How To Use a Touch Up Paint Pen to Repair Car Paint Scratches

http://www.PaintScratch.com founder Collin Harris demonstrates how to use a touch up paint pen to repair scratches in the bumper paint of a 2010 Toyota Prius. Collin is using Silver Metallic Clearcoat with the color code 1F7 to precisely match the existing car paint.

Here is the touch up paint pen process

You want to practice with the touch up paint pen before using it on your auto paint. Get started by shaking the paint pen until it is well mixed -- for about a minute. Next, uncap the touch up paint pen and gently depress the tip on a surface like a yogurt container to get your car paint to start flowing.

Get a feel for using the paint pen by practicing on the yogurt container. You'll notice it goes on kind of like a marker. Once you get a feel for using the paint pen, you are ready to touch up the paint scratches.

On your damaged car paint, apply just a little bit of touch up paint at a time. You will be applying multiple coats, so only apply a little bit of the car paint at a time. Use just enough touch up paint to fill the paint scratch.

Once you've finished painting your car, let it dry for a few minutes before applying the next coat. And remember to cap your touch up paint pen! The next step is applying clearcoat which we'll show you in another video.

For more touch up paint directions visit our how to use touch up paint page: http://www.paintscratch.com/touch-up-paint-directions.

You can find and order your touch up paint color on our site here: http://www.paintscratch.com/touch_up_paint/.

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[cherrilicious1001]

where can i buy that paint pen?

[pouyaslr]

doesnt look good at all! :-S

[auburnjedi]

How do you smooth out the paint? Does it dry smooth? It looks a little bumpy in the vid.

[CarScratchRemover]

@blopak Uh does 20 years restoring vintage Ferraris, and Porches, color matching by eye and panel shooting, replacing metal by hand on vintage Porches...count?

I think I know what I’m talking about. If we are talking about spraying a panel sure you need to shoot clear if you are doing hand touch ups...I don’t know a single guy or girl in the biz that uses clear over base for small scratch and chip touch ups.

[blopak]

Guess you never owned a body shop. Clear is absolutely essential.

[CarScratchRemover]

good video demonstration. I never liked pens bc they don't flow the paint consistently along the entire scratch, bc it needs pressure on the surface to get the paint to come out. This is why it comes out bumpy when compared to a micro tip brush designed for touch up paint applications. IMO Micro tip touch up brushes can float the paint smoother and more accurately for multiple passes if necessary.

[CarScratchRemover]

@blopak clear is not necessary no matter what you may have heard online or other sources that dont do this for a living. Its impossible to do a perfectly leveled touch up applying both base color and clear. Touch up paint Pro's doing hand touch ups sometimes use clear mixed in with the base color to give a little bit more shine. Touch up paint applied correctly and left alone or leveled correctly with solvent or wet sanding is perfectly legit and delivers the best looking result.

[blopak]

You want to use clearcoat over the pain pen.

[ThePewb]

Do you need to clearcoat/varnish touchup paint pens?