Touch-up paint jobs?

HI, don't know wich vehicle you got and if the colour is metallic based, but when I get these things on my Army Willys jeep, I use some Epoxy spray against the rust, and then manually repaint the spot with the original paint. But of course, non metallic olive drab colour is easy to use with a brush, you can't see the difference afterwards. Phil

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Treat the exposed bare metal surface with a mixture of phosphoric acid and water (available in a auto paint supply house or marine supply). This will 'blue' the metal to a protective ferrous oxide and will reform any ferric oxide (bad rust) that has started to form. Dont even think of overcoating with primer or paint until you 'pickle' the surface.

Best cheapo repair is to find a auto paint shop/distribuitor who will make-up a spray can or two of the original paint (artisticly blended to account for fade, etc.) carefully mask off the area with 3M fine line tape and use a sharp razor knife to cut away the tape exposing ONLY the ding. Fill the ding with primer, let dry a few days. Sand flat with a very small rubber block and wet & dry 400 or 600 grit paper (use water and a few drops of diswash detergent... This step is to level the primer surface with the original --- dont sand deeply into the surrounding paint. Then spray a few *dry* coats of finish, let dry a few days then flat sand it all with 1500 then 2000 wet&dry paper, then buff with a power buffer with real lambswool bonnet and 2000 grit compound. If your original finish has a clear coat, then mist on a flat spray a final clear coat, then hand rub/buff out.

Brett Dix> Any suggestions for how-tos for minor touch up paint? I just recently

What a GREAT description of a repair. I'm going to use it on the wife's car to repair a few shopping mall dings.

Thanks Rich.

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Chuck

Wow! RichH, you can touch up my vehicles anytime! :-)

It's a black '99 TJ... Unfortunately, scheduling the time to do it right is not going to be fun... And I am an apartment dweller...

THanks. This definitely sounds like the way to do it RIGHT... Unfortunately, do to limited worka rea, I may end up doing it wrong, or looking for the body piece at a junkyard in OK shape, and swap out until I can...

(Anyone swapped the vented panel that's between the hood & windshield on a TJ?)