hey guys as anbody whos seen my car can tell you my paints in really good shape buty there are those little dings and nicks and chips thatt erk at my nerves my dad suggested going to a dealer and getting the exact same color and then doing some self touch ups anybody tried this had sucess failure or other wise?

I do it. Just go to the Chevy dealer parts department. Tell the person you want touch up paint, and give them your VIN so that they get the exact color. I use the pen applicator for about everything except if its just an abrasion. When you put on the touch up paint let it dry partially, then wipe away excess around the area that you touched up. It looks great all the time.

i guess if you know a way to make it look good, then do it. ive never seen, with my own two eyes, a GOOD touchup with those pens. but they might have done it wrong..

your sayin to let it dry a bit.. and then whipe up the extra? what extra? and how would you whipe up the extra without messin up the finish of the paint you want to keep there?

im not bein a jerk, im curious as to how you do it, cause if it works, i may try it myself.

i've seen things that look like a wax crayon... do those work any good?

I actually don't wipe away the excess touch up paint. Heres how I do it though. I use either the brush or pen the GM touchup paint comes with, and use it on the chip, scratch, abrasion, etc. After doing so I let the paint dry almost completely. Now that the paint around and on the effected areais nearlydry, I use a fingernail and scrape off the excess paint (it should just flake off)so that there is only touch up paint where it is needed. Sometimes I'll add another layer or so of touch up paint and do the same thing, but only after the initial coat is 100% dry so that it doesn't smudge.

hmmm, i see. Ill have to give it a try sometime. ill try it on my dads old hood for his car. that way if it comes out terrible, its not on my car!! NOW THATS USIN YOUR NOGGIN!! lol

Haha there ya go.

no luck, i must be doing something wrong, it looks terrible. id rather have a fat chip then have what i did to it! lol

Oh well. At least like what you said its not your car. lol

The way I do it is sand with 800 grit.. just around the nick....then use some spot putty to fill the nick..sand again with 800 to make it flush..paint it...sand with 800..then 1000..make sure not to go through the touch up paint..hit it with clead and wet sand with 1500 and 2000..then polish the spot.

putty huh. never would have thought of that. i always wondered how to fill in the whole left. I thought people just put A LOT of paint on it and called it that. But that makes more since.

found a really good article on repairing paint chips and scratches. I haven't tried this method yet myself, but it makes sense and is very close to the repair method we've used to touch-up laqueron say cabinets , etc. (interior painter)

you'll have to scroll about half way down the page to see the part which refers to paint chips and scratches, but the rest is interesting also.
http://www.autopia-carcare.com/inf-paint-polish-clinic.html

Turtle wax sells a colored wax in black and red. Doesn't repair the chip, just fills in the white scratch or spot to make it less noticable.

I have used touch up paint and a tooth pick to hide chips on my chin spoiler.

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