This makes it easier to be precise and improves the chances of your touch-up blending with the existing paint. Also, the paint shrinks as it dries, so apply just slightly more paint than you think ...

Use the small brush or toothpick to apply touch up paint as evenly as possible. Take care not to apply the paint in a thick coat, which can lead to running or bubbling. Don’t sand or treat the ...

Check your color match and paint technique by practicing your touch up, first. You can do this on a glossy sheet of paper or extra metal, such as a can. Avoid applying heavy coats as they can drip.

Now you must apply the touch up paint that you bought. Take a very small brush and apply several layer of the paint on the damaged surface till it evens out with the rest of the surrounding area.

After the paint has had a half-hour to dry, you apply the touch up clearcoat, two or three coats, with about 20 minutes ticking away between those applications.

How to Touch-Up Rock Chips On Your Car With a fine painting pen and some touch-up paint, you can get the front of your car looking fresh right at home. By Chris Perkins Published: Jul 27, 2017 ...

Apply touch-up paint. Poppy Pix/Shutterstock. The previous methods will work if the scratch is light enough that it doesn't go over the base coat layer on your car.

Davis said that when someone wants to touch up lacquer paint with something other than lacquer, he recommends Sherwin-Williams’s Emerald Urethane, which is sold in quarts ($51.99).

Right is right and factory is factory. Natural paint on fender bolts and washers, fasteners, and hood hinges may look close to factory original, but the factory finish was a coating of phosphate ...