Time for a paint touch up guys. I still have most of the factory baked enamel on my car, and it looks sweet. Problem is that I have done some small rust repairs, and from what I understand about jam is that it is hard to paint a small area... most times you have to paint a large one, which would be a shame considering the near perfect condition of the rest of the car.
I would have put this in a poll, but I didna know how. Thoughts? Experiences? Advice? All welcome!
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Touch up the entire panel where the work needs to be done. If it's a little scratch on the door, paint the whole door, if on bonnet, paint whole bonnet. I can't tell ya what paint to use, but in my experience, your nearly always better off painting the whole panel as opposed to touching up just one little area. I've only used acrylic mind you, and it's a little tricky pulling it off, that is, blending the new paint and old paint. It depends on a lot of things though.
If the touchups are down low, out of sight and out of the light, you might be able to get away with touching up just the little section. Actually now that I think about it, I did something similar on my fairlane and it came out seemless. Even down low on the door should be okay. Remember though, I touched it up with exactly the same paint that the car was sprayed in.
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