what is the best way to repair a scratch that is down to the metal? touch up paint on the end of a carboard match? has anyone have luck with a mini hand held hobby airbrush sprayer. if so how do u thin the paint to spray it? any info would be greatly appreciated. thanks!! graemlins/beers.gif

The match stick or small paint brush works good. Put a little in the chip and leave it for an hour. Come back and put more in. Do this till it's at or above the normal paint surface. You can then color sand it and buff it and it practicaly disappears. Keep the paint it the chip only, don't go dabbing it all over your good paint around the chip. An air brush doesn't work very well for me doing chips cause it blows the chip and everything around it with paint making it difficult to build up to the original surface.
Roger

What he said. I also find that a quick swipe with a business card can help make it flush. If you hold it at an angle it will channel paint into the scratch. Much later after it has dried adequately (give it 2 days, why rush) you can clean up the area surrounding the repair with a very fine liquid polishing compound by hand. I try to always have touch-up paint and business cards in the car since lunkheads who carelessly open doors rarely take time off from their craft :mad:

hey thanks for the info. ya i went to park way out in the parking lot. last spot i took 2 spots 2 :D come out and there is a ding and chiped paint. some dumba$$ parked next to me and hit my door graemlins/angry.gif graemlins/angry.gif

If it is a basecoat/clearcoat, do you fill it with the basecoat, and then dab some clear on top of that?
Or do you have to use a single stage paint?

I need to do this also

Tim