Does anyone have tips on using the paint pen for deeper scratches? I've done the first step of applying the paint and the marks are not visible until you get up close to it. You can only notice the touch up close bc iit s raised up and not level with the rest of the bodypaint.

 

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I had a deep scratch about 1.25" long and added enough paint to overflow as you and then took to my detailer and had them buff it down with compound and apply sealer and it is barely visible except in direct light.

 

Try a close color nail polish to fill the scratch. Then a touch of Lacquer thinner to level it. If you have already used the dealer or other touch up pen then buff it out

 

Can I buff it out by hand and what grit would be needed? The paint pen worked great matched perfectly but is just not flush with the rest of the paint

 

id recommend dr color chip instead of a paint pen.

 

If you want to do it right it requires several steps and patience, along with some guts.

First is to wipe down the area with alcohol to degrease it, then flow in the base coat with a fine line paint pen
Since the touchup paint is lacquer, take a shop towel and lacquer thinner and wipe down the scratch being careful to only wipe the surface and not the paint that was just put on.

Now using the pen, fill in with the clear coat, do thin layers and let each one dry. You want to build up the paint and leave a mound above the surface.

Let it cure a few days.

If done right, it should blend in when looking directly at it.

Now comes the gutsy part

Using 2K grit sandpaper, wet sand the area with a hard rubber block as a backer, if you can find one. I have 3/4" thick blocks that are 3" x 3" that were cut out of stall flooring. Reason for the hard block as a backer is to have a flat level surface to cut down the high spots without taking off too much of the factory clear. You want to take the scratch repair down to just above the surface before cutting into the clear. Once you reach that level, use a figure 8 or small circular pattern to blend in the scratch so it is level with the surface, and then switch to 3K grit, and wet sand the area until smooth.

Now use a DA polisher and start polishing until the blend is perfect. There are tons of videos out there for polishing after wet sanding, so products to use are the users preference.

I have done this a few times in different colored cars, and once I was done, it was nearly invisible, only because I knew were it was. After a few months, unless you have a pornogra, er, photographic memory, you will forget where it is and will have to search long and hard to find it.

 

I got the oxford white and my bumper looks like its hitting puberty I went and bought the ford touch up pen and same as op i had a hard time getting it flush. I took a little towel to wipe off some of the excess and that helped but still not ideal, problem now is after a year the fill spots have a yellowish tint to it when up close

 

This. Far better results.

 

Dr Color chip