'05 Civic touch up paint question

Discussion in 'Civic' started by mprorok, May 3, 2009.

  1. mprorok

    mprorok Guest

    I have a metallic silver 2005 Civic with a few scrapes/scratches that
    need touching up. What do you recommend for touch up spray paint? I
    checked out the DupliColor website but there are 6 or 7 "metallic
    silver" colors listed, does anyone know which one is the correct one?
    TIA.
     
    mprorok, May 3, 2009
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  2. mprorok

    Tegger Guest

    wrote in :


    Get the official touch-up paint at your local Honda dealer. It comes in a
    little bottle with a brush in the cap. You paint out the scratches as best
    you can. You'll never get it looking "like new" again no matter what you
    do, so don't even try.

    Spray paints are a terrible idea for touch-up, especially on a newer car
    like yours. They cover WAY too much area, and will chalk-up in a couple of
    years and look horrible.
     
    Tegger, May 3, 2009
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  3. mprorok

    jim beam Guest

    almost impossible to get a patch match with metallic paint - always look
    awful. either brush into the scratched or repaint the whole panel.
     
    jim beam, May 3, 2009
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  4. mprorok

    Tegger Guest


    Plus the genuine Honda touchup paint will come in the /exact/ color your
    car is painted.
     
    Tegger, May 3, 2009
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  5. "Tegger" wrote
    Right. I've got a bottle of Taffeta White that's lasted me through three
    Hondas painted.... Taffeta White. The little brush makes it easy to use it
    for "white-out." :)
     
    Howard Lester, May 3, 2009
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