Touch up paint - order of touch up vs clearcoat?
- Thread starter Ex-RoNiN
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Ex-RoNiN said:Do I need to do something other than putting it on and letting it dry?
Many thx
well they should probly have instructions with them
you often need to wet and dry the area to make it level with the surrounding paint , not something you should really do if you dont know how mind
Thx...did that, and now it looks worse than before with the scratches 
I have the paint skills of a 5yr old...mind you, I blame the brush, it was hueg and dropped big blops of paint everywhere. Any idea on what I can do to get excess paint away? :/
I have the paint skills of a 5yr old...mind you, I blame the brush, it was hueg and dropped big blops of paint everywhere. Any idea on what I can do to get excess paint away? :/use a sanding block with the wet and dry and try not to touch the surrounding paint
when it starts to get nearly level you wont be able to avoid it mind ,
use an 800 grade or something to get the bulk off then 1200 , 1500 when it gets to the point where the surrounding area might get touched
use plenty of water on the wet and dry
use a decent polish and the scratches from 1500 and even 1200 wet and dry will easily polish out
supposedly you should then clearcoat the chip again and wet and dry and polish again but it depends how rough the original application was ,need to judge it for yourself really
you wont get perfect results but it shoudl be better than before
when it starts to get nearly level you wont be able to avoid it mind ,
use an 800 grade or something to get the bulk off then 1200 , 1500 when it gets to the point where the surrounding area might get touched
use plenty of water on the wet and dry
use a decent polish and the scratches from 1500 and even 1200 wet and dry will easily polish out
supposedly you should then clearcoat the chip again and wet and dry and polish again but it depends how rough the original application was ,need to judge it for yourself really
you wont get perfect results but it shoudl be better than before
blitz2163 said:
True - but I've been down this path myself and ended up in a worse state then before, the car that is. Tried to fix a scratch that some toerag had put down the side of my Renault 16v Chamade years ago (anybody remember these boy racer cars then?), colour was a solid red and by the time I finished it looked like there was a scab down the side of the car. Did the job though as the lease company never queried it or charged for it but it did look proper crap.
I would never use the brushes, they are far too inaccurate. I put a scratch in my bonnet and painted it with touchup paint and a paperclip, which was far more accurate than a brush. It doesn't look brilliant but a lot better than before.
Use a cocktail stick or paperclip if its just a scratch.
Use a cocktail stick or paperclip if its just a scratch.