My 05 GT's previous owner touched up several tiny chips on my hood, and other leading-edge places on the car. He used the original Ford touch-up paint, in the right code. Unfortunately, rather than use a micro-brush, he used the brush that came in the bottle, leaving little blobs of paint here and there. They're most noticeable on the hood.

Is there any safe way to get rid of those blobs without harming the surrounding paint or clearcoat? Some of the blobs have been there for years.

Then, if I can get rid of the blobs, would something like the Langka kit be better to use in the future? Any other ideas or suggestions?

Thanks!

 

Curious about this also.

 

I found the following advice on the Meguiar's blog.

OK, you may think this is crazy, but it works.

Step A - order some Langka from Langka.com
Step B - wait till it arrives
Step C - whilst waiting buy the correct touch up paint from your dealer

then

1 - dab some paint thinner on to a clean soft cloth.
2 - rub gently over the paint blobs [car should be clean]. I have also used cotton swabs instead of a cloth
3 - the touch up paint will be removed [I have seen it remove touch up paint that is up to a year old]
4 - the original factory paint/clear coat will not be effected. It is too hard and is baked on [this assumes your car still has the original factory paint]
5 - wash down any area that had come in contact with thinner well. Discard or wash cloth
6 - make sure area to be painted is dry and clean
7 - apply the factory touch up paint carefully. I use a very fine brush or a tooth pick - never the paint brush that forms part of the lid for the touch up paint. This may take several applications to build up the paint to a little over the existing factory paint level
8 - then follow Langka instructions
9 - give area a good buff with Scratch X
10 - give the whole car a good coat of NXT, with extra focus in areas touched up [the choice of wax is up to you]

I have very successfully used variations of the above on several brands of cars with differing colours:

Lexus - champagne coulour
Honda - red
Toyota - darlk blue
Nissan - metallic light blue
MG - silver
Honda - dark grey/green/blue
Mercedes - metallic black

If you don't want to go down the Langka route, you can use the thinner approach, start again with much cleaner smaller touch ups and then use the wet sanding approach. I however, would prefer the chemical route.

Again if you think this is part crazy, try it in an inconspicuous area first

Thoughts? Ever heard of it being done? I'd sure hate to do more harm than good.

 

Make sure not to leave the thinner too long on your clear coat though.
It will eat it the chip edges and start to lift...
Wet sanding won't hurt if you go 1500 grit or finer, then buff.

 

I agree with pascal. Wet sand with 2000 grit, then buff. The meguiars DA system works great. After sanding start with their cutting compound and red pad, then go to polish with a yellow pad.

 

I am pleased to report that lacquer thinner, on a Q-tip, quickly and easily removed the touch-up paint. It took the chips back to where they started, but it allows me to go back with a micro-brush, and touch up the spots without leaving too much paint around the chips. I'll also put clear-coat over the chips, one little speck at a time.

I tried it on a couple of individual chips, and am happy with the results. When I take the time to actually tackle the job, I'll post before/after pics.