I hate to see cars that got keyed, but it happens. This is a job I got in yesterday. The scratch is about 7" long. First thing I did was wet sand it with 3000/ then 2000, then 1500.


I buffed with the high speed using wool, and med cut. Switched to foam yellow fine cut, final with green pad, speed glaze. Once I brought back the shine from were I sanded, I needed to use my artistic skills. using a fine artist brush, I started out with the factory touch up paint. The trick is to use as little paint as possible to fill in the line. Problem with this job was the touch up paint was too light, so I had to tint it a little darker to blend it in. After I tinted it, the results were to my satisfaction. Customer was pleased also because he saved about $500 for not going to a body shop. Gary

 

nice work! i have a bad key scratch on my drivers door approx 5" long verticaly. i got estimates for over 600$ to repaint the door. id like to fix it myself and save the money. what would i need to do the job?
my biggest q's is how did you re-gloss the area after sanding? did you do this all by hand or with a polisher? i am not a wrench head but i am a working artist. so paintbrushes are second nature.
thanks if you feel like helping me
jeff