Safe way to get rid of unsightly touch up paint globs

[Jax TR6]

I have some unsightly globs of touch up paint that look like seagulls S..t.
Does anyone have some remedial techniques to restore or repair the gawd
awful look?
Thanks in advance
Jax TR6

[Setec Astronomy]

You should be able to use the...what was that company? Before Dr. ColorChip....Langka. You should be able to use the Langka method, get an old credit card, wrap some t-shirt material around it, dampen it with lacquer thinner, and "sand" down the blob. That's presuming you have clearcoat paint, obviously if you have an old TR-6 with a lacquer paint job, using lacquer thinner is going to be a bad idea...

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[yakky]

I agree with Setec in principle but I would remove the blobs completely and start over. Langka is good stuff, just don't fall for the kit, get the base remover stuff only. And as always find a test spot out of sight before you try on the hood.

[Oz_TCH]

I have the similar problem on wife's car. the touch up paint glob is sitting higher than the rest of the paint.

Can I just use a cutting compound and buff it down ?

[Bruno Soares]

Mask the paint around it and then wet sand? I'm thinking that would help level it fast w/o damaging your good clear coat. Then once level or close to use a compound and polish. I haven't done this myself but I'm thinking it might work.

[rlmccarty2000]

Mask the paint around it and then wet sand? I'm thinking that would help level it fast w/o damaging your good clear coat. Then once level or close to use a compound and polish. I haven't done this myself but I'm thinking it might work.

I was wondering about this technique myself. I guess at the worst you could dab a bit of Dr Colorchip paint on the area to coverup where the blob use to be. I’ve got a Rupes Nano and it comes with stick on sand paper dots that might work. I suppose they are meant to work to denib paint.

[mrbtd]

I have seen...Take a hole punch to a piece of 1500 to 3000 sandpaper make a few small pieces and then glue it to the top of a pencil with an eraser.

[Bill D]

I remember that technique from years and years ago. It worked OK but I never found anything that did so perfectly.

[Setec Astronomy]

Well, at least we all agree.

[Mike Phillips]

I'm the last person to claim someone else's idea as my own, but I posted this in 2010 - 9 years ago....

• Take a hole punch, punch out some holes in some sandpaper.

• Cut a pencil down to about 2-3 inches long on the erasure side.

• Glue these onto the face of an unused pencil erasure.

• Place the pencil in a Drill.

• Carefully hold the drill in such a way to sand on top of a rock chip.

The goal is to take a ragged random shaped rock chip and turn it into a perfect circle with an even impression in the paint and now sanded clean for good adhesion.

Then apply your touch-up paint till the hole is level.

Allow to dry for about a week or two in warm temperatures.

Carefully sand the touch-up paint flat.

Remove sanding marks.