Do You Trust On Paint Touch Up?

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I am considering to add paint touch up to the services I offer. By the moment I use to call to a "Chips Away" guy to the work. I am thinking to go to holland for trainning in other company called Metalak.



I am not quite satisfied with his job, mainly on long scratches. The difference in texture and reflexion is quite noticeable.



My questions arise beacuse I dont know if the guy is not so proficient on such technique or the system has huge limitations.



He never accepts scratches on any horizontal panels, and on sides I notice the difference.



Maybe the system is only to hide chips?

Do you offer this service to your customers?



I would appreciatte your advise.
 
~One man’s opinion / observations ~



I’ve had good results with minor chips and scratches, if you take your time the results are almost, repeat almost unnoticeable (having said all that I don’t do this for my livelihood and spend more time than a pro would probably be able to, given time/money restraints)



DavidB articles on the subject give some valuable insights and training by professionals would also help.



My suggestion is, read Davids article and see what results you could obtain, get the training from a reputable company and add the service to your business (diversity is always good) good luck with it.





~Hope this helps~



Experience unshared; is knowledge wasted…/ Jon

justadumbarchitect * so I question everything *
 
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I am happy to hear that with time the results can be acceptable for an Autopian.



Many of my customer after their cars shine ask if we can do something for those scratches and chips. The point is that I only deliver the best quality available.



Wrong results may punish my business reputation.
 
I have heard thin coats applied witha tooth pic it a good way to attack the chips.. The "nail polish" brush is too large and usually puts more touch-up paint on the actual paint then the chipped area. I have yet to actually spend the time myself, I have heard positive results from this method of application.



Please correct me if I'm wrong, but could you put on too much touch up paint and then level it out with a claybar or a cutting pad and some DACP?



The clay bar will remove overspray, but will it "sand down" the touch up paint to match the level of the the stock paint, if your touched up area is pertruding higher?
 
ive used a match stick teh book kind as a brush seemed to work ok never been a big fan of touch up paint



i jsut offer my customers a full respray
 
I've never tried leveling a tough-up job with a compound only. I've always used sandpaper first and it works beautifully. I follow it up with 3M FI-II and the touch-up area is undetectable.



As long as you scuff the area up and then apply with a toothpick, it's easy to apply several thin layers till the touch-up area is slightly higher than the surrounding area.



The visibility of the touch-up job is influenced by the color of the car... I've only done it on jet black...which is the easiest color to do.
 
Residualfreedom



I agree with Intermezzo. The way to level it is to use 2000 or 3000 grit sandpaper, then compound, then polish then wax. It takes time but the result is awesome if done carefeully.



Just 2 points



a) I recommend you to wait at least 1 hour before wet sanding



b) I have obtained best results when aplying the color coat first and then the clear. In such way all leveling and finishing job is done on the clear
 
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