Correcting poor touch up areas?

[Cholleman]

A neighbor of mine has an 04 Nissan Murano that has a few scratches on the bumper cover. He's not that knowledgeable about cars and thought the bumper covers were metal so he dabbed a bit of primer on the scratches in an attempt to prevent rust :think: He went a little over board with the primer and got some on the surrounding areas that are still painted. Being unsatisfied with his work, he asked me if I could make it look better.



What's the best way to remove the primer from the surrounding areas so that when I apply the proper touch up paint to the scratches, they'll be as minimized as possible? I was thinking a light wetsand with 3000 in the areas, followed up with some polishing and then the touchup.



Thoughts?

 

[Setec Astronomy]

How about some solvent? Mineral spirits may do it, laquer thinner definitely will.



WARNING: Although a quick application of laquer thinner shouldn't harm properly applied modern auto paint, who knows what has been done to this car before, so test in a VERY small spot.

 

[Accumulator]

I too kinda prefer the solvent approach. I usually use Langka's Blob Eliminator for jobs like this.

 

[Dan]

I too kinda prefer the solvent approach. I usually use Langka's Blob Eliminator for jobs like this.

Agreed. Langka will even take off very old touchup paint for re-dos.

 

[Cholleman]

thanks guys. i'll try some solvent first and maybe pick up the lanka kit if the solvent doesn't cut it.