iKenn

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hola, ok so when i got my car i was dumb and didnt get a clear bra and now i have a giant rock chip on my hood. I bought the lexus touch up paint and tried following the instrucions but it didnt go so well. I made the area much worst and i was wondering if anyone else has used the touch up paint and how did it go for them. 2nd i also have a few scratches on the passenger side hood and i was wondering how i could get rid of them. I heard about buffing them but where would i go about to get that done. Could the lexus dealership do it? heres a few pics from the scraches and ill post up pics of the rock chip later, its dark out.

DRivera250

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just needs a good detailing.

Everything shows up on Obsidian I vowed to have my car professional detailed once or twice a year. Until I'm brave enough to do the job myself.

iialcii

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buff job professional detail should clean that up

tmag

You may want to try to use Lanka system for touch up, you can just do a seach hear and there should be a link. I've tried it with some success at least it looks better that just a blob of touch up paint. You do have to be patient take you're time. Then if you really want to keep your black car looking great and don't want to keep forking out $$$ do some reading up hear in the detail section (I've gotten some great help) and autopia. Then get yourself a random orbiter and let the fun/obsession begin . Nothing looks better than a detailed black car .

Bass Mech

that needs a light wetsanding and a buff it will be perfect thoes scratches cant be deep enough to go through the clear coat.

Giggity

What a coincidence, I just finished detailing my car and repairing several rock chips and scratches....
I ordered a 1/2 oz. pen of sgm from expresspaint.com to fill in the rock chips and scratches.
I prepared the areas to be repaired with some grease and wax remover. Then dabbed the paint into the the chips and scratches. patience is key because you don't want to just glob in the paint, just build it up slowly until it completely fills the damaged area.
This is the part where you have to be brave, starting with 1000 grit sandpaper, wet sand and smooth out the repair. I wrapped the sand paper around an emry board cut in half to make a small sanding block. Then went to 1500 grit, and then 2000 grit. It is vitally important to use light even pressure and blend the repair. What you should end up with is a hazy spot on the panel about twice the size you started with.
Normally I use 3M products, but I only had Mcguires on hand, steps 1 thru 3; cleaner, polish, and wax. I used an orbital buffe set on the max speed with a foam pad for steps 1 and 2. Just work the repaired areas until they are shiny again. I then went over the entire car with a 2nd buffer, a random orbital from Griots for steps 1 and 2, finishing with step 3 by hand. In total I probably spent 6 hours total. It was worth it, but when you start getting up close an personal with the paint for that long, you start finding a lot more problems then what you thought you had when you started.
I would say that unless you have done this before and have a decent buffer, don't try it, for what I paid for the Griots buffer, I could have paid someone else to do it. But I'm DIY kind of guy, and don't trust other poeple with my stuff.

Pnuge88

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man you should see my hood and fender.. had a hugee rock chipp.. i touched it up and it looks like *** now lol

92 SC400

Picus had a really good chip/scratch repair thread in the detailing forum a while back. IIRC it even had some pics - you might want to try looking for that thread. But yeah, clear bra would have been a good choice! haha