I bought a bottle of touch up paint from tustin nissan, but when I applied it to my bumper to cover up two scratches... the paint doesn't match the original. Now it looks like I just smeared on some watercolors onto my original paint. I am sure about the part number and I also shook the bottle alot before applications. Any help would be appreciated

my sterling mist touchup paint is pretty close.

For some reason, I have always had this problem too. It's almost like the scratches look better than the touch up paint does.

Of course it's not going to match. Using touch up paint and spraying/matching paint from a professional painter are two completely different things. The paint itself might match but when you glob it on, the difference in shades alone is big. Of course they cannot issue standard touch up paint to match every color variation from the factory

in once coat with a large brush, possibly the one in the bottle....or several thin coats, fine brush, and sometimes even with 'thinned' paint?

You need some langka to smooth out your touchup paint. Check it out at www.langka.com.

My touch up paint is so thin that it won't even stick...seriously. I need to call Dave B and get the pen......

You have to shake that lil bottle a ton!

I am serious. I have had the same paint for a year and made the mistake of not shaking it enough - once! you really need to shake it for like five minutes before you use it.

And make brush strokes all in the same direction.

If the brush is bigger than the chip, trim the non-lighting end of a paper match and use it to brush on.

That LANGKA stuff looks pretty good. Have you used it? Did you get good results? I may wanna use it. My car's black, so, I think the touch up paint with the LANGKA will pretty much be a perfect match with the rest of the car.

serviec manager told me to use touchup paint as if I am painting my fingernails



of course that may be difficult to comprehend for you guys!!

in essence very light thin coats, let the first coat dry completely before adding another layer

buy some clear fingernail polish and practice painting your toes!!
get a pedicure while you're at it LOL

I have the sunlit sand and a gang of scratches on the rear bumper and doors...after I apply 3 coats I buff and wax....and she looks good enough to eat!!

I had a bottle of Sterling mist touch up on my 2K. It turned out about 3 shades lighter than the car's paint. I shook like crazy.

does this stuff really work?
is it sold at PepBoys, etc.?

I've been using the langka stuff, and it does work pretty well. But i think i'll try buying a better brush and shaking the bottle more...

For scratches, just use that GS27 product (something like that). It works great, according to the infomercial. *Sarcasm*

especially on that white 'new' hood which is from what I can tell a 30 year old Mach 1 hood not even on the car...

yea it works good on making scratched cd's play again i'm serious too thats what i use it for

yo dont laugh... i bought this stuff for 15 bux and went home to find out it doesnt work at all~!

Actually, that Turtle Wax Color Cure with chip stick kicks ***. Have any of you tried it since I previously posted it? It works great for rock chips.

But for stuff that is all the way down through the paint and clearcoat, you're screwed.