PAINT TOUCH UP

[bobg1951chevy]

Not a restoration, but a touch up question.

If this should be posted elsewhere, please advise.

My '69 Corvair has a "scrape" on the left quarter panel ...... a small mark,  one quarter inch wide by one half inch long.

I have touch up paint (lacquer) but want to know how to blend in this dab of paint, once applied.

I know zero as to how to sand, or blend this dab of added paint into the existing lacquer paint.

Color is DOVER WHITE.

Thanks.

[Aaron65]

I usually use a Q-Tip to dab in touch up paint.  Build it up coat by coat until it's roughly even or a little higher than the rest of the panel.  Then you can use fine sandpaper on something like a popsicle stick to sand it even with the rest of the panel.  I'd start with no rougher than 800 grit and work my way down to 1500 or so.  Then you can use a compound to shine up the repair.  

 

I'm sure others will have ideas too, and I normally stop after adding the paint (I'm not much of a perfectionist), but this has worked out for me in the past.

[John_Mereness]

Go to an automotive paint store and they have things like little plastic sticks with balls of felt on end - pinstripe brushes and ... - just touch up the exact spot.  Products may not be on display - you may have to ask what they carry in tools.

Edited January 14, 2018 by John_Mereness (see edit history)