I have a few scratches when I took off the badges and , so I bought a pint of paint 8Q0 (stage one it has clear coat in it).Any tips you guy can give me on how to go about ipaint the scratches.
Oh I am going to use a airbrush.
Well I tried to do it but I messed up BIG time .I shot the paint with my airbrush and now it looks like Crap . Is there any way to paint over a area that is rough to the touch.
Having taken a couple of auto body repair classes, I learned that painting an auto is nearly an art form, some have it, some don't. I am one of those that don't, ha ha, that's why I went into aviation instead.
Moral of the story is: You really can't try to "wing" a paint job. Like Hovismo said, don't skimp on the prep work, and definately go with quality two stage paint, also try to stay indoors (you'll have dust in the paint if you go outside). And if you're not sure, pay the cash and have a body shop do it, or get someone you know is good at paint to help you....just advice....take it or leave it!
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Coming soon...Wheels, 2.5" front lift kit, dual SpinTech exhaust, intake, billet grill, stereo in blue LED, maybe some headers...
i would'nt recommend any type of spray-painting if you're just doing a spot job. there are companies that specialize in spraying spot jobs, i'm not one of them. What i usually do, is when there is a small scratch on a panel, or some pocks, i just touch them up with a paint brush. just paint the scratch only, not the area around it. If you try and spray paint the scratch, you'll get lots of overspray on the surrounding paint and it will look like crap. Unless you want to paint the entire panel...
I got a small (about an inch long) but pretty deep scratch on passenger side door panel. I can see the white color inside the scratch. Will a small paint brush be enough to cover up that scratch? I'm not really looking for 100% perfection, but just enough to cover up the scratch and prevent from rusting. Even a clear coat would do, just as long as i can prevent from rusting. The scratch is not that visible from a distance so it's not a distraction. any recommendation as to what kind of material i need to do the job? thanks
THere's actually a couple of good links in the garage section about this topic. THe long and short of it is is not simple. ONe method recommended using a tooth pick to slowly fill hte scratch. NOteing that less is more. Apply 2-3 coats versus one big glop.
There's alot more, but if your really interested you should visit the garage.
openspaces - thanks for your advice.. i did go check out the garage section and from what i see, it's not an easy thing..
great.. all i want to do is just fill up the big scratch mark.. it doesn't have to be perfect. just to fill the voids. I think it's just the clearcoat paint that got scratched. so maybe i can get away with just filling up the gap with clearcoat?
here are some pic.. they look bigger than they actually appear. pic 1 pic 2 pic 3
Painting scratches
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