Had a Cadillac Escalade ESV in the shop for a full buff. It was in really rough shape but I was able to save her. I had some touch-up to do on the front bumper and a few spots on the lower half of the doors. On my 2nd night of working, it was near 2am and I was getting too tired to focus on a perfect touch-up. I decided to try something that has been mentioned to me by a friend who owns a body shop. I took out the touch-up paint, dropped some onto a small rubber applicator/squeegee - let it sit for about 30 seconds and proceeded to wipe it onto the area requiring touch-up. The paint was a touch thick and it allowed me to fill the scratches flush, with excess paint around the area, albeit very thin. I then quickly took lacquer thinner and wiped around to remove the excess while staying away from the scratch repaired areas. I let it set up for about 30 minutes under halogens while I cleaned up my buffing mess on the rest of the vehicle. I then went over the area with my PC, White pad & M205. Took a matter of seconds before the excess paint was removed & the scratch area was now flush & was now a 1 foot repair.
I decided to try this method on a large amount of rock ships behind the front tire on the driver side. I was a little nervous but went for it, I had plenty of thinner with me to correct my experiment if I failed miserably. I prepped the area, set a fair amount of paint on my applicator, let it set up for about 30 seconds and gave a quick swipe across the needed area. Good results again, put my halogens a bit closer, let it dry and used the same PC/White/M205 combo and removed the excess & now had an almost perfectly flush touch up again. I didn't take any pictures of my finished touch-up repairs, it was after 3am and I had enough!
I've attached a few shots of the vehicle just for fun.
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I decided to try this method on a large amount of rock ships behind the front tire on the driver side. I was a little nervous but went for it, I had plenty of thinner with me to correct my experiment if I failed miserably. I prepped the area, set a fair amount of paint on my applicator, let it set up for about 30 seconds and gave a quick swipe across the needed area. Good results again, put my halogens a bit closer, let it dry and used the same PC/White/M205 combo and removed the excess & now had an almost perfectly flush touch up again. I didn't take any pictures of my finished touch-up repairs, it was after 3am and I had enough!
I've attached a few shots of the vehicle just for fun.
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