i have few deep scratches on my bumper...i can see the black plastic

also have some large chip on the hood. so i went out to Acura dealer and bought a vial of touch up paint for my SSM TL-S

and let me tell you it sux @ss... i've tried putting 3 coats waiting 15minutes in between coats...but i can still see the black bumper...so i put more but the area just gets thicker and thicker with touch up paint and looks real messy. i can't see the black bumper anymore but the color is way off...dark metalic silver now...

anyone have any bad experience with acura touch up paints?

 

That's strange... I have the touch-up for my ABP and it works fine. One or two coats and it hides the scratch pretty well....

 

i also had good results with the Acura touch up paint. some cool-a$$ put a chip in my paint with his/her car door. i got the touch up paint and you cant even tell now, unless i pointed it out....

 

I'd definitely take it back to the dealer and get some new paint. If you want, the dealership should have a guy who comes in once a week to handle that kind of thing. We have one at mine who charges about $75 (for up to 3 different spots). By the way, that's a great color!

 

touch up paint suck ass. i have white diamond pearl and i touched up a few places and used masking tape to guide me so that i wont get any on the unessary parts but then i take it off the damn paint comes off with the tape. the paint comes off like rubber cement. it doesnt bond to the car.

 

if your having to use masking tape, then i think you need something other than "touch up" paint....

 

try cleaning the scratch with rubbing alcohol. that should get rid of any impurities and help the bonding of the paint to the car.

 

Eastwood Company has a chip repair kit (PN 34070) that will give you profesional results. The cost is $24.99. You can find it at www.eastwoodcompany.com

 

BlueXTC,
I have the exact same problem! Got rearended and have a couple scratches that go down to the black. I thought I'd live with it and just use touchup paint, but it actually looks better black! I'm thinking about putting down a coat of solid silver, or white first to lighten it up. Seems like SSM does not match well with the factory paint...

 

WDP is a very hard color to touch up. it's so light and thin, it's hard to hide the dark steel underneath. I had to put about 12 Very Very light coats to touch up a rock chip on the pass rear wheel well. Should add that the coats were spaced at 30-45 min stages. (studying for finals, it's easy to stay home all day!)
Good luck!

 

You guys need this.

http://www.langka.com/index2.htm

 

I did order Langka. The problem is the SSM paint just doesn't match.

 

Make sure you also shake the paint vigorously.

 

how well does that langka work? i have a bunch of scratches and am aprehensive about this process

anyone have ideas?

 

I agree. The touch up paint for SSM blows. Somebody pried off my Type S emblem a couple of days ago and left me a gift (2 inch vertical scratch down to the metal). So I used the factory touch up paint on the spot. After a few coats, I don't see the metal anymore but is left with a darker color (close the grey) line. Looks like some bird pooped on there.

axleback

 

do this it worked for me may sound strange but try it wax the area first than put paint on the scratch and wait like 10 secs and than wipe the paint off...than wax again....wipe and paint wax again get the pattern until the holr is filled i know it sounds off the wall but it filled the hole the painted area is rough but not noticable only know its there when i run my hand on it...hope it works for u

 

I had scratch on my SSM bumper too. Make sure you shake the bottle really well before applying the paint.

 

Langka IS THE SH*T!! I love that stuff. Helped me fix soooo many scratches where i put a lil too much touch up. If you dont have it already, its a MUST!

 

Don't forget to shake it and warm it up before you use the paint. Dip it in warm/hot water (not boiling) for about 5-10 minutes, shake, and apply. The paint molecules to spread out further and bond to the surface more effectively.

 

Good point Pure Adrenaline. If possible, the temperature of the metal surface is very important too. Make sure the surface is warm to the touch too. But the touch up paint still sucks. Maybe I'll give that Lanka stuff a try.

axleback

 

try a japanese wax, my friend's car got egged last and his paint got chipped as well. That wax make the chip disappear