kountrykreation

I've decided to hold off on painting her another color, probably only because I'm afraid of botching the job myself, and I'm a 'do-it-yourself' kind of gal, or (more than likely) just too frugal to pay the $$$ to have her re painted professionally. So, on the couple of bare metal spots I used black automotive paint to touch her up. First I used 600 grit sand paper, to carefully sand down the spots, then I applied a coat of primer, then sanded the primer, careful not to disturb the surrounding 'good' paint, then applied several coats of the black automotive paint, drying and sanding between each coat. Again, careful not to disturb the 'good' surrounding painted area. Apply layers until the 'new' paint is just slightly raised above the old paint, then sand spot carefully until it is even with the old original layer of paint. It's a lengthy process, but it turned out well. The paint, basic black, I purchased at the local auto store in a small application tube (see sample pic).