The Post a Picture of Your Ride as it Sits Thread

Setec Astronomy said:
As I said in my edit you may have missed above, I think you Photoshopped the pole into the picture to hide the scratch, then were surprised when TTQ took the pole out and the scratch wasn't there, because he polished it out.

You should really put some touchup in there. I have a chip that I have procrastinated about touching up, that has now started to rust. No more buying touchup from PaintScratch, they put it in plastic bottles and it just dries up.
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The pole does look fake doesn’t it?lol. But of course I didn’t do that. Lol.

As far as the scratch, what if I screw up and make it look worse? Now that would probably bug me more than the actual scratch in its current state.

Worst case scenario and it rusts, at least it’s not on the quarter panel near the wheel well. I can just replace the entire door.

[I did see your edit just now. Lol]
 
Chances are, since you are a skilled detailer, you have a steady enough hand to fill in the scratch to make it look decent.
 
Bill D said:
Chances are, since you are a skilled detailer, you have a steady enough hand to fill in the scratch to make it look decent.
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No better way to learn than on your own car. You’re right about that. The little dent is the only reason that makes me unsure, because I’m supposed to sand it flat, but how am I gonna sand it flat if it’s dented?

That’s why I don’t spend much time thinking about it.
 
Speaking of painting, I have to paint the wiper arms on my Cadillac. I have SEM paint, just got to get in the mood to do it
 
Bill D said:
Speaking of painting, I have to paint the wiper arms on my Cadillac. I have SEM paint, just got to get in the mood to do it
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Be careful with that. Do it indoors if you can. Last time I painted my windshield wiper arms it was kinda windy but I was impatient and wound up screwing up.
 
In the garage for sure. I want to see if I can apply with a foam paint brush. We will see. I have to do plenty of masking first.
 
Eldorado2k said:
As far as the scratch, what if I screw up and make it look worse? Now that would probably bug me more than the actual scratch in its current state.
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Oh man...now you sound like me! That looks fairly easy to touch up because it's long and deep, looks easier say, than a round chip. My philosophy with touchup is if you don't like the way it looks, you can wipe it right out with IPA if you just did it, if it's been a little longer you should be able to use some lacquer thinner as long as the clear around it is 2K (don't blame me if something happens with the lacquer thinner), and start over. But I still don't do it most of the time because I'm afraid I won't like they way it comes out...that and my touchup is dried up.

It's funny, I have a glass bottle of dealer touchup for another car that's about 20 years old, and it's fine, but all the ones I bought from PaintScratch a few years ago for my (ok, it's 6 years, I just looked it up) are all dried up, and this is the second batch I bought (in their plastic bottles). I was looking at other online touchup paint places, I found one or 2 that show glass bottles, and one it wasn't clear, so I emailed them and they said glass--boo, PaintScratch for using plastic.
 
Bill D said:
In the garage for sure. I want to see if I can apply with a foam paint brush. We will see. I have to plenty of masking first.
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It’s actual paint? I did mine with spray paint. I should’ve waited as soon as I felt the can was half empty. Turn it sideways and suddenly you lose spray, everything went wrong…
 
Bill D said:
In the garage for sure. I want to see if I can apply with a foam paint brush. We will see. I have to do plenty of masking first.
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Bill! You'll get overspray all over the garage. Oh, sorry foam brush...hmm...not sure that's going to come out the way you want it.

For the kids listening--make sure to take care of the paint on your wiper arms so you don't have to repaint them like Uncle Bill and I.
 
Yes, it’s a can of actual paint made by SEM. I got it last week so everything is brand new to use
 
Eldorado2k said:
It’s actual paint? I did mine with spray paint. I should’ve waited as soon as I felt the can was half empty. Turn it sideways and suddenly you lose spray, everything went wrong…
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Wait--kids take care of your wiper arms so you don't have to repaint them like Uncle Bill, Uncle Setec, and Uncle Eldo.
 
Wiper arms are among the most neglected part of the vehicle.
I take care of the blades, but not the arms.
 
My wiper arms are 35 years old and I think the heat finally did in the wiper arm paint. I’ll be sure to spray far away from the cars. Luckily if it doesn’t come out that great,the arms are hidden by the hood and not obviously noticeable. I’ll have to make this a very careful project. I’m not prepared to do it quite yet
 
Bill D said:
My wiper arms are 35 years old and I think the heat finally did in the wiper arm paint. I’ll be sure to spray far away from the cars. Luckily if it doesn’t come out that great,the arms are hidden by the hood and not obviously noticeable. I’ll have to make this a very careful project. I’m not prepared to do it quite yet
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Some people say to remove the wiper arms, but I think that’s overkill. I’d rather lay down drop cloths over the entire car and get to spraying.
 
I can’t remove them, not in a part of my skill set. I’m going to do a whole lot of masking off first
 
Bill D said:
I can’t remove them, not in a part of my skill set. I’m going to do a whole lot of masking off first
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I totally agree. I wouldn’t remove them either + they’re on there tight as hell.
 
If I didn’t think I could reasonably attempt this myself, I would be calling all the body shops around here to see if they can do it
 
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