Touch Up Paint Nightmare

[Icecube890]

Alright, unfortunatly my family is not all that into cars and we don't really take care of them. The one I drive has scratches all over it. However, I found some touch up paint lying around and thought how hard can it be. Boy was I wrong.

I used one of those bottles with the massive brush, and pretty much no instructions. I tried using it on an area where the paint chipped off and on a scratch... on the hood. Doh. The paint definatly didn't stay in the scratch, it gobbed all over the hood. I went online attempting to find a solution and everwhere I looked, I found wet sanding. So I picked up some 2000grit sandpaper and went at it. I turned the hose on and put it on the hood of the car so it would flow over the paper as I sanded. It appeared to be working great! Then... I turned off the hose and dried the car. I clearly saw a dull area that stuck out like a sore thumb. It looks horrible. I'm not sure what to do. Im pretty sure the sanding just took off some of the clear coat, which is why it appears dull. But, I think if I try to put on more clear coat, and sand it again, I'll just end up with a bigger messed up area. Will polish of some sort fix this? Someone please help me!

Try to resist the urge to point and laugh

[mike@af]

*points and laughs* Just kidding.

Rubbing compound, or Meguiars Cleaner Wax.

[4ss4s1n]

Yea that should do it.I dont think you got the full instructions on how to sand and what not.In the future,ask here first.You will eventually get a response.But it will be worth the wait.

[Icecube890]

Well, I tried a rubbing compound... but that just did the same as the sandpaper. I still have lots of little scratches from the sandpaper and rubbing compound now. Anymore ideas?

[ghostguy6]

ok you have to find a really good cleaner that will clean what whatever compound of of the scratched area. you may have to sand all the clearcoat of the area and reapply some new clear coat, sand lightly with some really fine sandpaper, then buff the final scratches out if you choose to uise an electric buffer be very careful to keep it moving so you dont burn the paint, if you do that you have to strip the paint down to bare metal, prime it sand it , paint, sand, clear coat, sand and buff all over again thats alot of work just for a few scratches. If you want more info on body work dont be afraid to PM me or e-mail me, ill get back to you as soon as i can.