Miata Mailing List: August 1994, Message #60
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   From: p_agarwal@ACAD.FANDM.EDU (Prashant Agarwal)
Subject: Paint
   Date: Wed, 3 Aug 1994 08:36:06 -0400


>        On July 28, 1994 Brenda Holloway wrote:
>
>
>>
>> I have the same problem with the paint. I brought it to an auto body place,
>> and he said that Miata used *** 'clear coat paint',*** which couldn't be
>> patched up, only completely repainted. So that was a little depressing.
>> I want my baby to look beautiful!
>
>        Brenda's auto body place is wrong! The BRG Miata does NOT have
>clear coat paint. The first time I waxed mine I found that out when my
>wax applicator turned green. Clear coat will not color your wax
>applicator or release paint color. As the name "clear coat" implies the
>outer coat of paint is clear. The color is found under this coating. The
>silver edition of the Miata was the only clear coat Miata before 94.
>
>--
>Archie Glasgow Elect. Eng. Techn.
>University of Windsor Bio. Sci.
>Windsor, Ontario - Canada
>arch@server.uwindsor.ca
>

I have a '94 Red Miata.  It has a few  paint chips that I woulf like to
fix.  Does having clearcoat mean I can't patch it with some touch up paint?
I was thinking of buying a chip kit I've seen in a  few catalogs. It comes
with sandpaper and a pen like tool.  I don't want my baby to rust.
        One more question.  I was in Chicago this weeikend and somebody
bumped me parallel parking.  The front licesnce plate was bent and one of
the screws was push into the the nose.  I knew I should of removed those
screws when I first saw they rubbed the nose.  Anyway, what matereial is
the nose and what is a proper,possible fix.

Thanks,
Prashant Agarwal