Best Touch Up Paint For a Deep Cut? (vehicles, 2015, chip)

[Exitus Acta Probat]

I took a deep cut from a rock that cut all the way through to the primer layer -- can somebody recommend the best touch up paint kit for this?

[supton]

Dealer? They should have the right color.

[wellshii]

Get your paint code. It's on the sticker where the door sill is at. https://www.google.com/search?q=pain...ih=638#imgrc=_

Search online or at your local dealer. Telling you though,if it is deep,probably won't hold up for long.
Good Luck.

[unit731]

You have to use primer first. Then the color.
But as vehicles age the color shade changes.

They used to sell little bottles with a brush for primer and color touch up. Haven't seen it for years.

[Exitus Acta Probat]

Originally Posted by supton

Dealer? They should have the right color.

I was wondering if there are superior kits to what dealers sell, like maybe a two stage kit for base coat, then clear coat.

[ukrkoz]

Get paint number. Go to any parts or paint store. They will make you exact match paint. Paint stores will mix in clear coat and put it into spray can.
But no matter what you do this way, it WILL show.

[Hemlock140]

Originally Posted by unit731

You have to use primer first. Then the color.
But as vehicles age the color shade changes.

They used to sell little bottles with a brush for primer and color touch up. Haven't seen it for years.

Originally Posted by Exitus Acta Probat

I was wondering if there are superior kits to what dealers sell, like maybe a two stage kit for base coat, then clear coat.

I have used the little bottles from both the OEM and Duplicolor for our 3 cars. Both work well, and have the base color at one end, clearcoat on the other. The basecoat is thick enough to fill a crack or chip with a couple of coats before applying the clear. Amazon has it a lot cheaper than at the dealer.

https://www.amazon.com/Dupli-Color-A...touch+up+paint

https://www.amazon.com/2015-2017-Mus...touch+up+paint

[M3 Mitch]

Originally Posted by Exitus Acta Probat

I took a deep cut from a rock that cut all the way through to the primer layer -- can somebody recommend the best touch up paint kit for this?

Being there in LA, you can almost certainly find a detailer who can do this. If your car is in good condition, and you don't have any experience doing touch up paint, you may be better off farming this out. And if you know me on here, I am usually one to DIY.

Depending on what actually happened to your car, there may be some metal movement as well as the cut in the paint. A detailer who can do "paintless" dent repair can raise the dent, which needs to be done or the repair may actually look worse than leaving it alone.

If you have metallic paint, it's damn difficult to get the metallic to "lay" right applying it with a brush.

There are 2 general approaches for this - one is you just fill in the scratch using a brush, don't over-do it, use very fine sandpaper (1000 grit) to remove any touch up paint that is sitting on top of the factory paint.

The other approach is to spray the paint. A very good amateur can spray a panel and have it look OK. It takes not only talent and skill, but being "in practice" to blend in a small spot say the size of an egg. It's possible if you have access to an air brush to use that technique to fill just the scratch, but I doubt you want to "get off into it" like that.

If you are going to DIY, get the correct paint in a touch up brush bottle, and apply *sparingly*, ideally not completely filling the scratch. Less is more in this case. You will want to be wearing "cheater" reading glasses regardless if you normally "need" them for reading, to get a little magnification. You want to clean the scratch damn well up front too, ordinary rubbing alcohol will do, although a body supply will have purpose-formulated solvents for this task.

No doubt U-Tube has videos that will help you. If you want to DIY, definitely practice on something other than your best car for at least a few times.