fixing paint scratches and minor dents? take a look

[jayhawk137]

hey guys just wondering how i should go about painting a couple of things. one is the rear hatch side, the black is rubbing off and metal is showing which is starting to rust, same thing with the passenger side fender. what kind of paint/primer/ any other supplies should i get and if anyone has some advice/guides please feel free. thanks alot


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[jayhawk137]

ok this should definitly work



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[Alec]

Those are easy.

There are quite a few threads on repainting the black hatch portions.

As for the fender, I'd basically sand lightly, use a little primer, sand again lightly, then use some touch-up paint. Autozone sells very good Duplicolor touch-up paint. You may decide to just try to brush that on and see how it works.

 

[jayhawk137]

ok cool, ill do a search for the hatch. the fender its about 1 cm deep, too though, any way to make it look like its not a dent?

 

[jayhawk137]

another picture of it is here...

http://www.ftwtrucks.com/jayhawk137/

 

[MONMIX]

do you just want to cover it up or do you want to fix the dent ?

 

[jayhawk137]

well i would definitly love to fix the dent but i dont have the money to have a professional fix it. so im guessing that leaves the only option of touch up paint. i was just curious if there was some kind of car "spackle" that i could fill it in with and then paint over.

 

[hydroxy]

buy a small can of bondo. Sand it down clean it, apply some bondo then do standard paint prep rules.

If you want to, you should also try to pound the dent out as much as you can. I dont know how hard that is to get to from the other side though.

 

[MONMIX]

Dent repair is not a nightmare.
I would advise against using Bondo ( brand name ) EverCoat makes good body filler.
Moving the metal on the dog leg with out a stud gun will be difficult.
Grind it down to bare metal with 80 grit, work the metal the best you can. The goal should be to have the body filler not much more than 1/4 inch thick. 1/8 inch would be better, but if all you can get is 1/4 then fine.
Take your time. Get the shape with 80 grit on a nice sanding block. It make take a few swipes. Once you get the shape, use some Evercoat Skim coat and make it smooth with 180 grit.
You should feel no edges, no waves or bumps. Prime it and then sand it again with 180 when you sand off the primer is should all come off uniformly. If is does you are golden, prime them paint. If it does not come off uniformly fill your low spots or sand the high spots depending on the need.
I did a nice how to thread, do a search. Maybe we can get a mod. to put that in Useful Threads or something.

Lemmie know if you need any help.