fixing scratches?

[monkeyman 10+ year member]

i have a couple of paint chips on my hood and on my side door not big just small about half inch long and very thin i was wondering is there a type of paint im able to buy to cover them up or is a pro. paint job manditory in this case?

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[NewToTheGrounds 10+ year member]

if u paint over it most likely its gunna sit a bit higher than everything around it and u also hav to match the paint around it if its faded or anything ..if u hav a good paint job u may be able to take a layer of the clear coat out and get away with it.

 

[xtremekustomz 10+ year member]

Possibly a touchup paint you would probably have to layer it because the chips are lower than the paint and it will take some layers to build it up. Built it up a little higher, wetsand and buff. Depending on the color though. Solid colors will work like this.

 

[jujumantb 10+ year member]

 

[xtremekustomz 10+ year member]

Or go to carquest and get them to shoot the car for the color code or look inside the door for it. get them to mix up the smallest amount of single stage paint they can.

 

[monkeyman 10+ year member]

i was looking at some paint at autozone it says scratch fix and who knows what but anyways i put my car model yr . etc and it gave me the colors of the cars that honda made that year for that model and well it says scratch fix tube or something like that and im wondering if thats any good? my paint job is fairly well not really faded and well everytime i was my car it looks like a bird just s**t*d on it and also on the side lol so i just wanna get that covered

 

[monkeyman 10+ year member]

the color of the car would be found somewhere on the stickers of the car becuase when i open my doors there is a few stickers and well i never thought of lookin at them to see if it gives me the name of the paint used on it

 

[Colt9699 10+ year member]

usually paint codes are stamped ona plate under the hood.

 

[monkeyman 10+ year member]

ah ok thank you il keep that in mind il check it out see if it gives me the name of the paint

 

[Symon_say 10+ year member]

If scratches aren't deep you can use Meguiars Scratch X, it works well for me.

 

[ShiningBuick 10+ year member]

Look it up online, for the paint code that is, different companies put their codes in different places (trunk, jambs, under the hood, etc.)

Once you've got some paint I'd say sand the area (400.. then 600 grit about), prime it, sand with about 800, shoot the color, then shoot clear and after it's fully dry sand it flat with 1500 grit then buff and polish.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

If scratches aren't deep you can use Meguiars Scratch X, it works well for me.

I may give that a shot. There is some animal that is scratching up my truck.