Guitarstar

This will probably get moved to car care. I had to share this.
I just tested "Touch Up 123" it worked great!
I touched up about 10 very small stone chips on my hood.
When You order, you give them the paint code & VIN# of your C6,
they blend it with the color product. The kit also comes with "Final Touch compound"
Heres how it works. I cleaned out the chips with a bit of alcohol on a Q-Tip, I then put a small amount of
"Touch Up 123" color base into the chip using a Q-Tip, let it set for 10 minutes, then go over the small spots with their "Final Touch Compound", rub it out & the chips are filled in with absolutely no blob.

One point- do not use their terry towels they supply, they will scratch your clear coat, forum members have had that happen. I only use the 100% yellow cotton buffing cloths, you can get them at Walmart or Auto Zone, NOT the waffle weaves these are solid & very soft.
Hope you have the same results I got if you use "Touch Up 123" ..

PappyTinker

why do they need your VIN? Do they have knowledge of the batch number of the paint used for a specific production series?

Deep Silver C6 Z51

Where do you get Touch Up 123?

PaBlueCoupe

double eagle

http://www.touchup123.com/

wlee013

Put an order in.

yerboy68

As a painter there are several different plants that are making cars with duplicate paint codes. So depending on the vin will deplict the variance of the color. Just as in saying the black on a vette is not the same black that is on a colbalt. Even though they could have the same paint code the were sprayed out of two different barrels of paint at two different plants. I hope this makes any sence.

xs650

Thanks, I would have missed it there

Filed away for future referance.

Force-1

I went to the web site and placed an order into the shopping cart--the site did not ask for my VIN; only the paint code and vehicle.

ben dover

Thanks Guitarstar.

bugman

I also have had very good experience with this product. It beats filling in 100 tiny spots with touchup paint one at a time, then sanding away the blob, wet sanding, etc......

I still haven't tried the yellow cloths you spoke of. Last week I used touchup123 with a T-shirt. Got great results, but still caused swirlmarks.

But I can verify that this paint repair is quite stable - a few passes with the PC7424 and the swirls are gone, and the repair is unhurt. For very shallow scratches it's also helped - though sometimes the paint comes out with the FTC step and you have to start over. but that's no difference from standard chip/scratch repair. If anyone interested, before/after pics unedited, on my web page

Camaro4Life

Let me know how it went with your silver C6...

fts

Thanks for the info.

Guitarstar

Bugman, thanks to you I was turned onto this product.
The yellow buffing cloths I use work great, no swirl marks at all.
I also use the cloths to remove any residue from the alcohol before applying the color base coat.

masihman

Is the gloss the same as the cars paint? Does it completely fill the spot or does it just partially fill it? Can you still tell there was a chip there easily after it's done?
Thanks.

xs650

Guitarstar and Bugman, thanks for the 123 info. It looks good enough to make me think about not getting a clearbra.

Zymurgy

Great info. Added touchup123.com to my growing list of Corvette related bookmarks in case I ever have the need.

VET4LES

Good information, I'll check it out.

Guitarstar

I can say its a perfect match to my paint. They also say let it cure for 2 days before applying wax. The way the product fills the chip & the residue is buffed away is excellent. 10 touch ups in 20 minutes & I was done. I had the hood open & did the work standing in front of the hood.
I will never use regular touch up paint for this purpose again.

SteveL2

Thanks; I have a few chips on my DSOM and they are pretty easy to spot.