Ziplock Bag or Wax Paper?

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dibbons

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How do you install fender/door hinge bolts without scratching paint? (I won't have the time/money to purchase plastic wrench inserts)

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Once I put some of mine in, they had a mark or 2 on them. I sprayed some of the paint into the rattle can top & touched them up with an artist brush, problem solved.
 
Black tape. Stick it across socket opening. Change it often.
 
Using automotive paint will hold up much much better then spray bombs by far. I pretty much use the same method to hold my bolts and screws as you demonstrated with the cardboard. When I get ready to paint a hood, trunk lid or what is going next, that is when I paint the bolts.

Use a six point socket and then wrap the bolt head with a round or two of masking tape, double back on the tape end on the bolt head makes easy to unwind the tape.....
 
Happy I read this. Because some point down the line I want to paint my car. Didn't even think about that.
 
When some old man is holding up the hood for you and yelling "Hurry up, Hurry Up" the bolt heads get scratched up anyway.
 
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