| cratches eventually appear in a way of almost every | | | | match your car, enamel should be selected under |
| car owner. There are many methods of dealing with | | | | number specified in the service book of the car. If you |
| them however painting it over with an auto spray | | | | will paint your car in garage, take care that dust and |
| gives the best result. If you have enough experience | | | | moisture in it would be as little as possible otherwise |
| you will be able to paint over even a big scratch but a | | | | fine motes will definitely get on a fresh paint. |
| beginner also can manage to repair imperfections on | | | | Use masking tape and thick paper to cover parts that |
| his vehicle. Here are the steps to follow: | | | | are not going to be painted. Make several light |
| First, it is necessary to clean metal from dirt and rust. | | | | applications of a spray paint on a surface. Paint is put |
| Dirt is removed by washing the panel with soapy | | | | in two layers. First - thin, second - thicker. Time interval |
| water. When dry, sand out the scratch and surrounding | | | | before applying second layer is 6 to 8 minutes. |
| area with sandpaper. Then you need to apply putty on | | | | Average time of drying is about 2 hours, and full fixing |
| a surface. It should consist of two components (with a | | | | of paint takes 24 hours. |
| hardener). Do not choose epoxy putty otherwise, it will | | | | When paint is dry, you can remove paper and masking |
| dry for 24 hours. Use rubber or thin metal pallet for | | | | tape. If you notice some imperfections such as drips or |
| alignment. | | | | rough edges, you can fix it using ultrafine sandpaper. |
| It will take 20 minutes to dry up with a temperature of | | | | When finished apply a top coat over the painted |
| 200C (392F). At this stage, you may also use auto filler | | | | surface and let it dry. There is no scratch anymore! |
| primer that is specially designed to fill scratches and | | | | If the scratch is too deep or too many, you can opt to |
| imperfections and perfectly replaces putty. It can be | | | | spray paint the entire car with a new color. There are |
| found in auto stores but if you are after budget repair | | | | different types of paint you can use: |
| – putty will work just fine. | | | | Water based, lacquer based and enamel based paints |
| Next step, condition the surface with sandpaper of | | | | do not have the same pressure settings & |
| different calibers starting with sharp and then moving | | | | spraying distance as each other. Due to their different |
| to a fine one. The panel should be ideally smooth to | | | | base material composition, these paints come in |
| the touch. To make it this way use ultrafine 2000-3000 | | | | varying thickness and viscosity. Hence, some training |
| grit sandpaper and running water. | | | | or trial and error might be necessary before achieving |
| Now it is time to apply a primer. When primer layer is | | | | the texture results you want! |
| dry, you can start painting. To make sure the colour will | | | | |