paint scrapes
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paint scrapes
I have a 02 Ranger (black) and I have small scrapes 1/4 nto inch or even scraches where there is no damage or indent but the black has almost like it has been scraped off and the white is showing through, I don't want to spend the money to have a professional touch up the spots, how can I at home repaint them so they won't rust and eventually go through the metal
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did you try waxing it over yet. get some good wax and give that a try. make sure you press really hard, like with about 40-50 lbs of pressure, or as hard as you can till you feel you might bend the panel. if that dont work, you might have better luck in the paint and detail secion.
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Auto parts stores sell little bottles of touch-up paint, as does your local dealer. They have a little brush built into the cap that you use to apply it.
If you put it on carefully, it will look decent from a distance. It'll still be pretty obvious if you look close, but it will protect the metal and be far less visible than the primer.
Get the surface good and clean, and make sure it's dry before you put the paint on, then try to do thin coats so it doesn't glob up...
If you put it on carefully, it will look decent from a distance. It'll still be pretty obvious if you look close, but it will protect the metal and be far less visible than the primer.
Get the surface good and clean, and make sure it's dry before you put the paint on, then try to do thin coats so it doesn't glob up...
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Get good results from touch up paint
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Surface Preparation.
Thoroughly clean area to be repaired with dish soap (Joy, Dawn etc.) and water. Then dry completely. The use of prep solvent and a clean lint free towel assures the best clean surface free of wax, grease, and other oil based surface contaminates. For better results do not apply in direct sunlight.
If sanding is needed: Use 180 grit sandpaper to removes rust or bad surface damage. Then use 320 to remove 180 grit scratches
Primer
Apply touch up primer over bare metal or plastic 2-3 coats 10-15 minutes in between coats. Primer can be sanded with 600 wet sandpaper in as little as 2 hours.
If you want to blend: after sanding the area with 600, sand the outer edge with 1500 wet sandpaper. Touch up clearcoat will fill 1500 wet sand paper scratches. If any sanding is done then cleaning again is necessary. You should touch up with the basecoat over the 600 scratches, and use the clearcoat over the surface sanded with 1500 wet sandpaper.
Paint Touch Up Application
Thoroughly shake the base coat color before applying. Apply as many coats necessary to cover the area leaving 10-15 min. minimum between light coats. Do not wet sand or use prep solvent in between coats of paint or clearcoat.
Please allow 1 hour to overnight after base coat color has been applied to apply clearcoat. Apply clearcoat 2-3 coats using a dabbing motion waiting 15-20 minutes in between coats. Be gentle with the brush because you do not want to disturb the undercoats. Use a light dabbing motion.
Clear coat should be dry to the touch in 1-2 hours, but will completely dry over night. Clearcoat can be compounded after fully dry to bring optimum shine. Clearcoat can also be wet sanded lightly with1500 and than polished to remove dirt. Not exactly the easiest task for a beginner to remove wet sand scratches by hand compounding. Do not wax the fresh paint for one month.
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Thoroughly clean area to be repaired with dish soap (Joy, Dawn etc.) and water. Then dry completely. The use of prep solvent and a clean lint free towel assures the best clean surface free of wax, grease, and other oil based surface contaminates. For better results do not apply in direct sunlight.
If sanding is needed: Use 180 grit sandpaper to removes rust or bad surface damage. Then use 320 to remove 180 grit scratches
Apply touch up primer over bare metal or plastic 2-3 coats 10-15 minutes in between coats. Primer can be sanded with 600 wet sandpaper in as little as 2 hours.
If you want to blend: after sanding the area with 600, sand the outer edge with 1500 wet sandpaper. Touch up clearcoat will fill 1500 wet sand paper scratches. If any sanding is done then cleaning again is necessary. You should touch up with the basecoat over the 600 scratches, and use the clearcoat over the surface sanded with 1500 wet sandpaper.
Thoroughly shake the base coat color before applying. Apply as many coats necessary to cover the area leaving 10-15 min. minimum between light coats. Do not wet sand or use prep solvent in between coats of paint or clearcoat.
Please allow 1 hour to overnight after base coat color has been applied to apply clearcoat. Apply clearcoat 2-3 coats using a dabbing motion waiting 15-20 minutes in between coats. Be gentle with the brush because you do not want to disturb the undercoats. Use a light dabbing motion.
Clear coat should be dry to the touch in 1-2 hours, but will completely dry over night. Clearcoat can be compounded after fully dry to bring optimum shine. Clearcoat can also be wet sanded lightly with1500 and than polished to remove dirt. Not exactly the easiest task for a beginner to remove wet sand scratches by hand compounding. Do not wax the fresh paint for one month.
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