Well nice pics of the car, sorry to hear about your fender though!

 

Here's a good how-to from Dupli-Color. I haven't tried doing any touch up myself but take a look at the video.
http://www.duplicolor.com/training/SF_training.html

 

You put on the touch up way too heavy. Should have used a touch up pen instead of a brush. You'll need to wet sand those bumps down and polish the surrounding area to restore the gloss. Better yet, just let your friend fix it properly. Or try this: http://www.langka.com/photos.php

 

that sucks, good luck!

 

I think I screwed up a bit more :/ I'll let the pros work on it now...

 

Update: Well its in the shop, but I am not sure for how long since they have other cars to work on as well. So for now my wife is driving me in her car (Corolla) to work and etc. Also, since its there, I have asked the guy to do the hood pin install as well (don't want to do it myself :P).

Will update once I have the car back

 

Well, good news - I am getting the car back on Tuesday and they are repainting the fender area. The bad news is that I may have to leave early that day to pick it up (to make sure everything is ok). That isn't normally bad news, but I work so it stinks (don't really like to take off early).

I also asked to see how much the blue strips would cost and etc.

Now the question is though should I go for the strips, or should I leave it alone and maybe go with a new hood?

 

You put to much touch up on there. That's part of the issue.

I don't know what that crap is that got on there in the first place. I hate it when stuff like that happens.

 

True, it is part of the issue, but I really screwed it up. So now I am paying the price - literally.

Anyway, I have no idea what that could be either. It wasn't cement - it could of been dirt that came off a truck, but I wasn't near any to begin with so I dunno. This was only a 3 hour window between washing my car and getting out of the restaurant with my wife. I should put a camera in my car to record everything...

 

A pro will put touch up on and then sand it down. Honestly I'm afraid to sand my car.

The easiest way to do a semi-OK job is to tape off the scratches real good with blue painter's tape. Then slowly fill them in. Ideally with multiple coats. With a white paint job it's easier to do vs. darker colors.