magoo (Magoo)
Advanced Member
Username: Magoo
Post Number: 3356
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, November 03, 2002 - 12:25 am: | |
It seems like this is a question with a answer. Anyway If the scratch didn't go down to the primer,sealer, or to the metal, I would first try 1000 grit wet or dry, damp paper,with a small wood block confining it to the length of the scratch for flat sanding and diagnolly sand lightly across the scratch. Then finally use 1200 or 1500 to finish it. Then lightly buff with white polishing compound and a coat of polish cleaner. Be careful though if the scratch is down under the clear, where you sand around the scratch will eventually break the clear and show a difference like a haze. The more you sand it the larger the haze will become. I would chance that however before putting the paint in the scratch and wiping it with a card. For sure the fresh paint will eat into the old paint when you wipe it. Then using thinner, only creates more of a problem where you got paint around the outside edge of the scratch. Then again you can use a soft sword brush and flow a stripe of paint into the scratch, let dry and lightly block sand later and then buff and polish. These touchups are tough and always risky and have no guarantees. |