Ladensack3

DUB

I do not know of a shop in your area to recommend.

As for you doing it yourself....it all depends on how you want the outcome to look.

Cleaning these areas well and CAREFULLY using touch up brush and touching them up yourself is possible.

As for sanding the areas and blending the paint and clearcoating the bumper and hood all depends if you have the capabilities to do that and the equipment and place to do that successfully.

As for if a shop will 'break the bank' or not all depends on if you are looking for quality work. Quality works takes time.... and time is money.

DUB

TCW

Goggle "Dr Colorchip". This may be exactly what you need. It works great on small chips.

Tom

Joe C

my 2-cents -- buy one of these - Loew-Cornell Fine Line Painting Pen -- https://www.ebay.com/itm/Loew-Cornell-Fine-Line-Painting-Pen/123299963015?epid=691209753&hash=item1cb 5402087:g:eaQAAOSwGnxba5LF , and watch this video --


you should be able to get touchup paint from the dealer, or from the paint code, from any specialty supplier. I watched a detail guy demonstrate this at a corvette show about 15 years ago - took me awhile to find the painting pen, but I've had my best success with this method.

DUB

Using this pen or even a two or three hair paint brush is do- able on solid colors. Which this video showed then doing it on a solid color car.

But when applying a metallic or pearl color the dynamic changes and when touching up even the smallest of chips. The touch up paint..... even if it is a exact match can cause for it to go darker due to the metallics and pearls are not being atomized or dispersed as if it where shot out of a paint gun....and that is when thinning the paint and applying it very thin so the metallic/pearls can lay out is how I do it.

Touching up a solid colors is basically a no-brainer.....metallic/pearl colors or even a tri-stage color is something COMPLETELY different. IF the person is looking fro a touch up that can not be easily detected.

DUB

Ladensack3

DUB

It depends on how thick you applied it and what your current air temperatures are at.

In a few days should be fine but I do not know how thick of a blob you applied if you did that at all.

This is when you apply the same amount of paint you used on your car and put it on something else and TEST that panel first before you go to your car. If it works there...then it should obviously work on your car that has dried longer....assuming you do not take your test panel and put it in the sun if your car is stuck in a cold garage.

DUB

Ladensack3

Joe C

you are absolutely right, solid colors are a bit easier than metallic, pearls, or tri-coats, but whatever method used, it depends on many factors. you have to remember, the paint pen is just a tool for applying the paint - it does not guarantee results. you will have more control using the pen than using a toothpick, that funky brush supplied with the touch-up paint, paper matchsticks, or even fine artist brushes. trust me, over the last 50 years, I've tried them all. the best anyone will do is "barely noticeable" at an arms length, which is the end goal. I've done metallic with the paint pen, with very acceptable results. I had a stone chip on the door of the silver metallic, in my two-tone 85, that was close to 1/4" diameter, and down to the factory primer. it took days, building the paint thickness in thin layers, but once leveled, color sanded, and polished, unless I point it out to you, barely noticeable. solid, metallic, base/clear, tri-coat, or whatever, IMO, there is no way in hell to make a chip completely disappear.