Ok, so I looked at several sites that people had listed here for touch up paint for MINIs. But I can't find my color on any of them... My MINI's "Black-Eye Purple Metallic." Should I just call the dealer to get it or is there somewhere else?

 

I would get it from the dealer...or, if you have a body shop you trust, they can mix it up custom, most of the time.

Rare color, nice MINI!

 

http://www.paintscratch.com

Color code A24.

I've got a BEP / Purple Haze also. Great color

 

Thanx!

 

Bought a touch pen from www.autovisuals.com. Perfect match.

 

Another shout-out to Autovisuals. Got their touch pens and used them yesterday on some difficult stone chips. Following their instructions I applied the pens - very simple and perfect color match. I can't even see where the chips use to be!

 

Be sure to use primer before the touch up paint. After that, I would wet sand with 2500 grid, and then compound it. MAKE SURE your touch up is dried (I say wait for 1-2 days). If you are new to wet sand, Langka is good too.

 

I agree! We've seen consistent perfect color matching from Autovisuals. In fact, we're thinking about adding them to our site (once we figure out how best to do that with all the variations!). In the meantime, we definitely endorse them because of their quality (not to mention their "pen" style is easy to use!).

-Heather

 

I picked up the mellow yellow for mine from the dealer. It came with 2 bottles, one with the yellow, one with clear coat. I've used it too and it matched perfectly.

 

I picked up Chili Red from my dealer. Not even a close match .

I think I'll try the autovisuals

 

The BRG I have from the dealer is also perfect

Mark

 

How many pesos does the dealer want for touch up paint?

 

I got mine while still in Canada, I think it was about $11 Cnd. for a one ounce bottle. For the body colour and the clear coat, each that is.

Mark

 

$19 for the set.

 

I'm also going to recommend Autovisuals. I've never had any other touch up paint that was so easy to use. The pen is very convenient, even if you're just using it by itself. I also think it's a really good match (even for metallic paint). Much better than any other touch-up paint I've seen, even stuff from dealers.

 

I was just wondering if anybody has used a touch up pen or anything else to fill in small scratches on their mini, how well they worked, and how difficult it was to do.

 

touchup pens work best for doing dots, not lines.

but i have filled a bunch of scratch lines with those
pens with success. it's pretty easy to use.

but stay clear away from paintscratch.com's pens.
they will dry up in no time. it's only good for like
one time use.

 

What kind of pen did you use?

 

dealer type, but not sure if MINI offers them yet. my 03's touchup is the
regular type with a brush. i have other cars.

 

The touch up paint from MINI comes in a small bottle, with a brush as part of the lid. Don't use the brush to apply the paint, as you get way to much paint and end up with big blobs. What I do is use a tooth pick, I get the paint onto the tooth pick with the brush. Multiple thin coats is way better than one heavy one. You will have less smoothing to do, and it dries faster. The MINI touch up paints come with a bottle of clear coat also.

Mark

 

how do you smooth it out afterward? pc and some swirl?

 

I have used this for small chips, but no scratches yet:

http://www.autovisuals.com/

 

I use Langka blob eliminator.
http://www.langka.com/the-blob-eliminator-p-31.html

Mark

 

Did you use Langka after the paint and then after the clear coat, or just after the clear coat?

 

I do the Langka after the paint blob dries, being sure to take it down to slightly below surface to leave room for the clear. Then I do it again for the clear.