My DIY paint chip repair

[Russianblue]

This is not a perfect tutorial by any means but i was happy with results. I basically have a hood full of paint chips and pits which are really noticeable on this dark paint because they are WHITE. My old silver X did not show much at all. This one shows EVERYTHING. So I got some factory touch up paint and went to town

Major fail not taking a 'BEFORE' picture, but I just didn't think about it.

This was a LOT easier than I thought. Last night I cleaned everything with wax and grease remover and then loaded up the chipped out spots with paint in little mounds rising slightly above the clear. I let it dry overnight.

This morning i got some 2000 grit and some water in a spray bottle with just a TAD bit of Meguiar's gold class car wash soap and wet-sanded the paint spots level with the clear. A tad tricky to know when to stop wetsanding but i just used my brain and didn't go crazy. I stopped pretty much as soon as i couldn't feel anything running my fingers over the chip spots.

You can see some of the repair spots in the pic. little "dots" amidst the dulled sanded areas.

Wiped off the slurry and then took the Jescar compound with the Rupes yellow polishing pad on my GG orbital and massaged out the dull spots. i may need to go back with some 2500 grit or 3000 and another round of polish to get it perfect but it looks HELLA better than it did before. I had one large claw looking gouge to the right of the Roundel that is basically GONE. makes me HAPPY HAPPY. was also able to pretty much eliminate a rather obnoxious clear coat blemish on the hatch. i have a lot more paint work to do before it's ready for ceramic coating but i am getting close!