Ok....this may seem like a silly question, so please bear with me:

I have some rock chips that have resulted in bare metal.

With the assistance of a local member, touchup paint was applied & he used his Langka system. (Still waiting for mine to arrive...hopefully this week.)

I purchased the touchup paint at the local dealership, but the spot seems lighter in color...most likely because primer wasn't spot-applied, right?

Anyhow, I would like to attempt to redo the repair and would like to use the proper color primer.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated...and please do NOT suggest that I read the manual because the info isn't there.

Thanks in advance!

 

http://www.paintscratch.com/ seems to have the primer.

The primer pen is $7 before shipping.

 

From what I have seem with mine, the primer unerneath is rather light in color, could it be that the paint or product you used is too translucent? First thing I bought when I picked up the car last Dec. was a paint pen http://www.fix-up.com/ I do have some very minor chips (just missed the 3M tape). Haven't used the paint pen yet, needs to get warmer. I have heard tons of good input about the product relative to color match and application via the unique applicator. I like the idea of the primer pen, if it gets down to metal. Let me know how it turns out.

 

Update:

I purchased a gray primer/filler paint pen at Autozone for $4.99 this morning after I posted my earlier message. I used a hole punch to get pencil eraser-sized pieces of the wet/dry sandpaper and used a small dab of rubber cement to glue the circles onto an eraser. Cleaned the area well and wiped it down with alcohol. Wet-sanded the area, wiped down with alcohol again, and applied the primer with a #10 artist brush--made sure the brush had enough primer on it and let the primer pull itself into the chip. I used some de-tacked blue painters' tape to hold a small paper plate over the area so nothing would get blown onto the primer while drying. Waited a few hours, wiped the area down with alcohol and sanded the primer a bit. Used alcohol again and then another #10 brush to apply the dealership touchup paint (allowing the paint to pull itself into the chip) to make a thin layer. I've applied several thin layers and I can already tell that the gray primer has made a significant difference in the outcome of the color "depth". The chip still isn't quite "filled", but I'm guessing that a few more layers of paint + 1 layer or so of the clearcoat will do the job.

It's too bad that my youngest daughter has the dig. camera with her this weekend or I would've taken some pictures to share.

I found out that my neighbor has a Langka kit, so he's offered to help me when/if I need to use it. I'm actually quite pleased with the results thus far and the #10 artist brush is MUCH better than the brush that's attached to the lid of the touchup paint sold at the dealership.

The neighbor did mention something about 1000, 1500, 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper--he has some, so we'll see.

 

DANG! Where did you learn touchup? Excellent job!
Now that you have a good color base down, do the rest of the filling with clear, then wetsand with 1500 and polish. You will be very pleased with the results.

 

Thanks!

I'm quite pleased, myself!

I'm not sure of his NAM name, but his local forum name is Capt.BJ and he was extremely helpful & patient when I asked him for help fixing a major boo-boo that I made when I attempted to fix the chip with the actual brush that came with the touchup paint.

I just applied the final layer of hyper blue and tomorrow I will apply the clear coat.

I have to admit when I did the initial wetsanding that I nearly had a heart attack when I saw the scuffs...but the neighbor said it looks exactly as it should and the 1000/1500/2000 routine will take care if everything, followed by a good polishing.

I currently have vinyl bonnet stripes (white) with custom vinyl pinstriping ON the bonnet stripes...I was going to wait until later in the year or next year to remove the stripes and have them painted on, but I may have it done sooner rather than later and then have everything wetsanded and clearcoated--hubby is concerned about voiding the warranty. In fact, "it might void the warranty" is a running joke on the local boards.

 

Does sure sound like you have her under control..I also have struggled with the brush they supply in the traditional kits, this is why I look fwd to using this Fix-up pen..The tip is very similar to a ball point pen, you apply pressure squeeze the tube and control the flow of paint, making it easier to fill the hole or chip..Will share my experience and satisfaction (or lack of)when I get around to using it.

 

happy to help anytime.....