So some low life in Weyburn Sk, took the liberty of using my truck as door bumper (dented my pass door) and I think key scratched my passenger side cab panel for a good 10". Nice to see everyone takes care of their trucks like I do.

Anyway, since its scratched right down to the primer, how do you fill that in properly? I don't want to have to get any more paint work done on the truck as I really have to start to pull in the reigns on spending on it.

Any tips or suggestions? It was a long drive home yesterday to think about it.

 

If thats the seam above the bottom of the truck i bet thats from a purse and she has no clue she just did 1000 bucks damage to your truck. Never the less that sucks. I have a bunch of rock chips on my new truck i need to fill in also.. I hope you get suggestions we both can use. lol

 

I should qualify this as its my 97 that I painted last year.

Thanks GG. The way it goes to the primer, that purse must have been on a BIG girl.

 

The only way I have known how to do it is to get a small spray can of the color,, tape off the area around the scratch,, paint,, let dry,, wet sand till over spray is gone, see how scratch filled in,, spray clear,, polish out... I am sure there is better ways,, but that is how i have done it in the past

 

the guys that painted it for you did there give you any of the paint for touch ups ?

 

No.. They didn't. The paint they used is the original paint code and it matches dead on from what I can see at the tape seams to the rest of the underbody.

Spray paint.. hmmm. I was figuring on sanding but I was thinking it was a brush touch up first to fill and then clear spray over that.

 

could try some of these products:

http://www.eshine.ca/products.php?cat=30

 

of course you just painted your rig

people who key others' cars should be taken out and maimed

 

Thanks for the link!

When I showed Dave my truck he was talking about how the shop lifted the tape line to not make a hard edge on the paint to blend it better. I was curious how they did that around the doors and under the hood on the fenders. Anyone know that trick? I think that would be better for the edges to blend around the patch area.

 

Agreed. Doesn't matter who's vehicle I'm up against in the parking lot, I take extra care. Even a rag on the door edge when loading the kids, just incase the door touches theirs. And with the Mega in a parking lot these days its getting tougher to open the doors!

 

See what happens when you go to Saskabush....


I bet for a couple of steaks and a plate or two of perogies a rather LARGE Saskatchewanian would track these guys down and put a major hurt on 'em......

 

I would carefully dab it in with touch up paint, and keep building it up until it is as thick as the original paint (let it dry between coats a day or so) Once you got it that thick, gently sand it smooth with 2000 grit (use a small rubber block so it only takes the high stuff, don't dig in the edges of the block) or so and polish it out. It will not be the same as if it was repaired properly, but if you take your time it'll turn out fairly good. It may take some time to get it built up. If you sand and find it still isn't thick enough, don't take off any of the original material, just keep building it up. You want to leave all the original paint around the scratch as much as possible.

Any place you only need the clear repaired, do the same, but with catalyzed clear coat. (most body shops will give you a bit of clear, and some cataylist. Just mix it in small batches as you need it)

Works best on solid colors. Been repairing rock chips on my black trucks for years this way.

As far as the tape trick goes, you simply take the tape, and get it so about 1/2 the width of the tape is stuck to the panel, and then roll it over and use the edge that is still loose to stick to the other edge that is stuck to the panel.

Essentially you roll the tape lenghtwise into a tube. The idea is the rolled edge of the tape allows the paint to "fog" in , but the closer in to the tape that is stuck to the panel, the less it blows in, and thus leaves a less pronounced tape line. No sure if that makes sense, but it's hard to explain.

Personally I don't think rolling the tape on either side of the scratch will work very well, but you can try that also if you want.

 

Doc.. Funny you say that. The morning I found this I was heading up to Regina for a tour of the new Science Centre at Scottys. Nice building and we had a good coffee and chat.

Robert373.. Thanks for the tips. Just what I need. And the explanation of the tape is clear to me but I can see how narrow this is and probably using a can of spray, it won't work as well as a paint gun with a finer mist.

Thanks guys.

 

I still bet it was a drunken oilfield worker with rivets...coveralls or jeans that stumbled into your truck. Still sucks when this stuff happens.

I'm down to one steak at a sitting, no perogies anymore either. But a steak right now sounds REAL GOOD!

Good seeing you again J!

Scotty

 

Deal.. Next time its Steak! Thanks again to the little one for the muffins.

Darn Drunken Oilfield Workers..