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My name is Jeremy and I am from north Dallas. I have been searching around this site for a while now and thought I might as well join in on the fun.

A little background on me:

I used to work at a motorcycle restoration shop in a little town called Princeton. We specialized in older Triumphs, BSA's, and Norton's. (mostly Triumph's). We did everything in house from custom welding on frames to painting all the fenders and takes.

If anybody has an older Triumph and would like some assistance let me know, I should be able to help, although I couldn't explain over the internet or phone on how to set the points.

Of coarse, I have a question. I just recently bought a new to me car and it has some fairly deep scratches, some that a PC might not be able to get rid of. Would I be able to use a touch up paint to fill the scratch and then sound it down smooth, or would that be really noticeable?

Thanks, :dcrules
 
Welcome Squeaky :howdy yes if you touch them up and carefully sand them down with 2000 or 2500 sandpaper and then polish it could come out just fine...patience is the key ;)
 
Thanks, that is basically what I was thinking, but I wasn't sure. It makes sense to me but I didn't know if it was going to work out like I wanted. I will post pics of before and after and hopefully get some pointers if it doesn't come out right. I don't think that I will have to much of a problem.
 
Welcome to DC! Touch up paint and wet sanding with high count grit, like mentioned above, would probably be the way to go. It's pretty hard to get perfect, but with some patience, those scratches will disappear to the untrained eye. I hope you enjoy your stay.
 
Welcome Squeaky. Sound advice has been posted already and I can't add too much. I've done a ton of touchups from rock chips to scratches and it all depends on the depth of the marring. If it's not through the clear, simply building up the clear is the easiest and best method. You then sand and polish down to the surrounding surface so it's level again. If it's down to bare metal or unpainted surface it takes several thin app's of color paint then clear - then sand and polish. I've found a magnifying glass helps assess the initial depth and subsequent progressive steps.

Good luck. By the way, sound like you have a good deal of experience working with some of my favorite bikes!
 
Some of the scratches are fairly bad, they owned a dog that they let walk around on the car. I'm some what familiar with paint but only to a point. When it comes to polishing metal then that is where I can shine. T

Thanks for all the help
 
Thanks everyone. I was wondering if anybody from the dallas area could help me out on where to get some supplies. The only place that I have ever bought waxes from was out in Princeton.
 
Hey Squeaky, why don't you give Troy a call at detail city. they have a raffle going on at this time and you could win some extra stuff. Order today and it will be at your door by the weekend. Give them a call and fill out all your detail product needs
 
If this site gets any more Texans, we'll need our own sub-forum. Hell, we might just take over the whole thing. :)
 
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