Best way to touch-up paint

MarioKarnage

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My particle DK is in pretty good shape but around some of the edges, particularly the back vertical edge, there are small chips. There are no chips or significant scratches in the middle of any of the panels.

I don't believe I need to re-paint any of the blue areas, but I was thinking to Bondo the edges and touch-up. What's the best practice for doing this? Sand, Bondo, Sand, then Paint? Paint with a brush, roller or air?

I've been searching on this all day, but I haven't seen much talk about small work such as this; it's all been major repairs and full re-painting.
 
What will be difficult will be perfectly matching your existing paint. If you got a perfect color match, the best way would be to remove the swollen particleboard, use wood hardener, Bondo, sand, Bondo again, sand, prime, sand, and then airbrush the edges. You could try painting with a foam brush, or possibly rolling it, but honestly, by the time you've spent all that work with the Bondo, etc., it wouldn't take much to just repaint it all.
 
What will be difficult will be perfectly matching your existing paint. If you got a perfect color match, the best way would be to remove the swollen particleboard, use wood hardener, Bondo, sand, Bondo again, sand, prime, sand, and then airbrush the edges. You could try painting with a foam brush, or possibly rolling it, but honestly, by the time you've spent all that work with the Bondo, etc., it wouldn't take much to just repaint it all.

I was afraid you'd say that. I could just leave it! You're probably right, though. I would feel like I really did the cab a service by repainting.
 
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Small chips on the back edge wouldn't keep me up at night. I'd use a small brush and daub on some primer to seal, and the same with some paint.

Save the total re-paint for when you really need it, imo, otherwise you're just wasting time, materials, & money, right?
 
Small chips on the back edge wouldn't keep me up at night. I'd use a small brush and daub on some primer to seal, and the same with some paint.

Save the total re-paint for when you really need it, imo, otherwise you're just wasting time, materials, & money, right?

Probably right. The Magic Eraser did a great job on the rest of it. But I think you're right to want to seal as much as possible.
 
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