touching up scratches on silver?

  1. Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2007 Swanley,Kent Posts: 866 saxo vtr
    #1
    i have a couple of scratches on my bumpers and rear panels the are only light ones. how hard would it be to respray them would i have to do whole panel?
    i've heard silver is the hardest to spray.
  2. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.
    #2
    It really depends on how deep they are,run your finger nail across them if it catches your going to have to fill prime & spray.For minor scratches 1500 grade wet/dry paper first then go over with a touch up stick,any pics?


    Steve.
  3. Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810
    #3
    i touched up some stone chips on my bonnet and wing, put some 'kurust' on (1 or 2 had a tiny dot of rust which i didnt want getting any worse then got the 3 pen touch up kit from halfords (about a tenner), works all good if you take your time between each pen but the colour match (quarts silver) is terrible, thankfully becuase there only like 3 or 4 small chips i did you cant actually notice it until you look at it, but looking at it close the colour doesnt match, better that than having the black/rust colour on the chip though
  4. Established Member Joined: Jan 2008 Northampton Posts: 2241 Citroën Saxo VTR
    #4
    As above, depending on how deep they're will ultimately be the decision maker. Got quite a few fairly deep stone chips on my bonnet, I'm going to just have the bonnet resprayed instead of attempting to fill them in.
  5. Infrequent Poster Joined: May 2008 Clacton-On-Sea,Essex Posts: 137 2001 Saxo vtr 2002 Bmw X5 Sport
    #5
    When you touch in silver paint it will dry darker, Try adding pearl white to the mix.
  6. Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810
    #6
    ye true, mine is so slightly darker when up close