fixing a screw up/ chip repair from assembly

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bomccorkle

I was assembling a hood and the cowl on a truck I've been working on, any who I got impatient with them and pushed a bit to hard lining up and had one spot chip in each of them, I'm not sure if I can spot repair them, I've tried blending and I'm just not any good at it....

So I was wondering if anyone had a method to spot repair?
Barring that, I'm not opposed to removing them and going ahead and reshooting them but if that's the case can anyone give me a recommended step by step, its SPI black base and UV clear, I think I have just about every activator on hand and some polar accelerator too, I'd like to be able to spray in the morning and be buffing in the afternoon if at all possible?

Thanks for any help guys and next time I'll use 2-3 layers of tape instead of just one.... And definitely be a bit more ginger.....

Forgot to mention that the high around here tomorrow will be about 75, I doubt but about 60-65 when I start spraying and its rained today so fairly high humidity tomorrow as well.
 
I had to do this on the trunk of the merc in my picture, prep the area with 600 or 800 filled the deep chip with a little putty, under fill a little, iI like spray a tiny bit of epoxy sealer on the chip to, spot in your black it blends no problem. Then get 2 jam guns out, one with clear and one with the slowest reducer you have, spray just the tiny area with clear and then immediately grab the reducer gun and spray a thin coat around the edge of the clear, let it flash,spray a slightly larger area with clear and then again with reducer around the edge, you repeat a third time if needed. The reducer will soften the older clear and help blend the 2 clears together. When you buff try to buff over the fresh clear edge and not against it. This worked great for me hope it helps. Not a 100 percent perfect repair, for that its a reshoot.
 
depends how deep they are. Mine went down to primer, got a really nice little artist brush, let the walls of the scratch support the edges of the base, it will shrink and leave enough room to do the same with the clear. If you leave no marks you can usually just wetsand and buff and make it disappear. If it doesnt, at least you are at the level of the rest of the clear if you want to overcoat the area and buff again.
 
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