Scratch fix up?!??!
 

A couple of days ago
parked and went in to a store
came back
the 8 has 3 spots where the paint came off the SUV that parked next to me decided to back in to the 8 and then left
anyways
so to fix this I bought some touch up paint, and put about 3 coats ( looks better ) but still doesnt flow with the paint what should I do to make the paint match with the touch up area
I asked dealer, they were charging like 250
So went to autozone got some touch up paint for $4

Before
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/9100/dsc00469pd1.jpg
Now
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1145/dsc00514te4.jpg
What do I have to do to make them blend in?

Dupont scrubbing compound. Buff it out as much as possible.

Then finish up by using hair from a brush or match tip to fill in.

Best way to do it is to use a primer first, the the touch up color.

Looks like its too late for that.

However you may be able to buff it to it's orginal state. Then you can start over.

Try the stuff called Langka. It has worked well for me on smaller scratches and chips. Can't get it to work very well with bigger chips, always ended up with the touch up pulled out, but at the least you can be sure that you can remove the touch up paint if you mess up and won't hurt the original paint.

I use touch up paint from Mazda. Cost about 10 buck but it matches very well.

whenever i need to start-over when applying touch-up paint, i use some langka touch-up paint remover to clean up. (www.langka.com) it safely removes touch-up paint without damaging oem paint. unfortunately, their 3 step process doesn't really work. but, for cleaning up touch-up jobs, put a tiny amount on a q-tip and just rub over the area u want to clean up. then wipe off with a microfiber towel. the oem paint will be untouched and only the touch-up paint will be removed.

the damage that u have there looks fixable. www.autopia.net and www.autogeek-carcare.net have some good articles with pix showing u how to do it, step by step. if u do it yourself, you'll want to take a couple days and apply enough touch-up paint so it's a small mound above the scratch. then use a wet sheet of 2000 grit wet sand sanding paper to gently sand down the area smooth. then, use 3m rubbing compound to remove the haze on the clearcoat over the area. once that's done, then use 3m finishing polish to polish the area so it's shiny again. if u do it right, the scratch will no longer be very noticeable.


for me, i'd probably just have a body shop fix it, because it's so time consuming and requires a lot of patience.

I used Langka like many on here have recommended and it truly is amazing. makes your touch up work look smooth and blended. www.langka.com

Thanks guys, I'm going to try again. lol
By the way DETRICH the links do not work.

Funny u mention dupont...
Check this out . Dont know if its in the right section or not but take a look.