Proper way to use touch up paint.

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I was hoping someone on this forum could detail for me the proper procedure for applying touch up paint. I left the house this morning for blood work, went to my grandfathers house, washed my car, took down the Christmas decorations and went home. However I forgot to close the cabinent door which I keep my car detaling supplies in. My grandfather called me about an hour ago and told me he backed into the garage and hit the cabinent door, and it took a big chunk of paint off the trim of his vehicle.

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Thanks in advance.
 
Sorry to hear about that. I would get some Dr Color Chip and apply it with a pointy toothpick. It looks kinda wide, so you may not get it to disappear as much as you'd like, but better than spraying a panel. You can also use a very fine paintbrush or better yet, the micro brushes that you can find on ebay or griots has them too I believe. Refer to my thread to help you spread it. Then, use the Dr Chip to level it. You can also get your own touch up and use Langka to level it, but, Langka is not as easy to use. My $.02.

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Thanks, I bought some Dr. Color Chip last Feburary, my optometrist actually has his testimonial posted on the website, works great. I've got some really fine paint brushes I use to pin stripe the model cars I assemble, I suppose it should work fine. The gouge is actually about 4 inches long by 1/4 - 1/2 inch tall. It was taken with a cell phone camera so it doesn't look very large.
 
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Richy's writeup is excellent, takes time to build up the paint if it's deep but keep trying, don't give up after one or two coats. On a side panel it'll tend to sag towards the lowest point.
 
If you are not comfortable with wetsanding and polishing
Get the Langka repair system. Its pretty easy to use.
 
Andr3wilson said:
If you are not comfortable with wetsanding and polishing
Get the Langka repair system. Its pretty easy to use.
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You don't need to wet sand with Langka.


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I'll have to start on it tomorrow after my grandfather gets home from work. I have to have my gallbladder removed Wednesday and I was told to stay in bed for a few days. I'll have to finish it up late next week.
 
It was taken with a cell phone camera so it doesn't look very large.
 
What I tried ,is use regular touch-up paint, let dry about 20 minutes , then fold up a Viva paper towel in a ball, and apply BRAKE CLEAN to the ball and very lightly wipe over the touch-up paint. It worked for me , it filled in the chip and cleaned up the excess paint. Its trial and error to see how long the paint must dry, could be 10 minutes or a half hour. For me it was 20 minutes.I used Chlor.-brake clean. It seems to me its about the solvent you use. Lacquer thinner is to hot and mneral spirits is not hot enough. Hot meaning strong cold is week.
 
I just applied the touch up paint, let it dry for about 15 minutes and used a shop rag to dab and wipe the "lumpy spots". It worked great!

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I have to go over it again, you can still see some white spots and and a stripe.
 
Rsurfer said:
I think you mis-read his post, but it's not easy to use.
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I agree. I much rather primer, fill in with paint. Lightly sand with fine grade sand paper, compound/polish. Skip the clear. What method do you use Rsurfer?
 
CM8 6MT said:
I agree. I much rather primer, fill in with paint. Lightly sand with fine grade sand paper, compound/polish. Skip the clear. What method do you use Rsurfer?
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There are some spots on my newish truck that has touchup paint applied by the dealer or previous owner. One of the spots is on the hood and the touchup paint is raised above the surface. I reckon your answer applies to me as well. In a few weeks i plan to detail my truck and i reckon ill get some fine sandpaper and sand it down level with the surface before compounding and polishing.
 
CM8 6MT said:
I agree. I much rather primer, fill in with paint. Lightly sand with fine grade sand paper, compound/polish. Skip the clear. What method do you use Rsurfer?
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:iagree:It's hard to clear a touch up spot. I've heard that you can get paint with the clear mixed in..that sounds like a winner if the paint matches.
 
LazyGhost said:
There are some spots on my newish truck that has touchup paint applied by the dealer or previous owner. One of the spots is on the hood and the touchup paint is raised above the surface. I reckon your answer applies to me as well. In a few weeks i plan to detail my truck and i reckon ill get some fine sandpaper and sand it down level with the surface before compounding and polishing.
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Take your time, use a sanding block and do it very lightly. Good luck.
 
LazyGhost said:
There are some spots on my newish truck that has touchup paint applied by the dealer or previous owner. One of the spots is on the hood and the touchup paint is raised above the surface. I reckon your answer applies to me as well. In a few weeks i plan to detail my truck and i reckon ill get some fine sandpaper and sand it down level with the surface before compounding and polishing.
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Take it real easy on the sandpaper. I taped off the area in question surrounding the scratch. Its real easy to take off "too" much clear than needed. Even while very lightly wet sanding the area, I had to use a compound followed by a polish to get the sanding marks off.
 
Larry A said:
What I tried ,is use regular touch-up paint, let dry about 20 minutes , then fold up a Viva paper towel in a ball, and apply BRAKE CLEAN to the ball and very lightly wipe over the touch-up paint.QUOTE]


How do you fold a paper towel into a ball without having creases?
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Well I went in this morning for my surgery. I was released a few hours later. I should be able to get back to work on it in about a week. I'll use some really fine sandpaper and apply more paint to remove all imperfections.
 
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