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Car Painting: Touch It Up Yourself, But Leave It At That Posted by carsandtrucks on Tuesday, October 16 @ 06:00:25 PDT A friend called me the other day and asked me for some advice on painting his car. My best advice is don't do it. Leave it to the pros. Vehicle paint is a complicated process carried out by trained experienced painters. The factories paint with robots to assure consistent application throughout the paint process. Full panel painting, like a fender or door requires expensive equipment to accomplish a good finish. Now that is not to say there are not some paint applications that the do it yourselfer can't tackle. For those parking lot dings, and chips a touch up stick works well. The trick to touch up is preparation of the chipped area. Lightly sand with 400 or higher grit sandpaper, apply touch up paint, let it dry and and sand smooth. Do not try to cover the chipped area in one application. You will end up with a glob of paint that looks worse then the chip you are trying to cover up. The new touch up tubes come with a brush and a pencil type applicator. The pencil tip applicator works well on scratches. Like all painting, taking the time to prep the surface to be painted and take your time to apply the product will assure a satisfactory job.   Sales & Service Tips Random Photo

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