Perfect touch-up paint job
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Perfect touch-up paint job
The touch-up paint you get from Lexus is so thick it leaves little bumps where you use it. To get a perfect finish here's what I do.
Apply the touch-up paint with an art quality tiny paintbrush. When the paint has cured, take a piece of scotch-tape, use a pointed tool to make a hole in it the size of your paint bump. Put the tape over the the bump with the hole in the right place. Use more tape to protect the surrounding surface.
Wet sand with 1000 grit sandpaper until the paint bump is flush with the tape. Then use Turtlewax buffing compound (the brown stuff) with your finger to remove the sandpaper marks. Wash area and use turtlewax clearcoat buffing compound, again with your finger, to further polish the area.
Remove the tape and wax several times to remove any leftover haze.
Apply the touch-up paint with an art quality tiny paintbrush. When the paint has cured, take a piece of scotch-tape, use a pointed tool to make a hole in it the size of your paint bump. Put the tape over the the bump with the hole in the right place. Use more tape to protect the surrounding surface.
Wet sand with 1000 grit sandpaper until the paint bump is flush with the tape. Then use Turtlewax buffing compound (the brown stuff) with your finger to remove the sandpaper marks. Wash area and use turtlewax clearcoat buffing compound, again with your finger, to further polish the area.
Remove the tape and wax several times to remove any leftover haze.
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Ever try Langka? Takes practice but does OK...here is the link.
http://www.langka.com/the-blob-eliminator-p-31.html
Eliminates the paint blob. I found on metallic paints, the result is dull.
http://www.langka.com/the-blob-eliminator-p-31.html
Eliminates the paint blob. I found on metallic paints, the result is dull.
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