paint experts needed
#1
Drifting
Thread Starter
paint experts needed
Hopfully someone here will be able to help me. My car got hit in a parking lot by a door (im assuming). it did a pretty god scratch job on the paint. I am looking for a way to buff it out or to get it back to normal without repainting. its small enough to buff, but big enough to notice. it is also a Mag Red so I dont feel like spending $$$ and time to take it to a shop to repaint. but i will if i have to. i have attached a couple of pics so someone can give me a hint. As always....thanks CF
#3
Race Director
If you can feel that it is scratched DOWN into the panel. Then it will require painting or touch up of some type.
If it is residue left form the car that hit you. Then carefully by hand...you can lightly compound/polish it out. Do not get to aggressive with your rubbing...due to the factory clearcoat is thin at best...and you do not want to remove the clearcoat and expose your basecoat red to the sun...which will cause it to fade quickly. If you get red on your towel...you went too far..
"DUB"
If it is residue left form the car that hit you. Then carefully by hand...you can lightly compound/polish it out. Do not get to aggressive with your rubbing...due to the factory clearcoat is thin at best...and you do not want to remove the clearcoat and expose your basecoat red to the sun...which will cause it to fade quickly. If you get red on your towel...you went too far..
"DUB"
#4
Drifting
Thread Starter
If you can feel that it is scratched DOWN into the panel. Then it will require painting or touch up of some type.
If it is residue left form the car that hit you. Then carefully by hand...you can lightly compound/polish it out. Do not get to aggressive with your rubbing...due to the factory clearcoat is thin at best...and you do not want to remove the clearcoat and expose your basecoat red to the sun...which will cause it to fade quickly. If you get red on your towel...you went too far..
"DUB"
If it is residue left form the car that hit you. Then carefully by hand...you can lightly compound/polish it out. Do not get to aggressive with your rubbing...due to the factory clearcoat is thin at best...and you do not want to remove the clearcoat and expose your basecoat red to the sun...which will cause it to fade quickly. If you get red on your towel...you went too far..
"DUB"
#5
Instructor
try a small dab of toothpaste on a soft rag.. looks like its just on the surface to me..
#6
Race Director
AS for you doing it by hand. I seriously doubt that you will damage the paint. You want to apply light pressure..and make sure that you have enough of the compound on your towel so it can do its job. Take it slow and DO NOT CONCENTRATE in ONE SPOT. Kinda move your towel around a little bit. And area about the size of a dollar bill folded in half will do. You if you get it down to very small spots that are remaining. You can concentrate on them but watch the pressue you are applying to these spots. SLOW and STEADY wins THIS RACE. And depending on the amount of residue left on your panel. It may take a while ...due to using a lightly abrasive compound.
Once you get it all off. Then apply your polish.
DO this out of the direct sunlight and when the paint is cool to the touch. And make sure that you panel is clean before starting...so you do not grind in grit from the road.
"DUB"
#7
Drifting
Thread Starter
But once again, I give you some props.
#8
Instructor
customryder -- dude, u rock. toothpaste worked like a charm. Quick question, was wondering if it has any affect on the finish? I was considering washing the car this weekend, get all the dirt off and go around the car with toothpaste and find small blemishes. Then go back and wash, clay and wax it.
But once again, I give you some props.
But once again, I give you some props.
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#12
Drifting
Thread Starter
thanks to everyone for the help. Another quick question. did a decent detail on my car today and unfortunately i have a small gash on my gas door and rock chips on the sideview mirrors, hood and nose clip. im wondering what the best way to take care of these is? its a Mag Red so it becomes expensive and time consuming to get it painted. however, next year when it stops becoming my daily, i wouldnt mind getting the whole thing repainted to take out the blemishes as well as getting a clear bra and clear coverings for the mirrors and wheel wells. any good advice would be great.
#13
Race Director
thanks to everyone for the help. Another quick question. did a decent detail on my car today and unfortunately i have a small gash on my gas door and rock chips on the sideview mirrors, hood and nose clip. im wondering what the best way to take care of these is? its a Mag Red so it becomes expensive and time consuming to get it painted. however, next year when it stops becoming my daily, i wouldnt mind getting the whole thing repainted to take out the blemishes as well as getting a clear bra and clear coverings for the mirrors and wheel wells. any good advice would be great.
1.) I would not wax your car. This is so the wax will not bake into these chips and others blemishes. Using a good polish is fine...but no wax. IF wax is used...and dries into these blemishes...then problems can occur with paint adhesion. This is also depending on how far down the shop chooses to prep your existing paint for a re-paint. IF you do continue to wax it...LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU DO!!!!. DO NOT USE any products (if possible) that contain SILICONE or TEFLON. IF you do...once again...let the shop know. Dont let it be one of "those" situations that when you get it painted...and six months later ( if that) your paint starts "flying" off. And when you take it back to the shop...you say, "OH...by the way...I used this "once a year" silicone/teflon-polyglycoat stuff on my car". AND expect to get a "smiling" face looking back at you.
I can not count the number of cars I see that have chips filled in with baked on wax. It changes the prepping process ENTIRELY!!!!
And for what it is worth. Applying anything on top of fresh paint is a NO-NO in my book. It will take some time for the paint to cure (and I do not mean force dried one cycle). SO... NO BRAS or PLASTIC CHIP GUARD products. Especially if it is in an area where the sun can beat down on it. There are some "variables" in these statements I made that can allow the clear appliques to be added. But it all depends on the amount of time under an infra-red heat lamp (or other force drying method)...if the clear coat is "open cut"...and then type of clear and amount that was applied.
AS for touching up these areas of concern. The choice is yours. Often times when touching up a solid color the process is a lot easier than touching up a color that has metallics or pearls in it.
"DUB"