67Customs wrote:
Well, I professionally detail vehicles as a side job, so I've done a few scratch repairs.lol
It depends on where and when you got the touch up. If you get the correct color from the dealer or paintscratch.com, you shouldn't be able to tell the difference.
The dealer that did your father's car probably grabbed the closest color they had in the area. Most likely why it doesn't match.
I use a #1 painters brush or a tooth pick to apply the touch up paint.
One other tip, if the dealer sells the paint pen and not a bottle of paint, don't get it. The paint pens suck. If that is all they have, order a small bottle from paintscratch.com.
x2. Also if they give you waterborne paint to touch up with you have to put clear over it (clear finger nail polish works)...
like he said. if you can feel it with your finger nail the only 'real' way to get rid of it would be to feather it out with DA reducing the grit of paper as you go.. then put some self etch primer on the bare metal, then normal primer over the self etch and everything feathered, then sand the primer with a block/stick on 400 grit, then sand the rest of the hood 600-800 paper.. seal it, paint over the sealer, blend the hood, then put clear over the entire thing. Then wet sand and buff to a factory finish.