Paint chip/scratch repair

[steefnap]

Hey all,

Being in Canada with all the lovely gravel on the road in winter, I have a nice constellation of rock chips on my bumper, hood, mirrors, etc...

I picked up a colour coded paint pen from Mazda. It's double-sided so one side is silver paint, and the other side is clear coat.

The problem is, whenever I dab silver into any scratch/chip etc, it only looks marginally better. In some cases, it actually looks worse!

What would the experts here recommend for a product/products to level, sand, buff, etc these marks so it looks better after the touchup?

Thanks!

 

[gr-ms6]

Id definately only recommend it for small spots .. My wife drives a 1999 Mazda 626 LX .. a truck backed ontop of her hood with its trailer hitch (nice big scratches almost center of the hood) and we tried to fix it with the paint pen from the dealership (same deal, one side black one side clear coat).. it looks terrible ... not sure if its better or worse ...

 

[bova80]

best to put the paint on a tooth pick and build up layers and then when all said and done and dry use a high speed buffer to try and melt the paint together a bit but becareful not to ruin the rest of your paint.

 

[LBV]

That paint stick is useless - you can barely get any paint out the tip and what does come out seems like it's thinned down.

 

[Mikey444]

I just use the nail polish type paint touch up and have a very steady hand, however it turns out after, well too bad, at least the metal is protected. A car is only new once.

 

[steefnap]

is there a tool or process I can use to buff/blend the paint repair against the original coat?

 

[bova80]

yeah its called a orbital buffer

 

[steefnap]

does the buffer not damage the clear coat on top?

 

[bova80]

it will if you leave it on to long.

 

[Killer]

Talk about bad information. (gtfo)

An orbital type buffer is not a rotary buffer. It is nearly imfreakinpossible to damage your pint with an orbital buffer. An orbital buffer will do NOTHING to help your chip issue either. A ROTARY buffer will not help the chip issue either but can cause "Swirls Marks" in your paint if used improperly.

Buffing of any sort will not fill in chips.

This will. It has a wax stick and polish close to the color of your car. I used the white on some of my hood chips and you just cant see them anymore unless you are right up on it. On a scale of 1-10 I would give it a 7.5 for ease of use and it is a helluva lot less money than a repaint.


http://www.turtlewax.com/main.taf?p=2,1,4,5

 

[steefnap]

Thanks Killer, I will check it out!

 

[Killer]

no prob.

 

[bova80]

i never said anything about just buffing to fill in the chips. If you use a paint stick and fill it in with that and then use a high speed buffer this will heat up and help blend the paint, but you have to be careful because it could also damage the other paint.