96TL

I've got a few annoying scratches but that I want to try to touch-up. Is it worth trying it? Does it blend in good?

pianoman41

The OEM touch-up paints are an exact match (same paint codes), however, remember that your car has the paint baked and then a clearcoat over it so there can be a slight visible difference when dry. To minimize this, make sure you do the following:

1. Shake shake shake!! It is very important to shake the touch-up paint canister for a *long time* before use to make sure it is thoroughly and evenly mixed. Poor color matching is often a result of poor mixing

2. Don't use the brush that comes in the bottle for applying the paint. It is much too large for proper application. Take a paper match and cut the end into the shape of a point (like a pencil). Poor some of the touch-up paint into a small cap (like a milk bottle cap). Then dip the pointed match in the paint and gently dab the area to be painted. Don't stroke like a brush--it shows too much against the polished smooth surrounding areas. Use as little paint as possible--too much looks like a dried drip and shows more than the scratch.

Good luck!

Slammed99TL

When I bought my car it was at night and i couldnt really see to well the next day I was looking at my hood and the previous owner had used the touch up paint and it looks like **** it looks like he just dripped it on. thank god it was only very little in an unnoticable spot.

im sending my car to get the hood, grill, and bumper painted.

2001TL4KCdude

I'd buy OEM paint, shake well, use a toothpick to paint, it minimises ugly brush strokes.
Let us know how it turns out

96TL

I tried this today. It came out pretty good. You can still see the scratch from an angle, but its way better then before. This scratch was down to the primer. It was soooo bad. I cleaned the scratch with Prep-All, then touched it up with the paint, waited till it dried, wet-sanded it a little, and then polished the whole area. It came out pretty good. If I could repeat the whole process again I think it would almost disappear alltogether but I don't want to sand it too much so I'm gonna leave it the way it is. Its on the fender which is a VERY noticable area. Thanks for your help.

Moo

I use the touch-up paint to repair minor scratches on the front of my car. After applying it I found the touch-up color to be lighter than the actual paint color. But like you said "its way better than before."