How to touch up your car

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Automotive Touch-up Paint
1000-Grit Wet/Dry Sandpaper
1500-Grit Wet/Dry Sandpaper
2000-Grit Wet/Dry Sandpaper
Rubbing Compound
Car Polish (For best results use multiple polishes with decreasing cutting power)

Step 1

Determine the area that requires a touch-up.
Step 2

Prep it for paint, clean it very well with a product of your choice. Make sure all traces of wax, grime, dust, etc is GONE or your touch-up job will not last. It may look good originally however it will flake off and require future work if not prepped correctly.
Step 3

For scratches: Take a toothpick and dip it in the touch-up paint, get a very small amount, if you get too much you might overfill the scratch or get it on unwanted parts of the car.
Step 4

Take the toothpick and run it along the scratch. YOU DO NOT NEED TO FILL THE ENTIRE SCRATCH! Allow to dry. Apply multiple coats repeating this procedure until the paint has filled the scratch in completely and is slightly raised from the rest of the paint. Keyword - Slightly
Step 5

Soak your sandpaper in water for at least 30 minutes before using. Sand, with a small sanding block, the scratch down so you can't feel the difference between the scratch and the paint surrounding it. Continue increasing the sandpaper grit until 2000. Be careful not to sand too much as you could screw up surrounding paint.
Step 6

Next, use your rubbing compound to continue reducing the scratches
Step 7

Next use your polish to polish away the scratches, it may be necessary to using variable "Cut" levels of polish to get the perfect shine.
Step 8

Clean off and enjoy your paint! If done properly the scratch should not be visible, or very very close to invisible.

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