Deep Scratch
Deep Scratch
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From: San Diego, California
If it's just to the primer, you can use the dealer bought touch up paint. Apply it in thin coats until it is slightly above level of the rest of the finish. I prefer to buy a good quality hobby brush to apply the paint; the one that comes with the touch up paint bottle is just too big for accurate jobs.
Wait a couple of days for the paint to cure, and then have it lightly buffed with a polishing compound to bring down the touch up paint layer even with the rest of the finish. I have my local detail shop do this for 5 bucks.
Even if you don't add clear coat layer, the scratch will become almost invisible.
After that, you should spot wax it as per the instructions on the touch up paint bottle. This will protect the touch up.
Note: For the lazy man method, which looks almost as good and still protects the paint, you can skip the buff part. I prefer to be lazy only on the little rock nicks on my hood, since I get soo many.
Wait a couple of days for the paint to cure, and then have it lightly buffed with a polishing compound to bring down the touch up paint layer even with the rest of the finish. I have my local detail shop do this for 5 bucks.
Even if you don't add clear coat layer, the scratch will become almost invisible.
After that, you should spot wax it as per the instructions on the touch up paint bottle. This will protect the touch up.
Note: For the lazy man method, which looks almost as good and still protects the paint, you can skip the buff part. I prefer to be lazy only on the little rock nicks on my hood, since I get soo many.
Last edited by gpaje; Feb 11, 2004 at 02:28 AM.
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From: SAN DIEGO, SOCAL
Gpaje, what part of diego? and are you the one who tossed a rock at me on the 15north? i got nailed the other day, real bad, right down to the bare metal, would you recommend the same process as you did to RBB?
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Hey Willie Dynomite, what a small world we live in! I'm in the Eastlake section of Chula Vista, but the rock throwing was most likely not me
My truck is a 2000 Red F150 Scab with two fox stickers on both sides of my rear sliding window, you may have seen me in the one hour of traffic I'm in every morning and evening.
As for your scratch, that sucks. There are so many rocks on the road recently with all those semis hauling earth and stones for all the freaking houses they keep building in San Diego.
Because it's to the metal, you should probably primer the metal first. This will give you the best color matching and paint adhesion. But to be completely honest, I don't always primer first and it still looked pretty good after I was done. The important thing is that you touch it up so the paint in the area doesn’t get worse by water and dirt seeping in under the scratch and rust prevention.
My truck is a 2000 Red F150 Scab with two fox stickers on both sides of my rear sliding window, you may have seen me in the one hour of traffic I'm in every morning and evening.
As for your scratch, that sucks. There are so many rocks on the road recently with all those semis hauling earth and stones for all the freaking houses they keep building in San Diego.
Because it's to the metal, you should probably primer the metal first. This will give you the best color matching and paint adhesion. But to be completely honest, I don't always primer first and it still looked pretty good after I was done. The important thing is that you touch it up so the paint in the area doesn’t get worse by water and dirt seeping in under the scratch and rust prevention.