probably more on that later), so it's quite possible they
do make something for the car's painted surface that's less permenant.

Any ideas if there are solutions like this around? Thanks so much.

Sincerely,


Daniel

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Mail From: Moniata (Andymon Miata Email)

I use paint to protect the front end.
When it gets all messed up, I'll re-paint.
----Andymon

----- Original Message -----
From: "YSC" <(email redacted)>
To: <(email redacted)>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 10:52 PM
Subject: [Miata] Re: Spray-on Vinyl? was: Bra Alternative?


> Hello:
>
> Thanks so much for the information and warnings against the "bra". I've
> dropped it off the list of options for now..
>
> However, in the quest for SOME form of protection against chipping, I
> thought of something that I saw while travelling in Asia. I have never
seen
> it work, but saw it on TV ads (progeny of informercials here). It seems to
> be a spray-on protective film, and when dried looked much like the film
that
> we find on new cell phones protecting the display, among many other
places.
> In other words, it may be peeled off if you pry it. I suppose it was meant
> to be a multipurpose protector, such as to be used in kitchens against
> grease and gum.
>
> Has anyone seen anything like it here for retail purchases? The closest
> thing I could find online among other less descriptive pages was something
> that audi used to protect their cars during transport:
> audiworld.com/news/02/spray/content.shtml
> At least that's the idea of it, except it's clear, dries flat into a film,
> and available in a spray can. I thought this would have been a cool idea
> against minor chips. It's also a non-permenant installation, easily
> removable, compared to the 3M Stoneguard (still checking for removable
> options for the Stoneguard). 3M seems to make a spray on rubberized
coating
> for underchassis (probably more on that later), so it's quite possible
they
> do make something for the car's painted surface that's less permenant.
>
> Any ideas if there are solutions like this around? Thanks so much.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Daniel
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Miata mailing list
> (email redacted)
> realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/miata
>

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Mail From: solja (Jason Soza)

My thoughts exactly...

Daniel, I know you're only concerned about your car's well being, but I think you're putting an inordinate amount of time and worry into all this! No matter what you stick on the front your car, you're going to see damage to it in some form and will have to replace it at some point as well. Depending on what you use, the accumulated time and cost of replacing your chosen protectant may cost just as much as a repaint every 6 years.

Also, if I remember correctly, you have a white car - you are aware that the undercoat is white and most paint chips will be virtually invisible, right?

Anyway, relax a little and just enjoy your car. Short of coating the entire car in Kevlar, you're not going to avoid damage. You'll probably find, much to your dismay, that most serious paint chips happen places you have not 'protected', such as around the fender, the windshield frame, higher up on the hood. How are you planning on protecting the interior from UV damage? Or your doors from stupid-people damage? Or your rear bumper from raging-soccer-mom-in-Hummer damage? It's just not worth the worry, in my opinion.

And for what it's worth, I live in a city where the streets are quite literally covered in gravel most of the year. The '92 Miata I have has been driven on these streets a long time and the only paint chips? One's on the trunk, where the previous owner did something stupid. There's one on the nose and around the fender, again from the previous owner (apparently a botched parking attempt), and there are two on the nose from the front license plates. Previous owner: 4, Rocks: 1 small one on the pax headlight cover.

:)

Jason Soza
Miatas! www.miatapix.net <-- Is YOUR Miata here?
Alumni! www.jdhsgrads.com
Photos! www.sozaphotos.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Andymon Miata Email <(email redacted)>
Date: Thursday, April 24, 2003 11:38 pm
Subject: Re: [Miata] Re: Spray-on Vinyl? was: Bra Alternative?

> charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> I use paint to protect the front end.
> When it gets all messed up, I'll re-paint.
> ----Andymon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "YSC" <(email redacted)>
> To: <(email redacted)>
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 10:52 PM
> Subject: [Miata] Re: Spray-on Vinyl? was: Bra Alternative?
>
>
> > Hello:
> >
> > Thanks so much for the information and warnings against the
> "bra". I've
> > dropped it off the list of options for now..
> >
> > However, in the quest for SOME form of protection against
> chipping, I
> > thought of something that I saw while travelling in Asia. I have
> neverseen
> > it work, but saw it on TV ads (progeny of informercials here).
> It seems to
> > be a spray-on protective film, and when dried looked much like
> the film
> that
> > we find on new cell phones protecting the display, among many other
> places.
> > In other words, it may be peeled off if you pry it. I suppose it
> was meant
> > to be a multipurpose protector, such as to be used in kitchens
> against> grease and gum.
> >
> > Has anyone seen anything like it here for retail purchases? The
> closest> thing I could find online among other less descriptive
> pages was something
> > that audi used to protect their cars during transport:
> > audiworld.com/news/02/spray/content.shtml
> > At least that's the idea of it, except it's clear, dries flat
> into a film,
> > and available in a spray can. I thought this would have been a
> cool idea
> > against minor chips. It's also a non-permenant installation, easily
> > removable, compared to the 3M Stoneguard (still checking for
> removable> options for the Stoneguard). 3M seems to make a spray
> on rubberized
> coating
> > for underchassis (probably more on that later), so it's quite
> possiblethey
> > do make something for the car's painted surface that's less
> permenant.>
> > Any ideas if there are solutions like this around? Thanks so much.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> >
> > Daniel