So I bought the touch up paint way back when because I figured it would come in handy someday...

Anyway, I parked at the way far corner of the movie theater lot the other day so that there was only one space to my right that anyone could park near me. Anyway, of course some a**hole park way the f*ck away from the theater and then slams their door into mine. I mean, this was a matine show and the theater wasn't crouded and my car was basically no-where near anyother cars so why the f*ck would they park next to me.

However, my gf didn't notice the scratch on the door when she got in, so I didn't see it till we got back (and I know it happened at the theater because I had just hand washed the car before we went and there was no scartch and that was the only place we had gone!!! wtf!!!)

So I decided I would use the touch up paint and fix the scratch. Well I followed the directions and it looked like the biggest piece of sh*t ever. When I finished I wished I had just left it. Anyway, took it to a local detail place and then buffed it down and basically sand-papered off the touch up paint. This actually worked like a charm because then it actually looked better since some of the touch up paint stayed in the scratched area so now you can't see the scratch anymore.

BUT, then I was looking at it in the sun and the person opened the door so f*cking hard into my car that they dented it as well as scratched it!!!!??? so now there are 2 dents on the passenger door and so that sucks... :(


MITSU Touch up paint = GARBAGE. if you want to fix up a scratch then find another way to do it. touch up paint = failure.

That sucks. It will probably happen to all of us at least once

Touch up paint isn't going to cure an indent in the metal. Touch up paint is primarily used to fill in rock chips that form on the body. A scratch on a flat surface should not rely on touch up paint. A paintless dent removal specialist should be your first course of action to smooth out the wrinkle. If the scratch is that deep where it is exposing sheet metal, then a repaint and blend is your main option to make it look like factory.

My car was dinged as well. Pretty god size ding in the driver's side door. Didn't happen but 2 weeks after I got her too. Sorry to hear you got the same done to yours. As KMX said, paintless dent repair is the way to go.

where did you get the touch up from? dealership or local shop?

Touch up paint is never even in the right ballpark in terms of color matching.

But yes, get a dent wizard type of guy to fix the dings. Should run about $100 and will be damn near perfect.

Also, pics?

i tried but my camera isn't that great and you can't even see the dent. When we "buffed" off the touch up paint it actually worked pretty decent in covering the scratch so you can't see the scratch anymore. The door looks great except if you look from an angle you can clearly see the dent. But if you look straight on then you can't even tell where the scratch was. So the paint matches perfectly, it just applies horribly and you need to have it basically sanded down after you put it on to even look semi good.

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So the paint matches perfectly, it just applies horribly and you need to have it basically sanded down after you put it on to even look semi good.

touch-up paint 101: NEVER use the "brush" it comes with. You need to get a super fine brush from a paintshop.

and you always paint from the outside edge in. The only way to truely blend it though is to let it dry and then buff it down like the detail shop did. Without buffing you will always see the touchup.

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I didn't take any pics of it with the touch up paint befoe getting it buffed. i was a little pre-occupied with fixing my car. Sorry. Now you can't see or tell that there was a scratch there, except for the dent. But the dent is really hard to capture on my cell phone camera. I'm in the middle of moving and my digital camera is lost in a cardboard box somewhere for the moment. but trust me, pics don't matter.


I guess the lesson I learned is to next time go buy the actual paint and take it to a shop to get it painted properly. Although, I hate to admit it after the topic title, the touch up paint really didn't do such a bad job if you just buff it down afterwards. It matches perfectly. i can't even find the scratch when looking at the door straight on, I have to look at an angle to see the dent and then i know thats where the scratch was, but still can't see it. So option b is to use the touch up paint and then buff it down after it dries.

Buffing FTW.