touching up paint

timmeh Learner Dubber

8 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 30 Jun 2008, 10:59 pm

#655015

I'm currently rebuilding a VW and I got the whole car resprayed about a month ago,
anyway my dads friend was helping me install the engine and get it running and whilst doing this nocked a ratchet or something on the body so now I have two nice paint chips on my new paint 🙁

I have about a liter of the original paint left, whats the best way to touch it up? I'm thinking brush on the paint with a thick coat without thinners where the chip is, then should I "cut and polish" it back? and how do I go about this? is it possible to get it almost unnoticeable?

any suggestions would be great!
thanks!

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 30 Jun 2008, 11:19 pm

#655021

PM Dasdubber

timmeh Learner Dubber

8 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 30 Jun 2008, 11:27 pm

#655023

okay will do

(tries to raise post count so i can pm)

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 1 Jul 2008, 5:03 pm

#655136

hey tim its buggin_74 from samba good to see u found the place

5PL1TDCS10N Insano Dub Head

845 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 2 Jul 2008, 11:20 am

#655325

Hi Tim,

Clean the chip with some wax & grease remover throughly first. Then lightly sand the edges so it blends more between layers and there is no hard edge. If you sand back to baremetal you will have to touch it up before paint with etch primer.
Paint the chip unthinned and make sure it is fairly proud off the surface. Wait a week and wet rub it with 1500 then 2000 paper. Buff and polish after.

Hope this helps-Wayne

timmeh Learner Dubber

8 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 2 Jul 2008, 2:37 pm

#655347

DUB74L wrote:hey tim its buggin_74 from samba good to see u found the place

sure did, thanks again 🙂

Hi Tim, Clean the chip with some wax & grease remover throughly first. Then lightly sand the edges so it blends more between layers and there is no hard edge. If you sand back to baremetal you will have to touch it up before paint with etch primer. Paint the chip unthinned and make sure it is fairly proud off the surface. Wait a week and wet rub it with 1500 then 2000 paper. Buff and polish after. Hope this helps-Wayne

Okay, i'll give this a shot :P