I just picked up some touch up paint from the dealer today and want to fix a chip in the drivers door, and 3 small chips on the front fender (some donkey named jack with a shopping cart :bang: ). The paint is in a bottle with a brush attached, kind of like a larger version of a bottle of nail polish.

What is the correct way to apply the paint to the chip to make it blend in as good as possible? I'm not a paint guy, but it just doesn't seem like you should just dab it on. Seems like it wouldn't be even, not blend in well, etc. Is there any special way to apply the paint to make it blend in as well as it possibly can?

Sean

 

You might want to check this out, I am going to try it for my chips. Chip Repair

 

also 05stangkc are ford parts guy has the new touch up paint in all colors. The touch up he has has two sides. one is a pen like applicator for small items, might to a better job than the brush, and on the other side is the brush. Does yours not have the pen applicator. If not you may want to give him a shout. Good luck

 

Excellent Info Guys! And just in the "nick" of time. I have a chip I need to fix myself. I'm going to give this product a try. Thanks!

 

You need to read this topic

http://forums.bradbarnett.net/index.php?showtopic=39666

 

This can be tricky, so be careful if you do it.

I apply paint with a toothpick and add little bits at a time until the chip is filled to about as even as possible to the paint level. That is the easy part and hard to cause any trouble. It works OK, but, to really blend it in try this:

After the paint has had time to dry (I wait days), use a machine polisher (I recommend random orbital, esp if you are a beginner). polish the chip and the surrounding area a few times to try to even up the paint and the touch up paint. The more even you make it, the harder it is to see the repair. Obviously use a fine grit polish and wax over it when you are done.

 

Where's the place to buy paint and clear?? I don't see them anywhere!!

 

I tried touching up a spot on my car with the touchup paint and the color doesn't match. It's lighter. Is this because I need to use mutiple coats to get it darker? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif[/img]

 

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I tried touching up a spot on my car with the touchup paint and the color doesn't match. It's lighter. Is this because I need to use mutiple coats to get it darker? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif[/img]
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The unfortunate truth is that there's not much you can do. For the most part, no 2 paints are exactly the same, unless the're mixed and poured at the same time. 2 brand new Mineral Gray cars can have slight differences in paint color. One reason is as the paint flows through the plumbing at the factory, minute amounts of pigment can collect on the inside of the pipes and create minute differences. You've got a 'paint code' on the door of your car. When you go to a bodyshop, they'll often have different formulas for the same paint code. This is why when you get your car fixed after an accident, they'll often 'blend' adjecent panels to trick your eye into making the repair invisible. (Blending is when they pull the gun away as they paint to 'feather' the new paint into the existing color.)

 

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The unfortunate truth is that there's not much you can do. For the most part, no 2 paints are exactly the same, unless the're mixed and poured at the same time. 2 brand new Mineral Gray cars can have slight differences in paint color. One reason is as the paint flows through the plumbing at the factory, minute amounts of pigment can collect on the inside of the pipes and create minute differences. You've got a 'paint code' on the door of your car. When you go to a bodyshop, they'll often have different formulas for the same paint code. This is why when you get your car fixed after an accident, they'll often 'blend' adjecent panels to trick your eye into making the repair invisible. (Blending is when they pull the gun away as they paint to 'feather' the new paint into the existing color.)
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Thanks for the info. So, would it even be worth me getting a kit like the one from Langka? Or since I don't have the exact paint to match, I will still be able to see the difference in colors? I can understand someone with a white or black or even red car getting a kit and touching up spots themselves... but mineral grey is just so hard to match for some reason.

 

metallics are always difficult to match, if the rock chip is small enough, I think that the color variation won't be as noticeable.

I am going to try langka on a few rock chips on my sonic car.

 

I've used the Langka product and like it but it's difficult to get great results using the supplied instructions. I'm anxious to try Scott's method, though.