How to blend touch up paint? Bottle
08-15-2011, 01:00 AM
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How to blend touch up paint? Bottle
When i first got my car,it was covered in deep scratches from the previous owner wrecking it and grinding it up against a tree. Not knowing what to do,as i was inexperienced with body work/paint, I used one of the little bottles of touch up paint you can get at Auto zone,Meijers,walmart. It's modeled sort of like a pen. It has a brush and a pen tip on it. So my car has touch up paint on it that almost blends,but you can still see in the sun that it is a little lighter. How would i blend it? I have a buffer. Ive buffed the spots as well as clay bared it. Would rubbing compound on the buffer help? Thanks
08-23-2011, 12:19 AM
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Re: How to blend touch up paint? Bottle
The application is what has to be done correctly the first time. You can not blend touch up on a scratch so that it is unnoticeable. You can however blend a chip flawlessly.
1. Do some research and purchase a quality paint sample of your color code to be used as touch-up
2. Clean the chip out of any wax/grease/dirt. soap water agitation and a final wipe with acetone works well.
3. Apply the paint into the chip, using small thin coats waiting for each coat to flash(tack) before applying the next. These coats should be applied into the chip only, using capillary action to pull the paint into the chip. Keep adding coats untill the new paint in the chip is just a hair thickness above the old paint around the chip. Tooth picks and tiny thin strand brushes are perfect for this. Smaller the better.
4. Allow the paint to completely dry, it may take a few days or longer.
5. Once the paint is dry you will wet sand it down so that the new paint and old paint surfaces are flush in thickness. 1000g-1200g-1500g-2000g WET.
6. Once the surfaces are even and wet sanded you can now buff them out with compound and polish by hand or preferably with a DA. Cover with wax or sealant.
You can do this to with some scratches but it is much more time consuming. This will give you a flawless chip fix no one will ever notice.
1. Do some research and purchase a quality paint sample of your color code to be used as touch-up
2. Clean the chip out of any wax/grease/dirt. soap water agitation and a final wipe with acetone works well.
3. Apply the paint into the chip, using small thin coats waiting for each coat to flash(tack) before applying the next. These coats should be applied into the chip only, using capillary action to pull the paint into the chip. Keep adding coats untill the new paint in the chip is just a hair thickness above the old paint around the chip. Tooth picks and tiny thin strand brushes are perfect for this. Smaller the better.
4. Allow the paint to completely dry, it may take a few days or longer.
5. Once the paint is dry you will wet sand it down so that the new paint and old paint surfaces are flush in thickness. 1000g-1200g-1500g-2000g WET.
6. Once the surfaces are even and wet sanded you can now buff them out with compound and polish by hand or preferably with a DA. Cover with wax or sealant.
You can do this to with some scratches but it is much more time consuming. This will give you a flawless chip fix no one will ever notice.
08-23-2011, 03:16 AM
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Re: How to blend touch up paint? Bottle
The application is what has to be done correctly the first time. You can not blend touch up on a scratch so that it is unnoticeable. You can however blend a chip flawlessly.
1. Do some research and purchase a quality paint sample of your color code to be used as touch-up
2. Clean the chip out of any wax/grease/dirt. soap water agitation and a final wipe with acetone works well.
3. Apply the paint into the chip, using small thin coats waiting for each coat to flash(tack) before applying the next. These coats should be applied into the chip only, using capillary action to pull the paint into the chip. Keep adding coats untill the new paint in the chip is just a hair thickness above the old paint around the chip. Tooth picks and tiny thin strand brushes are perfect for this. Smaller the better.
4. Allow the paint to completely dry, it may take a few days or longer.
5. Once the paint is dry you will wet sand it down so that the new paint and old paint surfaces are flush in thickness. 1000g-1200g-1500g-2000g WET.
6. Once the surfaces are even and wet sanded you can now buff them out with compound and polish by hand or preferably with a DA. Cover with wax or sealant.
You can do this to with some scratches but it is much more time consuming. This will give you a flawless chip fix no one will ever notice.
1. Do some research and purchase a quality paint sample of your color code to be used as touch-up
2. Clean the chip out of any wax/grease/dirt. soap water agitation and a final wipe with acetone works well.
3. Apply the paint into the chip, using small thin coats waiting for each coat to flash(tack) before applying the next. These coats should be applied into the chip only, using capillary action to pull the paint into the chip. Keep adding coats untill the new paint in the chip is just a hair thickness above the old paint around the chip. Tooth picks and tiny thin strand brushes are perfect for this. Smaller the better.
4. Allow the paint to completely dry, it may take a few days or longer.
5. Once the paint is dry you will wet sand it down so that the new paint and old paint surfaces are flush in thickness. 1000g-1200g-1500g-2000g WET.
6. Once the surfaces are even and wet sanded you can now buff them out with compound and polish by hand or preferably with a DA. Cover with wax or sealant.
You can do this to with some scratches but it is much more time consuming. This will give you a flawless chip fix no one will ever notice.
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