Paint Pen?
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Paint Pen?
Anybody using/used one of these touch up pens? How do they work. Worth the $17?
http://www.autovisuals.com/
http://www.autovisuals.com/
Drifting
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From: Newark CA
Pen
I've got one. The tip is as fat a a fine-point Sharpie, which is too fat for most chips. It puts on less paint than a syringe, though. The paint is thinner, too. To use it, I fill the chip, then wipe the excess off with a paper towel soaked in alcohol. It takes several coats.
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Haven't tried that brand but here's a good tip.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...up&forum_id=48
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...up&forum_id=48
Pro
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From: Mt. Pleasant SC
The one I got at Advance Auto Parts only cost $5.99 and it's the exact paint code for my Torch Red coupe. Has a brush end and a pen point end. Works great! I also use a red fine point Sharpie for small (non-chip) scratches.
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I have tried them, 3 seperate times on three different cars. The color did not match once. Not once. You could tell the difference right away. They are crappy IMHO, stick with a toothpick and touch up paint from the dealer.
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Go to your local Corvette dealer and buy the touch up paint in the small bottle - - - unscrew the cap and with a pair of pliers, remove the brush and toss it in your garbage can. Go to your local art supply house and buy the finest tip sable brush they have.
Works great for me.
EEL
Works great for me.
EEL
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Originally Posted by EdLedbetter
Go to your local Corvette dealer and buy the touch up paint in the small bottle - - - unscrew the cap and with a pair of pliers, remove the brush and toss it in your garbage can. Go to your local art supply house and buy the finest tip sable brush they have.
Works great for me.
EEL
Works great for me.
EEL
If you've never used a really top quality artists brush, you really don't know what you're missing. They are incredible. Just stiff enough to put the paint exactly where you want it.
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Originally Posted by c5BlackBeauty
Anybody using/used one of these touch up pens? How do they work. Worth the $17?
http://www.autovisuals.com/
http://www.autovisuals.com/
I got one of these exact pens for my Sebring Silver C5 and it was pretty useless... nice idea in theory, but it just doesn't work in practice.
As already mentioned by someone, not enough paint comes out when you press down on the nib and it doesn't take long before it gets clogged-up. Save your money and go with the age-old tried-and-tested approach of a tooth-pick/fine brush and touch-up paint.
I've found you need to practice some restraint when touching-in stone chips (esp. if it's a daily driver) because if you get carried-away and start touching-up every little pinhead-sized chip, you can end-up with a situation where the touched-up chips are more noticeable than if you'd just left it!
Cheers,
Ian.
Last edited by i_york; May 19, 2005 at 10:06 AM.
