Touch up painting

[audibehr]

Hey all, 1st. I did a search![:)] so now my question, have a nick or two on my rear bumper, from living in the city, now that I am in the burbs, I would like to get this fixed, just wondering how/where to get a good match on the brilliant red paint, obviously the dealer for the paint, but has any one screwed around with the stuff? experiences, using Touch up?

Thanks for the help....

B

[elwigglero]

Hey all, 1st. I did a search![:)] so now my question, have a nick or two on my rear bumper, from living in the city, now that I am in the burbs, I would like to get this fixed, just wondering how/where to get a good match on the brilliant red paint, obviously the dealer for the paint, but has any one screwed around with the stuff? experiences, using Touch up?

Thanks for the help....

B

I don't really like using touch up because it always seems to stand out...Looks almost raised. Have you tried using a polish to try and pull out some of the small scratches? If they're too severe for that, give it a shot on one of the nicks and see what you think. I have a touch up pen from the dealer in brilliant red. Think it was $20 or so.

[Glassnpowder98]

I also have a brilliant red touch up pen from the dealer. I used it to fix a few little knicks I had in my bump. You can still see it from up close, but it looks better than it did before... The guy at the service department said it works better for plastic pieces like the bumpers and not as well on the metal surfaces like on the hood. I am yet to try it on my hood, but I have some rock chips on the hood that I will try to touch up sometime soon.

[Tusin]

Check out the detailing forum here, or autopia.org.

There are generally two "common" ways to do this. Touch up paint, with even coats to cover the chip. One poster mention it gives a raised look, but that is what you want.

After that the options are generally, wetsanding or "langka".

If it is a chip, some will cut a small piece of high-grade sandpaper (unigrit from meguiars is great). And stick it an end of a pencil (eraser side). Then follow that with a good polish.

Another option, which I am going to try soon is Langka. This is a chemical application. Dealer touch-up paint is a different formula than factory paint (can't remember which base is which). But what you do, is make your "blob" of touch up paint to cover the chip. Let it dry (most say for at least a week). Then take the langka solution and lightly rub the repair and around the repair. Langka will strip the touch-up paint, without any damage to the factory paint. You want to do it lightly, as it is possible to remove all of the touch-up paint and have to start over.

[eskimopunk]

Check out the detailing forum here, or autopia.org.

There are generally two "common" ways to do this. Touch up paint, with even coats to cover the chip. One poster mention it gives a raised look, but that is what you want.

After that the options are generally, wetsanding or "langka".

If it is a chip, some will cut a small piece of high-grade sandpaper (unigrit from meguiars is great). And stick it an end of a pencil (eraser side). Then follow that with a good polish.

Another option, which I am going to try soon is Langka. This is a chemical application. Dealer touch-up paint is a different formula than factory paint (can't remember which base is which). But what you do, is make your "blob" of touch up paint to cover the chip. Let it dry (most say for at least a week). Then take the langka solution and lightly rub the repair and around the repair. Langka will strip the touch-up paint, without any damage to the factory paint. You want to do it lightly, as it is possible to remove all of the touch-up paint and have to start over.

that langka stuff sound like a good idea

[B7er]

i've heard the Dr. Colorchip stuff is pretty good too. I read an AZ member's write-up about it and sounds like it really worked for him. I also saw a small ad in a car magazine (road&track or motor trend or european car, cant remember).
www.drcolorchip.com
check it out. i think i might give it a try considering my hood looks like it was in a drive-by shooting lol

[Tusin]

Yeah, it is a good product and leaves good results. Main complaint is that it can be a pain to work with sometimes, as in removing all of the touchup paint you laid down. But again a week or two dry time for the touch-up makes it work alot better.

[Unleaded20T]

Wax that matches the color of your paint is great to cover minor problems. There is also a turtle wax that comes with a "lipstick" to fill to nicks which would match the color of the paint after the wax. I have a black b7 and for the tiny nicks works fine.

The next step is to go to paint shop and get one of thos pens to do the touch up yourself, or just go to walmart/target.

[debussy]

I filled in all the chips on my car this past weekend. The results were A+++

1) Clean/wash the area you plan to touch up.
2) Apply an even layer of touch up paint.
3) If the chip/scratch is deep, then wait a few hours and apply another layer of touch up paint. Repeat this until the paint is slightly "raised".
4) Allow paint to dry completely for at least 2 hrs (or else your touch up paint will be ruined by the next step).
5) Gently claybar the touch up area to remove excess paint & make the surface even.
6) Finally, Polish and then Wax the area.

It was my first time doing this but the results came out awesome. There are no traces of scratches/chips/touch up painting.

[Unleaded20T]

Good to hear, you should post some pics.

[debussy]

Good to hear, you should post some pics.

Car went back into the bodyshop to get the sideskirts remolded. Will post pics soon (in another thread [race])

[Tusin]

I filled in all the chips on my car this past weekend. The results were A+++

1) Clean/wash the area you plan to touch up.
2) Apply an even layer of touch up paint.
3) If the chip/scratch is deep, then wait a few hours and apply another layer of touch up paint. Repeat this until the paint is slightly "raised".
4) Allow paint to dry completely for at least 2 hrs (or else your touch up paint will be ruined by the next step).
5) Gently claybar the touch up area to remove excess paint & make the surface even.
6) Finally, Polish and then Wax the area.

It was my first time doing this but the results came out awesome. There are no traces of scratches/chips/touch up painting.

Yeah, I guess that "could" work. Two hours the paint is not completely dry (might feel that way). But that is probably why the claybar worked. A claybar is an abrasive.... Hmmm you gave me an idear;)

[audibehr]

Thanks!!!!! that's what I was looking for...