Removing old touch-up. Ibis White A5.

[Christopher]

I'm correcting an owner's mistake later today on an Ibis White A5. Long story short, her daughter chipped (~2mm) the rear quarter with a bike handlebar, which she's then touched in herself with Audi touch-up.

The issue is, she's touched it in with what appears to have been a four inch brush. It's awful. Leaving an area of touch up around the tiny mark now where she tried to "blend it in"

What are my least aggressive options? Up to now, I'm using 3M panel wipe, then high-grade wet sanding the excess off, obviously then correcting the sanding marks with a machine and various combos.

Any advice/suggestions on other routes would be appreciated. @gally

 

[Eddie.]

Nuke it form orbit.

 

[JamesBryan]

Sanding is probably as much as you can do, unless you have a denibbing tool as well.

 

[Christopher]

Sanding is probably as much as you can do, unless you have a denibbing tool as well.

Yeah. I have a full range of paint grades so I'll just start at 3000 and work down.

 

[JamesBryan]

Yeah. I have a full range of paint grades so I'll just start at 3000 and work down.

40 grit will speed things up :nomouth:

 

[Christopher]

40 grit will speed things up :nomouth:

Failing that I'll apply gravel with an orange pad by DA, then just drive off.

 

[JamesBryan]

Failing that I'll apply gravel with an orange pad by DA, then just drive off.

Can't be any worse surely 😂

 

[leedsboy]

Just make sure whatever you do that you prep it correctly, give it a good wash and a drive around the block to dry it off before cracking on with the DA.....

 

[Knuckles]

Chop off the exceee with a nice sharp Stanley blade, sand it, polish it with an orange hex pad and heavy cut polish then charge them £200 for the pleasure

 

[MartinL1993]

Chop off the exceee with a nice sharp Stanley blade, sand it, polish it with an orange hex pad and heavy cut polish then charge them £200 for the pleasure

Scare me with your Stanley blades you do 😂


Best bet is probably sanding unless she's done such a s**t job you can pull the paint out

 

[Knuckles]

Scare me with your Stanley blades you do 😂


Best bet is probably sanding unless she's done such a s**t job you can pull the paint out

At least I didn't suggest fire. Love me some good fire.

 

[MartinL1993]

At least I didn't suggest fire. Love me some good fire.

HAHAHA brilliant, let's see how that one pans out

 

[Christopher]

Thanks guys.
Ended up having to cut the excess with an orange pad, then the worst with 3000G.
Polished the sanding marks out and refined. Touched in with a cocktail stick (as should've been done originally) and all sorted.