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Lots of good info here. The paint on my car is a very slick clear coated metallic blue. Most of my touch-ups have been on the bottom edges with just the color and look OK. I am now working on a couple of 1" scratches on the fender that appeared after the last car show. I would like these to disappear as much as possible. There was some cracked paint along the edges which needed sanding so I started with 1200 which worked pretty well. I really like the idea of sandpaper dots glued to a pencil eraser. After a few coats of touch up paint from an old bottle I let it set overnight then started wet sanding with 2000. The touch up paint seemed to roll up on the wet paper which I've never seen before. I don't know if this is because the paint was a few years old or whether some touch-up paints can't be wet sanded. I ordered fresh touch up paint from "Paint Scratch" and will start over. I will increase the drying time since there is no hurry to get a good job. This new paint came with a bottle of clear coat so that is my plan.
Keep the great advice coming!
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Steve
1981 SC Steel Widebody Outlaw in Pacific Blue and Artic White, 930/51 to 3.2l, K27 7006 Turbo, P&P Twin Plug heads, Twinfire Ignition, BLwur, Ruf Intercooler, Powerhaus headers, Zork, CIS Euro FD, 009 injectors, DOD, DP Lid, 044 pump, 930 4 sp LSD, Mocal 44 w/fan, LM2, Brembo, Retroair, Euromeisters.
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