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Lately, I've been playing around with some scratch repair. Using touch up paint to fill in scratches, wet sanding, etc...
Here is my latest victim
Here is my latest victim
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Very nice job!
It looks like new, I can't even notice it
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Wow. That looks great. Any pictures of the process along the way, or could you write up a step by step outline of specifically what you did, what you used, etc?Michael Stoops
Senior Global Product & Training Specialist | Meguiar's Inc.
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That is great work right there! I wish I could do that!
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Re: Been playing around with scratch repair....
Originally posted by Mike-in-Orange View Post
No, no pictures along the way. I forget too much
Basically, clean the area out with alcohol.
Apply a coat of touch up paint(the kind from the dealer with the little brush).
Keep applying coat after coat until the touched up area is higher(thicker) than the paint on the car. This took about 4-5 coats before I could see it being thicker than the factory paint on the door.
Next, I wet (feather)sanded with 2000 UniGrit paper to get everything flush and level.
Buff with M105 on a wool pad
These scratches on this car took about 3 hours to repair. Mainly because of how many there were. There are 2 major chips in the paint(which you can see plain as day), but all of those little scratches had to be filled in also. And also, look at the door's edge, there were several chips there also.2008 Meguiar's Batmobile Team
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Amazing. I would like to try that on a couple pesky rock chips on the wife's car. One question though. Is that ss paint or b/c?Comment
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Re: Been playing around with scratch repair....
The paint on the car is bc/ccOriginally posted by Duff View Post2008 Meguiar's Batmobile Team
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Re: Been playing around with scratch repair....
I never would of guessed that was touch up paint especially on bc/cc. Very nice work.Comment
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Thank you sir
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Re: Been playing around with scratch repair....
Looks Great!
How long did you let the touch up paint cure before you started sanding and buffing it out?BrianComment
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Good job!Comment
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Looks awesome. Can't even see where the scratches were to begin with!
Andy
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Excellent work!Comment
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That is amazing....definitely something I want to work on.
I am also curious how long you wait for the paint to cure until you move onto the wetsand/polish stage.Comment
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That is a outstanding job. There is no way to tell that it was touched up. Way to go.quality creates its own demandComment
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