Received my first road gravel "chip" on my front fender, so I used the touch up paint for the first time. It's a 1/8" chip. I attempted to use the brush in the bottle but almost blew it, because while I filled in the chip. the excess paint in the brush simply rolled down the side of my fender. This was unexpected because I thought I had wringed enough paint out. I practically knocked over my wife retrieving a wet cloth to wipe the excess paint off my fender. Luckily I was able to wipe the paint off in time.

Does anyone use another method to apply theirs? Tiny sponge? Any other object(s) that could be more useful?

 

BUMMER On previous cars I have used a tooth pic to apply touchup paint with decent results. Apply tiny amounts of paint in the chip using the tooth pic over 2 - 3 days until the chip has the coverage you want. I recenlty stumbled upon this product and I plan on giving it a try.

http://www.autovisuals.com/

Good luck and let me know how it turns out.

 

an option that i just bought, but have not yet tried is a "touch-up pen"...
autovisuals.com
i think-
anyone tried this yet?

 

Some touch up paint "kits" include a book of matches (without the part that makes fire). You tear off a match and use the torn off end to dab the paint with.

 

I have to confess, I use a round toothpick. Whaler is right, it takes me several days fill in a chip. In a way this is good, because several thin coats of pain is always more durable than fewer thicker layers.

 

I use a touch-up pen. Each end has a capped felt tip. One end for paint and the other for clear coat. Works great; you can apply the paint VERY sparingly.

I got it from my Honda dealer and the part number for red (in Canada anyway) is TUCHR510. $13.37 CDN

 

I've also used a tooth pick to touch-up small stone chips. One coat of paint and then fill the damaged area with several coats of clear coat and then rub it it out.

 

www.autovisuals.com , my experience has been very good product for paint chips however I wouldn't recommend on scratches.

 

la-race
i got the pen for the only scratch that i have on my car...
but based on what you said i am wondering why you wouldnt recommend it?
thx

 

the tip of the pen is two wide for a scratch so when you try to fill it in the paint sits on top of the scratch. Its hard to put into words but it looks like if you put touch up paint onto your good paint, it is definitely noticeable. chips though are very easy to fill in regardless if you are working on a horizontal surface or vertical surface such as the side of your car. Just have some patience when filling them in. The first time I tried to fill in the entire chip and let dry but learned that you should do one coat after another until the touchup paint is flush with the stock paint.