How to make touch up paint blend in?

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Old Dec 23, 2011 | 12:08 PM
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How to make touch up paint blend in?

i recently applied some touch up paint near the trunk area due to some minor scratches, i thought it was perfect at first but after 2 weeks after the car gets a bit dusty i noticed the area where i applied the paint looks so "CLEAN", which doesnt look right, it sounds kinda weird but u can only notice that "CLEAN" spot from certain angle, my friends can't tell the difference but I CAN and it somehow bothers me...how can i make it fully blend in with the original color of the car? help please
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Old Dec 23, 2011 | 05:55 PM
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Where did you get your touch up paint? I'm looking for some at the moment.
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Old Dec 23, 2011 | 06:30 PM
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Old Dec 25, 2011 | 06:06 PM
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Where did you get your touch up paint? I'm looking for some at the moment.

got mine at the acura dealer...2 bottles
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Old Dec 25, 2011 | 06:16 PM
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Not possible.
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Old Dec 25, 2011 | 11:33 PM
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If your paint is metallic, you simply cannot make it look right when you touch it up. Metallic doesn't lay down the same when brushed or dabbed in as it does when it comes out of a spray gun. Even if the color match is perfect, the metallic match won't be. If the filled in area is higher than the surrounding paint, you can polish it down so it isn't as noticeable.
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Old Dec 26, 2011 | 01:21 PM
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any polish you guys recommend??
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Old Dec 27, 2011 | 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by spaceboy
any polish you guys recommend??
Optimum Hyper Polish/Hyper Compound pr Meguiars #205 and #105.
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