the best way to repair paint chips

[imported_Goose]

i need help on repairing like 15 to 20 paint chips on the side my truck bed someone egged it i done used touch up paint then wet sanded & buffed it out and i never got all the sanding scratched out and then i use the mothers chip repair the paint keeps coming off with a more paint what can i do to fix it without repainting thanks

[ultrajim49]

Paint chip repair:

This could be interesting:

http://www.web-cars.com/detail/touchup.html



related to the topic :

http://www.goodspeedmotoring.com/?page=color_sanding



There`s others but I can`t find them right now

edit : found it: http://www.carcareonline.com/paint_chips.html

greetings,

Christiaan

[Bobby G]

Don`t forget what`s right under your nose: Detailing Articles

[shaf]

All those articles are like episodes of This Old House or Hometime - they make everything sound so fast and easy! :p I`ve been layering my colour coat for many (many) days now because I`ve just got the hang of my crappy paint touchup pen (hint: buy lacquer thinner and USE it!). I`d dab it on from a bottle but no one sells it. Then I have to knock the blobs down with sandpaper, and put on clear - yay.



Question: I really should go over the touchups with polishing compound first before clearcoating, right? It`s something I`ve always wondered about since it`s already reasonably smooth after 2000 grit paper, but I thought it`d make sense to polish it first.



THEN I get to detail! :bounce