I'm pissed. I just detailed my GS a couple of weeks ago. Yesterday I noticed two pretty good sized scratches near the drivers side rear door. They are both down to the white therefore, pretty deep. Not wide. I am very nervous about touch-up paint. Will scratch-x work on this? If not, what is the proper fix? Step-by step on touch-up would help or maybe sometype of link. Thanks in advance.

 

Touch up will help. It will mask it, some people would not even notice....but you will, forever.....sucks doesn't it?

 

how to do a "perfect" touch up?

Fill the scratch then clay bar it?

please advise....thanks!

 

kickin, fill it with what? Filler and then touch-up?

 

I think he says, fill it with touch up....then clay.

 

Here is what I do when I have chip, scratch to fix with touch up paint

1. get the touch up paint from dealer or pep-boys
2. get some blue 3m painters masking tape
3. cut a hole in the painter tape similar to the scratch or chip
- make the hole a little larger than the actual spot that needs painting
- use an exacto knife or razor blade to cut the tape hole
4. clean the area to be painted with some alcohol
5. place the tape over the area to be painted
6. get some 2500 and 2000 grit wet sand paper (may need to go to a auto paint paint store to find this).
7. Soak the sandpaper for at least 1 hour.
8. LIGHTLY sand around the chip
9. clean off the sanded area, use the blue tape to "tack" away any residue from the sanding.
10. apply a thin coat of the touch up paint and let dry for at least 1 hr
11. sand it down again LIGHTLY.
12. clean up the sanding residue again as in #9
13. apply a 2nd thin coat of touch up paint let dry for another hr
14. sand it down again VERY LIGHTLY
14 1/2. remove the tape.
15. the last sanding it to get the touch up paint to the level of the rest of the paint.
16. to really make it disappear you'll need to polish it out later with a buffer and some polishes.
17. if you don't have a buffer you should be okay wait about 24 hrs and try some meguiar's scratch-x

Sounds like a lot of work but it's really not. the idea is to use the touch up paint to fill and conceal the scratch or chip, to level it with the rest of the paint. You'll notice that touch up paint goes on pretty thick which is the purpose of the sanding, to bring it down. when an auto body place sprays on paint it goes on extremely thin you can never get the same results with the brush on a touch up paint bottle - again the reason for the sanding.

The blue tape protects the area around your repair spot. just remember dont sand like your sanding your old coffee table very light pressure, very wet sand paper (reminds me, keep a spray bottle with water handy during the sanding) and run your fingers across the spot to feel when the repair spot is even with the rest of the paint.

good luck

 

Armand......What a great post. I am going to give it a try. Will let you know how I make out. Thanks again!