Had a client drop a computer case on his black Cayenne the other day so when he brought it into get serviced at Porsche he asked if I could do something about the scratch.
After being serviced I washed the Cayenne, wiped that area down with alcohol and filled the area with Porsche black touch-up paint. I am using a new product called "Touch Up Magic" and how it works is pretty cool. You fill the scratch, let it dry to the touch then pour some of the Touch Up Magic onto a towel then rub it over the blob of touch up paint. It will remove the excess paint but leave the paint that fills the scratch.
Here is a picture of the scratch before any work is done.....
(By the way, all the marring and crap on the Porsche are not from me! He takes it to a car wash in between his bi-monthly detail work....why I have no idea
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You then fill in the scratch with touch up paint. You don't want to just slop the paint in there but you also don't need to be so precise either. I like to scrap off the excess paint until there is just enough paint left on the brush that it can flow into the crack.
I also carry with me a few red sable fine and very fine paint brushes. Just make sure you clean them well afterwards as they aren't cheap.
Here is a picture with the touch up paint. I only had 3 slots left on my camera so I don't have any more picture of the work in progress. So I'll try and explain the process as best I can.
After this dried for about 15 minutes I then applied the Touch Up Magic with a MF towel and removed the excess touch up paint. I repeated this step about 3 times. Each time lightly refilling the scratch with paint until I built up an amount almost equal with the paint. The initial scratch was pretty deep.
After the 3rd fill and then removal of excess paint I then applied the clear. Here again I applied several light coats and in between each application I used the product to remove the excess.
Finally I wetsanded the surrounding area with 3000 grit paper, so as to blend it all in, then buffed the area out with my rotary and OCP. I finished with my Cyclo, OCP and a spritz of OCW.
Here are the results.
Under my halogen lighting you can see the repair area but with the lights off the owner had a hard time finding the repair area. The most noticable thing is that the paint color of the touch up paint is not an exact match. So it's not a perfect fix but it beats having the whole fender repainted and if you're a pro detailer this type of touch up work can get you a few extra bucks in your pocket.
Take care,
Anthony
great work
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