How should I fix this?

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mjninc

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This is a shot of my rear bumper near my license plate. I used a heat gun to get off a bumper sticker and I got it too hot and a little paint came off. What's the best way for me to fix this?



Should I get some touch up paint and then wet sand it?



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Thanks for your help!
 
mjninc said:
This is a shot of my rear bumper near my license plate. I used a heat gun to get off a bumper sticker and I got it too hot and a little paint came off. What's the best way for me to fix this?



Should I get some touch up paint and then wet sand it?
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That's the best way to do a chip, but wetsanding opens a big can of worms as it'll require subsequent compounding and polishing to get the sanding marks out.



Alternatives include the DrColorchip route and the Langka system.



Oh, and note that touchups are hit-or-miss; the color/metallic match is seldom wonderful and often downright lousy.
 
You didn't mention that he must first "clean the area, using a safe solvent, then "scuff the affected area, including not only that where the paint is gone from the primer, but a small distance from that area.

Then apply the color, not attempting to get coverage in one coat, but take his time and apply in coats.

Then apply the clearcoat touch up over that color he applied. Making sure that he "builds" the clearcoat application "slightly" above the rest of the surrounding area's surface.

Very important that he allows each coat to fully cure/dry before moving to the next step.

Then, he worries about some careful sanding with 2000 or so, and polishing the sand marks out, etc.

Just putting in my 2.5 cents.

Grumpy
 
Ron Ketcham said:
You didn't mention ..Just putting in my 2.5 cents.

Grumpy
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Heh heh, yeah....I didn't mention a ton of stuff ;)



That's a good thumbnail sketch of the whole thing you provided there. There's some older thread here with a really detailed how-to on the subject, but I can't quite remember enough to do an efficient search :think:



Part of the reason *why* I didn't really get into the whole thing (just in case it wasn't obvious) is that I'm a bit leery of suggesting people do it. I honestly think that most people would do best to just buy something like the DrColorChips, follow the instructions, and say "good enough".



There are just *so* many "Help! How Do I Fix This?!?" threads here that start with "I was doing a touch up..."
 
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