Any sites you guys know for the do it yourselfer? ty

 

I'm no painter , but I have been looking at this site. http://www.easypaintyourcar.com/CarP...tcarpaint.html

 

What is it you want to do? Repaint the whole car, or just fix the scratch?

 

just repair. 7" scratch. i have a some paint left from dent repair from previous owner when i 1st bough my car. cheapest estimate i found was $500.

 

Depending on how severe it is- how deep and the overall size- you could probably sand & buff it to make it less noticeable and touch up what's left with the paint you already have.
My beater car had a giant scratch (keyed?) on the passenger door.. too deep to sand & buff but I didn't want to shell out the money for paint. So I just touched it up by putting touch up paint in this pen-> http://www.****blick.com/products/lo...-painting-pens

 

If you have the correct paint, and the scratch is only paint deep, not into the metal, then you can use a very tiny brush to touch it up. Start by making sure the area is clean and no loose paint. Then mask off along the scratch as close as you can. Once it's masked off, just paint it in being careful not totry and make the paint go too far. You want it thick, so it will fill the scratch.
Once you've got the scratch filled well with paint, (even slightly high is better!) then mask the area again, but this time you can mask back about 1/4" from the scratch. Now use wet/dry 600 grit sandpaper to cut the surface of the paint patch down smoothly. Once you get it close switch to 1000 grit, and keep a spray bottle of water close to keep it wet. Sand it carefully until it's smooth, but try not to sand too much on ajoining old paint.
Now you can use a rubbing compound to polish it out by hand, and then a good wax to finish. Of course you can remove the tape once you begin to rub it out and wax it!