Is there a RIGHt way to use the Touch up Paint? no 56K

[DatSRBoi]

yeah... Brought some touch up paint. TOYOTA Brand and yet its not accurate.... Even though my car was never repainted and all. Is there a right way?
When I tried the 1C8, it was too light, When 1C4 (My cars a 1C4 paint from the door) It came out too dark...












As you can see, You see the place where I touch up. Cars not left in the sun much so cant be fade...Might there be a misprint on my car?

[Jackass-Jeff]

there's no right way to use touch up paint. The best detailers (some train to use it! we have one GREAT detailer that knows how...) can't even get it right.

Touch up paint is available to cover paint botches so that metal parts don't rust... it's not for beauty (for the most part)

[DatSRBoi]

Then all I can say is DAmmm to them rocks on the highways...All their fault..

[importtuner2oo4]

i would just get the front bumper repainted and then get rockblocker applied.....works like a charm...

just my .02

[udonoogen]

mine sucked, too. i got 051 and it came out silver.

[dvdchris45]

im gonna try some polish with mine in the upcoming days,...i'll let you ya'll know how it turns out on my desert sand. My uncle who works at a body shop says the trick to touch up paints is to get it INSIDE the blemishes. So maybe with a q-tip or something instead of the brush it comes with.

[Parke10]

when i did it with the green it came out perfect..

[Sp33d]

do me a favor. if you have a girlfriend, tell her to do the painting. i had my girlfriend do touch up paint for me on my front right bumper and its one nice layer of touch up paint. (its all those skills of painting their fingernails and toenails that is put to test when they use touch-up-paint for your car)

-Mark

[Nutty101]

It depends on the color. Some are very unforgiving. Silver,black,red tend to show alot of defects in the paint. Also the touchup is a single stage paint. Most of our cars are three stage. Looks great, pain in the arse to touchup/blend.

[JAYDEE23]

there is a brand of touch up paint that offers a kit.

filler putty,
-filler/primer pen/brush
-color
-polish
-clear coat

i bout this kit yesterday for $15 at autozone.. ill let you know if it works when i find the correct toyota red

i got 3e5 and i need 3n5.. anyione know how close this will be? looks real close

[Paladin06Greg]

Touch up paint is just that, touch up paint. It is meant to touch up minor nicks or scratches. For the areas I see in most of these pics you're going to need a body shop to fix them.

As an example I recently had some areas repainted on my car. Now my car is 1C4 and we determined there are no less then 7 shades of 1C4. Also keep in mind the shade of your paint changes to due weather, washing, waxing and just plain old aging. So for small spots, go with touch up and anything bigger then a minor chip or scratch, head to the body shop and get it done right.

I'm thinking of having my entire car repainted. Not sure about the color yet.

Good Luck

[dvdchris45]

I got an estimate from a local body shop i my area to paint my entire front bumper in Desert Sand Mica. They want $200 loll.

[Paladin06Greg]

Go!!!

I got an estimate from a local body shop i my area to paint my entire front bumper in Desert Sand Mica. They want $200 loll.

[dvdchris45]

Go!!!

I got an estimate from a local body shop i my area to paint my entire front bumper in Desert Sand Mica. They want $200 loll.

$200 is a good deal? I thought it would be a rip-off!