Touch up paint

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Who do you recommend when it comes to buying touch up paint for a car? I need some but there are so many companies supplying the paint...ta
 
I have a deep scratch on my car (16 plate)......i am not confident with spraying. I have done it with spray cans over 30 years ago on my Dads VW Beetle...lol

A good touch up paint would be good...

Anyone use.."Paint Nuts"....

I been watching youtube vids about building up the paint and wet sanding it down etc....
 
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radderfire said:
Pic of scratch required.

What car and what year is it?
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Its a 5" long deep scratch down to the metal...2016...Citroen C1....

No pics sorry...

I had a quote of £480 to fix, lol.....

I just want to have a go myself. Its not an expensive car etc....
 
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Rroff said:
If it is just a hairline type scratch a high adhesion touch up pen will work fine, personally I found the best stuff for polishing it back after is the headlight abrasive polish from the Holts kit but unfortunately doesn't seem to be available separately - unless using proper polishing tools and some experience you are almost definitely going to get holographic swirls, etc. with most of the off the shelf products despite the marketing.
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Yea, i thought that myself.

Should i go for touch up pens (primer, paint, clear top coat) or small bottles?
 
nlel1975 said:
I had a 2007 Peugeot 107 that I bought in March 2012 with 13k miles for £4500 and I still loved it.
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The C1 gets me from A to B. Thats all i need...no tax and relatively economical to run...and has several scratches and one deep scratch now...
 
Nasher said:
Every French car seem to age to the point of looking like it's been driven though Luton. Then stays like that forever.

It's funny how these small hatches are holding their values so well now though. People want cheap motoring and there are no modern options for that. Or £20 tax :D
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Mine looks in great condition even though it has several scratches (very faint) and that large one...lol..
 
jellybeard999 said:
For filling in a a ratch I've had better esults with a tin of paint than a pen. I've ordered from paints4u a few times by paint code and it's always been a good match.

If not spraying an area, I use the below method.

Degrease the area with panel wipe
Put some masking tape underneath the scratch to car h any drips
Using a cocktail stick or pin, pick up a drop of paint and fill in the scratch. The less paint the better. Repeat until the paint sits proud.
Using high grit (something like 3000 grit) wet and dry sandpaper soaked in water, lightly sand until the paint is level. Don't worry about the original paint as the paint is much softer than the lawyer and you'll only lightly sand the laquer.
Machine polish with cutting compound. This restores the shine of the original paint and the new paint.
It should look good at this point, but you can degrease again and laquer over the top.
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That is great info my friend....

Should i get a pen set or bottle set?

Primer, paint, lacquer?

I bought 1200 wet and dry paper, that ok?
 
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