[70ram4]

Is this an involved process. Normally I could live w it. But it seems down to the primer . Which equals rust. I dont want to see a repair when its done.

[SRGN]

A touch up will be visible, so there's not many options. I'd build it up with 2k primer, wetsand it level, then try to blend/base it and clear the panel, using the molding as your hard line. For a lasting repair, you would have to clear the whole quarter. I'm assuming it's a base/clear job, hard to tell from the picture on my crappy screen. If it's single stage, the repair will be a lot easier as you will only have to blend the area around the repair and there's no clearcoat involved. I'm not a professional bodyman, so someone smarter than me may have another option. I do my own body and paint, and have worked part time at a friend's body shop. I was taught by some really gifted people, I'm not as fast as a pro and my knowledge is dated at this point, but I can do work that looks good and lasts.

[Scarebird]

Some touch up paint and be done. If deep build up with paint then sand down and polish.

[Cammer-6]

If your confidence level is low,go to a new car dealer and ask who does their touch ups.
Dealers have mobile business service them for things like touch up or upholstery repairs etc.

[65madgoat]

Area actually looks good.. build up with primer (touch up paint bottle stuff) and if you can get green paint blended up at a paint shop super - but hopefully you have some touch up paint.

That will look good - if anything you can airbrush the color on with a Harbor Freight set up for $135 but honestly touch up primer and paint from a bottle and then some color sanding and buffing and you will be good.

[400 4spd.]

If that is primer I see, you want to build it with color, not more primer. When you've hidden the primer with color, add activated clear to your color for the final touch up. Imagine an Oreo cookie on a plate. The plate is the metal surface, the bottom layer of cookie is the primer, white filling is the color, top layer is clear. If not stacked in the right proportions it can never be level with the surrounding surface.

[76TA462]

If you have the matching paint, with patience the end result can be great. I build up with a mixture of my base coat and clear (in the past using base follwed by clear has been a royal pain). After build up I use 1000 grit follwed by 2000 grit, and then the 3M stage 2 polish follwed by their stage 1. I'm not a pro, just a DIY and thi has worked great over the years.

[rwfisher]

Matching the metallics up for 100% match could be tough if you don’t have any already matched touch up. Best bet is to build up with touch up paint and then wet sand and polish to level with existing paint. It’s a small spot and the most important thing is to prevent future corrosion whether the match is perfect or not. Because of the trim water is retained there and is notorious for corrosion..

[Terry M. Hunt]

Take a look at the web site for Doctor Colorchip