Directions For Automotive Touch Up Paint
You pay an arm and a leg for a new car and in only a few short weeks, you get that first scratch. It could happen in the parking lot or while driving down the highway, but your show room perfect car now has an imperfection. If you would like to repair that imperfection, all you need is some automotive touch up paint. You can repair the damage so that no one ever sees the scratch. Just follow the paint instructions.
In this dime-sized case, all that you should need to take care of the problem should be touch up paint, (comes in a bottle with a brush) which is verymuch like nail polish.
Begin the job by thoroughly cleaning the area that you will be touching up. Start with soap and water and then move to a product that is designed to remove grease and wax from the area. Masking tape can help to protect the rest of your vehicle.
Sand any surface rust and coat the area with a rust converter. You do not want the rust process to continue under the paint.
Primer needs to be applied to unpainted surfaces. Primer serves a couple of purposes. It adheres the base coat to the metal, but it also can fill minor imperfections in the surface of your vehicle. Primer will have to dry overnight before it is ready to be covered with the base coat. Once cured you can use more fine sandpaper to smooth any rough spots on the vehicle’s surface.
Next, you need to put the primer on the unpainted surface. Primer is made specifically to stickto the metal car surface and to have paint stick to it. You can also use it to fill in any holes or cracks in the surface of your vehicle. Make sure you allow the primer at least
10 hours of drying time, and then use the same grit sandpaper from before. Then feather the edges of the primer to make it real smooth.,
Clear coat should also be applied in thin multiple layers, just like the base coat. Once again wait about twenty minutes between coats and once finished give the clear coat about eight to ten hours or overnight to dry. You can use rubbing compound or extra fine (1000 grit) sandpaper to remove any imperfections from the clear coat. Let the clear coat dry about three more days and use rubbing compound to smooth the entire area.
Next, you need to apply several think coatings of clear coat, again making sure to give 20 minutes of drying time between coatings. Also, always make sure to let the base coat dry completely before adding any top/clear coat. If there are any imperfections in the clear coat use some extremely fine(one thousand grit) sandpaper and/or rubb compound to get rid of the imperfections. After 3 more nights of drying time you can use the rubbing compound to smooth the entire surface.
Once you’ve put on the touch-up paint to your car or truck, tis time to wait at least 30-days before you put a quality wax on the vehicle. Waxing will help to prevent your vehicle from oxidizing, and therefore needing to be repainted again.
