Ok so before you guys flame me, I did do a search but I still have some questions.

I just bought my first car on Thursday,a black04 GT. The previous owner did a really bad job covering some of the paint chips on the drivers side door so the dealership just had the entire door repainted. Therefore, as cannot wash or wax my car for a while, so I thought this would be a good time to do some touch up so it can give them time to dry as well.


I have multiple paint chips, some are extremely small, some are bigger. The good thing is that I am unable to find any dents so far, and I hope it stays that way. My biggest chip is in a relatively discrete area, right where the body meets the trunk and rear window, on the left side. Some of my paint chips still show some of the blackish coating underneath, and some of the really small ones show more silver.

I want to do this right. I read a very detailed how-to by "2007CalSpec" on: https://mustangforums.com/m_4750462/tm.htm

I was wondering whether all those steps were really necessary?

I found that www.PaintScratch.com carries a matching color code touchup pen and clearcoat pen. Does anyone have any experience with this site? or can you recommend a better site? It says that the touchup pens are for chips that are no bigger than a pencil eraser - well most of mine are, except for that bigger one near the back that I spoke about. I hope it is still ok to use it.


Would it be ok to just (sand down the edges of the chip on the bigger ones) use a toothpick and carefully take my time to fill in the chips, let it try, sand it down, add clearcoat, let it dry (and do some more light standing if necessary). Some of the chips are soo small that I don't think sanding down will be needed, I just need to make the slightest contact with a coated toothpick.

I have some light chips on the edge of my door too and I read somewhere to never try and cover these up because it will really show, is this true?


Thanks in advance for the help,
Brandon

 

I can only speak for myself, and I am no pro at it, but I have had pretty good luck using the "drop-fill" method on small chips, likeyou are referring to. Sand and prep the surface, clean it out, drop fill (repeat if necessary), wet sand, then clear and sand. Some of those steps I had to repeat a few times to get it perfect, before moving onto the next step. Just take your time, and you will be glad you did.

Good Luck.

 

Thanks for the reply. Can you tell me how would I know whether or not I need primer? Cause some of my chips show more silver than others but those ones can be extremely small as well so i'm not sure. I ordered a primer pen as well just in case but i'm not sure whether or not I need it.

Yeah I plan to take as much time as I need, I don't wanna cut corners as I know it will come out better off for the long term.


Thanks
Brandon

 

Anyone? and anyone got any before/after pics?

 

I guess the primer pen would not hurt anything on the small spots. But keep in mind that unless you have a darker colored mustang, the primer is just one more thing that could "bleed" over onto the good paint on the edge.

Like I said, I am certainly not a pro at this, but try to stay minimal with the primer pen when you use it. I would think one small coat of the pen would then leave more room for an extra coat of clear.

 

yeah thanks. Well my mustang is black, and I am aware of the dropping posibilities, so I am probably gonna use a toothpick that is just lightly coated with some paint. I think I am gonna use the primer on my largest chip which is fortunately in a relatively discrete place.