 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.
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