I need some help here folks! Any tips on applying touch-up paint to long fine scratches on black paint? The touch-up paint I got from the dealer is super thick and dries almost instantly! Putting it on a fine scratch is impossible since it globs on and dries before you can smooth it out. I tried touching up some scratches that made it all the way to the white primer, but the touch up job looked every bit a bad as the scratch! Any tricks or tips?????

 

Put the paint in the sun and let it heat up to see if it thins out.

Or transfer some to another container and add something to thin the paint down. You'll want it pretty thin. I use plasti coat touch-up paint and it already comes thin. I have to apply 3 or 4 coats to cover a scratch up.

Also make sure you hit the area with something to strip the wax and is approved for paintshop use (means paint will stick to the surface the product has been used on)

 

Thanks intel! I love my Black truck, but it seem like every other day I find a nice scratch that goes all the way to the light grey primer! White on black...stands out big time! Maybe someday, they will come up with a special dark colored primer to use on dark painted vehicles!

 

If you get your vehicle painted in a high-end paintshop, they do.

 

I had the same problem a few months back. It appeared atleast someone had keyed my truck on the passenger side door. I tried to 'paint' over the scratch with the touch up paint and just flat out ruined it. The touchup paint was so thick it just looked auful. Took it to a friend who details cars. He basically scratched the touchup paint off with his fingernail, and used a tool that looked like a dart. He put the touchup paint in on the top and was able to use the fine tip of the dart to put it inside the scratch, and then just used it like a pen to fill in a line. They key was having the small dart like tip to 'draw' a line instead of basically trying to paint on the touchup paint with the brush that comes with it. Looks great now..