Have you done this?
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Have you done this?
OK, I know I'm stupid but I hit the back of my garage with my EX and pushed the back wall out about 2 inches without even realizing it. I saw the damage today when I went behind the garage to get the lawn mower. Good thing it's only masonite siding resting on 2"X4" studs. Problem is, I smudged the paint where two of the studs rubbed the bumper. Anyone know a good touchup paint? Also, what method do you you use to apply the touchup paint? Brush or spray? I've tried both methods in the past with mixed results. Gotta go out in the garage and move the tennis ball thingy hanging from the rafters a little further from the back wall. Take care.
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From: CT
That has happened one too many times here. An easy way to help prevent damage next time is to hang some simple spare carpet, eggcrate foam, or something similar to prevent damage to your rig. It gives a little padding between the wall and your bumper. I havent needed touchup paint because we have a chrome bumper so not really any damage. But I also havent pushed the wall in two inches. So theres a little way to prevent damage next time. Hope that helps.
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When my wife knocked the mirror off her car thanks to a concrete poll in a parking garage, I was able to reatach the mirror & fill in the crack with bondo. The touch up paint for her car came in a bottle that used a small brush, like for fingernail polish, which i figured was going to look like crap. So I bought a cheapy air brush kit from a hobby shop, about $15, thinned the paint enough to use with the air brush and painted it that way. When it was done you could never tell the mirror had been knocked off. All the touch up painting done to used cars at dealerships are done with air brushing.
Last edited by 200Proof; Sep 11, 2005 at 11:07 PM.
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Originally Posted by RangerRuss
Hmmm - maybe now I know how the front of the washing machine got dented???
It wasn't me I swear!!!
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Didn't anybody tell you guys that garages were never intended to have cars in them? They are actually storage rooms with really big doors. At least that's what I keep telling my wife when she asks why we can't park either of our trucks in there... 
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