Made a huge mistake please help

[severan]

while trying to use scratch X 2.0 on scratch I rubbed through the clear coat. (my terry towel had some black on it)



I know , I am such a dumb, I used it like an idiot and applied too much pressure locally...



I am sick to my stomach, what do you guys think are my options?

The spot looks either like a blemish or a dark area depending which angle you look at it...



See the pictures below











any help / advice you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

[black03mach]

repaint



see if you can find a good shop to blend it in, but since its metallic I doubt they will

[Legacy]

It`s down to the primer. Nothing you can do, but re-paint. Sorry to see that happen.

[ten39]

Unaware of the scale of your pictures, but it appears to be a fairly small spot. Considering that, along with the fact that with your paint color it probably virtually disappears in normal lighting, I`d just leave it alone. The risks of a metallic repaint are too great IMO. A tiny flub like that is a lot easier on the eyes than an entire body panel that doesn`t match.



My $.02.

[severan]

oh god, "heart sinks" , repaint is just not an option, I don`t have the cash for that. anybody has another option? I am looking to find a way to make better, not perfect at this stage...

some touch up paint system maybe?

[Kevin Brown]

oh god, "heart sinks" , repaint is just not an option, I don`t have the cash for that. anybody has another option? I am looking to find a way to make better, not perfect at this stage...

some touch up paint system maybe?

What a tough break. Sorry to see this.



Ten39 was right when he wrote: "Considering that, along with the fact that with your paint color it probably virtually disappear in normal lighting..."



You can find a touch-up paint guy to airbrush that tiny spot. It will likely be hard to see once he is done.



As for cost, it won`t be overly expensive. I`m guessing $85-$130.

I am certain there are several of these guys on this forum that can give us an idea of what it will cost.

[OCKlasse]

Wow, you burned through doing it by hand?!

[severan]

Anybody knows a good airbrush guy in the seattle area?

Yeah I did this by hand...

[severan]

hey btw guys, thanks a lot for the advices and help, warms my heart.

[efnfast]

How the heck did you manage to do that, by hand, with scratch X? Where you rubbing that one spot for 10hrs straight?



What type of car is it?

[severan]

its a porsche 997S. My guess is that the clear was thinned out by previous detailing. I am not the first owner.

[thesacrifice]

Didn`t think I`d see the day that someone with a 997s couldn`t afford a repaint.

[imported_Picus]

It looks like there was a pretty serious scratch there. I may be wrong, but is also looks like at some point someone touched it up, and *maybe* sanded it down....which would explain the thin paint.

[Bigpoppa3346]

Didn`t think I`d see the day that someone with a 997s couldn`t afford a repaint.

LOL +1



:sosad

[Anthony O.]

You have a few options.



Leave it alone until you can afford a proper repaint (best option)



Get it touched up but this may not be much cheaper than a repaint and it may not come out that great. I do airbrush work and a good artist is not cheap. With a metallic it needs to be sanded (maybe some fill work done for that scratch) primed then the base coat shot over a rather large area to blend in the metallic and then there is the blend lines....so depending where it`s at it may need to be blended up to a body line.



You can also do your own paint touch up but that almost always never turns out good. If you decide to do this with dealer touch up you`ll be sorry because they cure will be worse than the illness.



My recommendation...get it professionally repaired.