does anybody know any good brands for touch up paint?

or any brand witha good match to grigio metallic

i had my car parked on the street; came back and found a minor scratch on my rear bumber

 

I know Acura sells touch up paint in the factory color. I bought it for my 06 TL. Comes in a handy "pen tip" applicator, great for those inevitable stone chips.

I think it costs less than $10 too.

 

Yup, the best match is the Acura brand touch up paint. Got a pretty solid chip on my less than 1k mile 2010 TL and I got the paint from the dealer, cost me $11. Did a couple coats to fully fill in the chip, when it gets warmer I'll try to buff it to make it blend in better.

Also, careful on the bumper... I haven't used touch up paint on the bumper, but it's plastic, not metal. I'm not sure how well that paint may work on that...

Maybe someone who's used it on the bumper can chime in.

 

http://www.automotivetouchup.com/cho...Acura&model=Tl

Its the only place I use and never had one problem in 10 years with paint match.

 

www.paintscratch.com has good paint pens as well. They have our color too and they give excellent pointers and advice.

But I suppose if Acura sells a pen, then you should do that first.

 

I second the paintscratch.com recommendation. I bought the paint pen as well but find a toothpick works better. The paint is good and matches very well. I just used my touchup paint today to fix an issue caused by our rollup garage door and my rear bumper (2nd issue in 3 years). I can confirm that the paint works very well on bumpers. In the 3.5 years of ownership, it's been my bumpers taking the abuse and not the metal.

 

What the HXXX!

Someone made this overnight onto my 1month old baby.

Anyone knows which is the best way to cover this up?

Or please suggest anyone who could do this around Northern VA?

Thanks

 

Couldn't see the picture.

 

scratch on the rear bumper, size of a palm? not severe(no dent) one though

 

 

Next time use this. I never park without mine.

http://chariotauto.com/id2.html

 

Ouch! I use this since I have to park on the streets of NY:
http://bumperbully.com/

 

I wonder how much those bumper protections would go for. For $40, that ain't bad at all!!!! Do the hand straps scratch the paint themselves?

 

calisimon,

Now that I see this, you can bring it to a body shop and they can buff, paint, and blend but it won't be cheap. It will look like factory. If you want to do it yourself, first use wax and/or some swirl remover and get as much of the marks off as possible. You'll be surprised at how much of that is really on top of the paint and can be buffed out. The parts that can't, you can touch up with some touch up paint.

Certainly it won't be as pretty or near original as if a body shop does it but it will cost far less, almost $0 if you have the wax and swirl removed lying around. And, if you really can't live with the do it yourself, you can always bring it to a shop later. In other words, nothing you do now with the wax and touch up paint will make it worse for a body shop, should you go that route later.

BTW, sorry that it happened, especially when the car is so new. I would have had a fit!

 

I agree. A similar thing happened to the front bumper of my last car. I buffed most of it out and used a bit of touch up paint to minimize the scratches and gouges. I didn't want to put much $ into a bumper repair since I often use public lots and street parking.

 

I've been using it for about a year now and haven't seen any scratches caused by the straps. BTW I dont drive around with that bumper bully strapped which may scratch the bumper if your car is dirty and that thing is flapping in the breeze rubbing against the paint.

 

Thanks for the 411 on the bumper protection. For $40, I may invest in one!