I have done some searching and seen some recommendations such as www.automotivetouchup.com and www.paintscratch.com.

My question is has anybody actually purchased and used paint from either of these places with decent results? I heard that using the dealer OEM spray paint was a waste of money because the color is way off. I do understand that the color of the paint in the can will match "Original" (meaning non-weathered non-faded) color of the car.

Currently I am just trying to recolor my rust repair job on the rear inner wheel wells. They are Rhino-coat black and I just want to get them "close".

I did also notice on close inspection that I will have more visible panels to work on in the future and am trying to lay out my possible options.

Thanks for the feedback!

 

You could have a paint/body shop mix you up a colormatched paint (from a sample of your current) and put it in a spray can, FWIW.

 

Hmmm, that would be acceptable as well. So "shops" do that? Put in XXX paint in an aerosol can? Last one I had that done ended up being a can I "inflated" and I couldnt get an even coat because there was no true propellant.

Is there a specific way to ask the shop the question or just "do you *can* custom mixed paint"?

 

I'm not sure if all body shops can, but I know at least some can. I'd just ask them if they'd be able to make you some rattle cans (or whatever yall call it in your region) with the color you want.

 

The shop that repaired my car gave me the remaining paint in a bottle with a brush.. lol

 

I tried the small bottle paint brush thing for my accord before it turned out looking even worst! I'd take it to a body shop and have them work on it.

 

I just ordered a can of spray paint off of a website today for my blue 2002 max color code bw9, I backed into a trailer and scuffed the top of the bumper, denting it a bit, me and my buddy bondoed it today and primed it, I'll let you know how the color matched up once we paint it

 

Which website?

 

You know, the wheel wells won't be holding the color you put on them unless you just go black. I always use duplicolor spray on bed liner to line wheel wells. Unless its a trailer queen, black is best.

 

Thats what is currently there. This is just the lip of the rear fender. Not the actual wheel well itself. I did some rust repair and know that it will never look perfect unless I pay a professional to do it. Its a DD. I would never do this to my garage queen (Not trailer, garage).

What do you mean it wont "hold" the color?

 

You said wheel wells so I assumed you meant you were gonna actually paint inside on the wheel wells. Because of the dirt and debri that the tire throws on the wheel wells, they wouldn't hold a color. Since you're actually painting the lip of the fender you'll be fine. My friend actually had some color match paint put in an aerosol spray can for his 91 Mustang and it matched pretty good. It was white, and white will hide a world of sins.

 

I am also doing similar work on my car in the wheel well and inside rear door area. Make sure if you use that spray that you cover everything around it and be extremely cautious of overspray. Your best bet is to find somebody experienced with airbrush painting to get a nice even coat.

Also, make sure you put some clear coat overtop of the touchup paint to give it a finished look.

 

Here in Ontario I picked up from NAPA ( car parts store) my car paint color KT3, just had to provide them my paint code and they mix it and it also has clear coat mixed into an aerosol spray ... they can also bring out there croma meter and read your current paint and then mix it to match right up ... another shop here that mixes paint is CarQuest ... far better match up than those OEM paint color stick from the dealer. Although my mixed cans already had clear coat right in the paint, I still picked up a couple of cans to get a nice finish. Tape off around the area you wish to paint and be sure to cover with newspaper a great deal of the surrounding area to avoid any over spray on other areas, I had several small chip on my bumper so I taped off everything covered up well with paper and repainted my entire bumper.
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any progress?

 

How much did it run you per can of paint? what about per can of clearcoat? How did the finished product come out? Is the finish on the top layer nice and smooth or a bit bumpy? I am really interested in spraying the lower part of my front bumper since my car is so low its becoming stone-chip city down there lol

 

when the link takes u to the site....the site asks for car color....kt3 sterling mist isn't on the list....is it called something else?

 

It exists I think try dupla-color if I remember

 

Try this site

http://www.expresspaint.com/automoti....asp?message=1

 

Automotivetouchup.com

 

This and only this.

Perfect color match to my BT4 Lakeshore Blue.

 

Will give this a try ! I need to touch up the spoiler. It looks like it was added (i've learned to embrace it)all man like a lil junk in the trunk. But the paint faded and cracked :/
I call it cellulite