[yoyomoefoe]

so i have had a pretty deep scratch in the drivers fender of my car right by the headlight for some time now. its driving me nut but i refuse to have the panel repainted i wanna leave all the paint original. so im wondering how do i go along properly using touch up paint on that scratch? i got the bottle of paint from the dealer already today but im waiting to find out how to do this without looking like a fool did it. iv seen some videos of people using a type of squeegee over the scratch after applying the paint. is that a good idea to level it? any help is appreciated guys.

[yoyomoefoe]

no help?

[Purplewidow]

i would help but i am no expert.. i can say it use a very very thin paint brush.. the smaller the better.. also i would move this.. the off topic section is for funny stuff and news youtube link etc etc. off topic sections don't get the looks like the others do and unless people go to DB home you won't see a list of active threads so i would pm Nica and see if he can move it and he would be a good person to ask for advice!!!

[bryansbestwax]

Ok, you can start by slowing filling in the scratch with touch up paint. use a thinner and some H20 to wipe off any excess that is outside of the scratch. The towel should be damp but not wet. use light pressure on the towel so that you do not wipe the scratch out. The paint should be semi dry before doing this, a few mins or so. apply more paint and repeat as needed. Then follow up after the paint has time to cure and buff with a polish to level out the paint. Best of luck. Anyone else have any better trick feel free to post.

[Nica]

With regards to the touch up paint here is how I've done it, now I'm no expert on this but this is what seems to work for me.

Yes, first of all get your self a fine, fine brush. You can actually pick them up at some of those hoby stores, like the brushes you use to paint modle cars/trains/boats..ect...ect. Well once you have some nice fine brushes what I do is I apply thin coats, now what I've noticed that worked for me is that what you want to do is let the coat(s) of paint dry completely, so what I do is I apply the touch up paint, let it sit for a day or two, I usually let it sit for a week or so. Then come back and touch if up again if you need, again letting it sit for a day, you just want to make sure the touch up paint is completely dried. Once it's dried you can wet sand it down followed up by polishing to remove the wet sanding marks and bring back the gloss.

Now the reason I say make sure the touch up paint is completely dried is because what I once did was I applied the touch up paint, let it dry (so I thought I was dried) for a few hours then wet sanded and polished and when I polished I actually removed all the touch up paint from the panel, the heat from the rotary was to much for it and I can only assume the touch up paint was had not dried properly.

Well like I said I'm no expert so I may out to lunch here but that's just my experiance. I've found that if I let the touch up paint dry for a few days then wet sanded it and polish it it works just fine. Just my though.