My LC friend scraped the edge of his door against a wall. The scrape went through the paint, but didn't bend, dent, ding or otherwise change the shape of the metal. The scrape is about 4-5" long/high (going up just in front of the edge of the door) and maybe 1/4" wide.
Before going to a body shop and paying to get it touched up, he wants to see how it looks by touching it up himself. The truck is black so there shouldn't be blending issues.
I have several questions as to how we should approach this. First, should we sand the scrape before we touch it up (currently, its rough/textured because in some places there's still paint and in others there's not). If so, what sandpaper do you recommend? Do we need to put anything under the touch up paint (e.g., primer or something)? In order to keep the paint thickness as consistent as possible, should we put on extra paint and then try to sand it to the same level as the existing paint (again, with what sand paper)? Should we put anything (brush on clear coat if it exists?) over the touch up when it's done? We're pretty certain that our work will look crappy when it's done and that he'll eventually have to go to a body shop, but we don't think that we can do much to make that eventual trip more expensive. Is our thinking on this messed up?
Sorry for the multitude of questions. I've never done any paint work and I'd like to learn a bit to see if I can try a bigger job in the future (Ideally, I'd like to repaint the faded flat section in the middle of the my truck's side trim, but I'm sure I'll have to leave that up to a pro).
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Before going to a body shop and paying to get it touched up, he wants to see how it looks by touching it up himself. The truck is black so there shouldn't be blending issues.
I have several questions as to how we should approach this. First, should we sand the scrape before we touch it up (currently, its rough/textured because in some places there's still paint and in others there's not). If so, what sandpaper do you recommend? Do we need to put anything under the touch up paint (e.g., primer or something)? In order to keep the paint thickness as consistent as possible, should we put on extra paint and then try to sand it to the same level as the existing paint (again, with what sand paper)? Should we put anything (brush on clear coat if it exists?) over the touch up when it's done? We're pretty certain that our work will look crappy when it's done and that he'll eventually have to go to a body shop, but we don't think that we can do much to make that eventual trip more expensive. Is our thinking on this messed up?
Sorry for the multitude of questions. I've never done any paint work and I'd like to learn a bit to see if I can try a bigger job in the future (Ideally, I'd like to repaint the faded flat section in the middle of the my truck's side trim, but I'm sure I'll have to leave that up to a pro).
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.