Hopefully someone can give me some good advice.
I repaired a chip in the paint on my driver side front fender over the weekend. I followed "David`s" chip/scratch repair instructions that I printed off the Autopia "Learning" section.
I wet sanded the touch-up paint down to the level of the original, first using Meg`s Unigrit 1000 and then Meg`s Unigrit 2000, pulling the block toward me only. Then I followed up with 3M`s Perfect It II to take off the scratches left by the Unigrit blocks. It looked awesome until I changed my viewing angle in the light.
PROBLEM
Now it appears that the level of the clearcote around the touch-up is lower than the level of the paint repair, creating a "DING" effect when light reflects off the surface! Looks like I fixed one problem and created another !!!!
What can I do to fix this? Should I purchase clearcote touch-up paint at the dealer and build up around the chip? And will clearcote touch-up applied over factory clearcote create any unwanted effects? How can I avoid this problem on future chip repairs?
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