Anybody use fine line painting pens for touching up auto paint? Saw it used on resto shows before and several YouTubes.
Shown is Loew-Cornell pen.
Fill reservoir w/ touch up paint, dab on in 1/2 mm drops. Looks like it might be better application and control than auto touch up pens w/ brush or tip application.
Any users?
They have been on my saved Amazon list for a while after finding out about them on YouTube. So I'm interested an any firsthand experience as well.
Well NOW I want one. I wonder how well they deal with scratches? The Volt has a few that go to primer.
When I worked in the detailing department at CarMax they used them. They're pretty cool, the big trick for any touch up is to build up multiple layers. Then you wet sand, cut and polish to blend the new paint.
Well then, I guess I'm done with the pen type paint touch ups. The last Dulicolor on I bought had some sort of ball point thing and the brush all in one. It worked okay I guess but that seems a bit more versatile.
Interesting he didn't mention sanding the chip in this video. His other one for Drive/Clean suggests using sandpaper on a pencil eraser to level out the edges.
Never had the best results w/ the Duplicolor pens. Couldn't control the tip end that well, either too little or too much and that may have affected the color match. The brush was about useless for most touch ups.
First saw one used on PhantomWorks, they were touching up an original paint 70 Chevelle. I'm gonna try this pen if for no other reason the added control. Multiple layers like said, let the layer shrink, reapply, level, wet sand and polish. Shoppin' around online they're only $10. I'll stick w/ the dealer paint, Duplicolor never matched that well.
The0retical said:
Interesting he didn't mention sanding the chip in this video. His other one for Drive/Clean suggests using sandpaper on a pencil eraser to level out the edges.
That was an original survivor car that wasn't going to get any paint correction done to preserve the original paint. His goal was to reduce how noticeable the chips were not completely eliminate them.
I thought about getting one for the front of the Civic but then I realized it would take about two years to fill all the chips on that thing. I think the PO made his living chasing gravel trucks with it.
Nick (Bo) Comstock said:The0retical said:
Interesting he didn't mention sanding the chip in this video. His other one for Drive/Clean suggests using sandpaper on a pencil eraser to level out the edges.
That was an original survivor car that wasn't going to get any paint correction done to preserve the original paint. His goal was to reduce how noticeable the chips were not completely eliminate them.
I thought about getting one for the front of the Civic but then I realized it would take about two years to fill all the chips on that thing. I think the PO made his living chasing gravel trucks with it.
Gotcha. I'm pretty sure that's what my wife does with her Xterra. I'm constantly filling new chips. It's starting to get to the point where should just repaint it since the front end is basically touch-up paint at this point.
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