Touch up paint - best place to get it from?

[greencode]

So, after a frankly hopeless match from Paints4U and pretty appalling customer service I need to get some paint that actually matches the LC9A Pure White paint on my R as the first stone chip has appeared on the roof in the centre just near the windscreen.

Sounds obvious but would the touch up paint direct from VW be the best best? If so, I notice they come in a pen and lacquer combo - can you unscrew those containers so you can use a cocktail stick and possibly mix a bit of paint with lacquer?

[barrym381]

If your local to the dealer you bought the car from pop in and ask the salesman for a touch up kit I'm surprised your car never came with it in glovebox 

[mcmaddy]

You don't get any free touch up kits these days. I've got the pure white paint from chipex sitting in the garage, only used once but it was a perfect match.

[Mustabuster]

I always order a bottle of touch-up paint at my first service. it's inevitable that you'll get a stone chip at some point and I like to keep it handy.

[greencode]

I always order a bottle of touch-up paint at my first service. it's inevitable that you'll get a stone chip at some point and I like to keep it handy.

Is it in a bottle that you can get into or is it a pen that you can't?

[EricM]

I would try a kit from Chipex before trying a VW kit.

I've got a Chipex kit for my deep black pearl gti and the colour match is spot on, very easy to apply with the tools supplied and even some thinners to remove the paint if you mess up.

Wife has a light blue touran and the genuine VW touch up kit we got from the dealer is definitely a lighter shade and a nightmare to apply with the naff little brush inside the lid.

[greencode]

I would try a kit from Chipex before trying a VW kit.

I've got a Chipex kit for my deep black pearl gti and the colour match is spot on, very easy to apply with the tools supplied and even some thinners to remove the paint if you mess up.

Wife has a light blue touran and the genuine VW touch up kit we got from the dealer is definitely a lighter shade and a nightmare to apply with the naff little brush inside the lid.

I wonder if the kit has got better recently. I could never get on with it and found when you filled the chip and used the glove, supplied, it would then remove half of the paint you applied! Also, seems pricy for what it is.

[SRGTD]

I would try a kit from Chipex before trying a VW kit.

I've got a Chipex kit for my deep black pearl gti and the colour match is spot on, very easy to apply with the tools supplied and even some thinners to remove the paint if you mess up.

Wife has a light blue touran and the genuine VW touch up kit we got from the dealer is definitely a lighter shade and a nightmare to apply with the naff little brush inside the lid.

I wonder if the kit has got better recently. I could never get on with it and found when you filled the chip and used the glove, supplied, it would then remove half of the paint you applied! Also, seems pricy for what it is.

I find the Chipex paint is a really good colour match, and if you take your time, you can get good results. I find the best technique is not to dab or smear the paint across the chipped area with the supplied glove but to build up the paint in the chip in layers using a cocktail stick until it's raised slightly above the surrounding original paintwork and once the paint is dry, use the blending solution to remove the surplus paint.

Chipex now supply a small dense foam block for use in the blending process. This wasn't included in a Chipex kit I had with a previous car a few years ago. By wrapping the supplied paint removal cloth around the foam block, applying a small amount of the blending solution to the cloth and then very gently rubbing this back and forth across the filled paint chip without applying pressure will remove the surplus paint and leave the chip repair filled with paint. It can then be polished and waxed and job done!

I've found the key is to take your time and not rush. I've not had any really large paint chips to repair, but those I have repaired, the Chipex kit has worked well.

[Mustabuster]

I always order a bottle of touch-up paint at my first service. it's inevitable that you'll get a stone chip at some point and I like to keep it handy.

Is it in a bottle that you can get into or is it a pen that you can't?

It comes in a little bottle with a brush attached to the lid like nail varnish bottle. There's also a bottle of lacquer as well.

So if you want to use a cocktail stick yes you can poke it in and get to the paint.

[greencode]

Decided to go with chipex. Will post some pics of before and after when I get around to doing it.