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metallic paint touch ups?

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  • 30-03-2005 10:49am
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    Scruff
    Registered Users Posts: 4,222 ✭✭✭


    I got a metallic green opel astra with a couple of small but noticable (to me anyway) dings in the paint due to stones etc. Is it possible get some colour coded metallic paint to cover over these little dings myself?


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    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    You can buy "paint pens" for touchups in all shades in the big motor stores.

    They might even have your actual Opel shade of green as they have the branded colour for more popular cars.

    G'luck


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    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,239 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    You may be able to go to a Motor Factors and get touch up paint. I remember a couple of years ago I had to get one for the same reasons, ie chip marks on the bonnet and my local Motor Factors had the touch up paint for the exact colour and model of car. Of course these days a little pack of stickers comes with the car instead of touch up paint.

    A dealer will only rip you off.


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    ssh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 484 ✭✭ssh


    Metallic paint generally can't be touched up, by all accounts. I was chatting to my local repair guy who had just resprayed the bonnet and sides of my metallic silver car after he had done it. He touched up some of the little nicks that I couldn't afford to get done on the back as best he could, but it was pretty obvious where they were. I think it needs to be very evenly spread or it just doesn't work.


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