Touch up paint

[Guest Anonymous]

Does anyone know where good GM touchup paint can be found? I went to the dealership to order touchup for the RPE, but they said it was discountinued (1992 Mettalic Medium Blue Primary)... can a body shop make it up? Im wondering how close it would be to the original (my paint isnt faded at all, except the bumper.) I also dont want to spend an assload of cash on it...

[THe_DeTAiL3R]

I'm not sure how much you're looking to spend.. I'm currently doing some touch ups with Duplicolor spray cans and Duplicolor brush/pen. If you get some mixed, have them test it on the inside of the trunk.

[19Cutlass94]

if you want to spend this money, there might me some autobody shops by you that might have this, its a device that actually takes a sample of your paint, without leaving a scratch or dent, nothing and it will give you the exact color code of the paint, which n return you can have mixed

 

I went with duplicolor for all the touch ups on my car

[Dirty Rockstar]

Plati-Kote.. Fucking OWNS.. I painted the rr qtr of my Lumi when I bought it.. Looked AWESOME.. Did my mirrors with it too..

[1990lumina]

Dupli-Color is decent. I've had okay experience with it however I find it is quite thick even after shaking the bottle a lot.

Considering your car is a metallic and you'd want all that to match up I'd go to a auto body shop and let them mix some for you.

Or you could just smash the car, take it to the body shop and they give you a free bottle after the job is done - but no one wants that.

I don't see why GM wouldn't have this - couldn't they just mix a small bottle up for you in the collison center??

Oh well, this is GM we are talking about I guess - other dealers have mixed paint for me in their body shop no question asked.

 

- Jeff L.

[91GPSTE]

Go to any auto parts store and buy a stick of Dupli-Color. It has a marker pen on one end and a brush on the other. The marker is great!

[Guest Anonymous]

Im also going to need basic red and white paint in pen form, prferrably thin, becuase the signature on the trunk is faded into oblivion and needs to be restored :?

 

How thick are the duplic-color pens?

[THe_DeTAiL3R]

How thick are the duplic-color pens?

 

My car had a key mark the pen can do VERY fine detail work. It really works like- a pen! If you need bigger (for stone chips as an example) the brush is the way to go.

[1990lumina]

If you have shakey hands I'd recommend you buying a small small artists brush to do the very small chips...I find it much easier to work with then the bigger brush in the duplicolor can

 

- Jeff L.

[Spoon]

For rock chips, I suggest stealing a book of matches (local 7-11) tearing a match out and use the ripped side for a dabbing brush. works great! For anyone under the age of 16 parental guidence is recommended.

[Guest Anonymous]

Well, I dont have any rock chips-

 

there are a few small paint flakes on the bottom edge of the b4u, about the size of a quarter or smaller- that are really an eye sore considering the rest of the car. Those, I want to eliminate.

 

The signature on the trunk is in pretty fine detail, so the paint pen would have to be an equvalent to say a ballpoint pen. Where do you get these? Ive only seen the bigass spray cans at walmart.

[sl3196]

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