Langka----anybody use it?
09-27-2002, 12:52 PM
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Langka----anybody use it?
Sounds like a good product, but it's expensive and they're real top secret about its indredients.
I did a little touchup work to my bumper yesterday and was frustrated by the blobs.
I used some turpentine on a rag to gently rub off the excess touchup paint. Worked pretty well but I'm not that happy with the results. Also I was scared to do too much with solvents because I was worried about the surrounding finish.
Anybody have an insight into the ingredients of Langka? My sense is that it's not much more than a mixture of hydrocarbon solvents, perhaps not much different from those Bug and Tar removers. And using a wrapped plastic card might just be the key.
TIA
I did a little touchup work to my bumper yesterday and was frustrated by the blobs.
I used some turpentine on a rag to gently rub off the excess touchup paint. Worked pretty well but I'm not that happy with the results. Also I was scared to do too much with solvents because I was worried about the surrounding finish.
Anybody have an insight into the ingredients of Langka? My sense is that it's not much more than a mixture of hydrocarbon solvents, perhaps not much different from those Bug and Tar removers. And using a wrapped plastic card might just be the key.
TIA
09-27-2002, 08:49 PM
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I've used it.
It's more like a glaze or a very mild polish than a bug & tar remover; it's white and creamy, not clear and watery like a b&t remover. But I don't know the ingredients, and you might be right that the "active" ingredients are just hydrocarbons. I've seen guys say that using 3M IHG in the same way you'd use Langka (cloth wrapped around credit card) yields similar/same results.
If you haven't already done so, I strongly recommend reading the article at carcareonline.com concerning <a href="http://carcareonline.com/paint_chips.html">how to fix paint chips</a>. Even if you don't adopt their technique step for step (it's pretty painstaking - I've never done it A to Z), the basic application-using-a-toothpick technique described there works very well. Defintely do <i>not</i> use the brush that comes in the touch-up paint bottle.
Also, consider buying the <a href="http://www.autovisuals.com">Autosharp touch-up pen</a> (they advertise on AW). I got one in brilliant black and it works pretty well. Even easier to use than the toothpick technique once you get the hang of it.
Langka works as advertised, but don't expect miracles. <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a4/msgs/510369.phtml">Click here</a> for one of my prior posts about it. Good luck!
If you haven't already done so, I strongly recommend reading the article at carcareonline.com concerning <a href="http://carcareonline.com/paint_chips.html">how to fix paint chips</a>. Even if you don't adopt their technique step for step (it's pretty painstaking - I've never done it A to Z), the basic application-using-a-toothpick technique described there works very well. Defintely do <i>not</i> use the brush that comes in the touch-up paint bottle.
Also, consider buying the <a href="http://www.autovisuals.com">Autosharp touch-up pen</a> (they advertise on AW). I got one in brilliant black and it works pretty well. Even easier to use than the toothpick technique once you get the hang of it.
Langka works as advertised, but don't expect miracles. <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a4/msgs/510369.phtml">Click here</a> for one of my prior posts about it. Good luck!
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I have used it with success. It depends on the type of repair.
On straight-up clean typical rock chips on a flat surface, I have
used Langka in the past to obtain nearly invisible results - that
is to say that I can barely locate my own repairs in good light.
For those sort of things, I recommend it. I could get a very flat
and even amount of paint in the chip. The finished repair is so
subtle that it's hard to find it a day later.
That said, for longer scratches, or for chips on odd body panels
with angles in them, I found it a lot harder to get a good result
with the Langka method and usually resorted to the toothpicks.
Luckily, if I get a chip it tends to be on the hood, which is a nice
flat Langka-friendly surface. If you've got hood chips, consider it
as a possibility.
used Langka in the past to obtain nearly invisible results - that
is to say that I can barely locate my own repairs in good light.
For those sort of things, I recommend it. I could get a very flat
and even amount of paint in the chip. The finished repair is so
subtle that it's hard to find it a day later.
That said, for longer scratches, or for chips on odd body panels
with angles in them, I found it a lot harder to get a good result
with the Langka method and usually resorted to the toothpicks.
Luckily, if I get a chip it tends to be on the hood, which is a nice
flat Langka-friendly surface. If you've got hood chips, consider it
as a possibility.
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