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Originally Posted by DPolo
Ok, Thanks guys,
who does detailing ? Is that done in car-washes or body-shops ?
I called the dealer, they said they would sell me touch-up paint.
Maybe I should just scratch the other side to make it look even ?  |
LOL! That's the way to do it!
I've always just used the touch up paint in the bottles. It is not perfect, but it sure beats paying for painting since more than likely it will happen again. But go buy a VERY fine brush from a craft store to apply it. The brush in the touch up paint bottle is too big and it will smear across the scratch and look even worse. Most touch up paint is $12-$18 from the dealer. I just bought some for my daughter's Rogue on Saturday and it was $12.95 from the dealer.
If you don't feel comfortable with touching it up yourself, you can certainly ask at a car wash/ detail place if they could touch it up for you along with a wax job or something. It is probably too minor for a body shop to bother with it unless they are repainting a whole panel for $400-500 or so.
You can practice applying the paint on a less noticeable part of the car, like the lower bumper or someplace else. It is not hard, just takes a fairly steady hand and minimal paint on the brush. Just dab the tip of the brush in the paint and dab it on the spot. Scratches are harder to fill, but chips are fairly easy. I would try to have any scratches polished out first as long as they are not through the color, since it is usually just the clear coat that is scratched and that can be minimized if not too deep.
Here is an example of mine. You can still see it, but you have to be looking for it - before:
After: - I probably should put another coat on it.
Good luck on it!
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