Blazin TL said:
i'm just worried about the outcome, i did some touch up paint for my moms car awhile back and the paint i left on the car was lifted alil, is there a secret to puttin on touch up paint, and should go to the dealer or and i got any black touch up paint?
thanks before hand
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by that, but yeah you can get decent results putting on touchup paint by yourself. I certainly know that Rominl did. The idea is to sand down the blemish first using fine grit wet sandpaper sheets. Wet them down and keep them wet during the sanding process, and the grit should be 1500 or 2000. Yes, that's really fine stuff. This is especially true if the scratch is on the bumper, since the bumper is plastic and may be locally partly deformed from the scratch.
Once the surface is nice, smooth, and clean (I'd use rubbing alcohol), put on just enough of well-mixed (shake for 5 minutes) touch-up paint using a fine applicator like an artist's brush or the end of a sharp toothpick. The brush that comes in touchup paint bottles is generally way too big. The scratch should now be filled in slightly above the level of the surrounding paint.
After drying, use some more wet sandpaper to sand down the paint blob. After that, use rubbing compound to take away the fine scratches. After that, use even finer polishing compound or glaze to make even the fine scratches dissappear.
You can finish it off with some clearcoat and repeat the sanding,rubbing,polishing process if you're a perfectionist.
Voila, pat yourself on the back and drink a cold, tall iced tea. :drink: