Do you guys know of that "true cut" coloured car polish, Im just wondering, I want to fix up some 1mm paint chips on my car. What colour car polish can I use on a "Gun metal grey" car?? Can I use the black one or what?
Thanks

Turtle Wax make a good one (Colour Cure) that comes with a chip-stick for covering stone chips etc.

Comes in only the main colours though.

See: http://www.turtlewax.com/products/pages/colorcure1.htm

Have tried both when they first came out... still think you'd get a better result from de-waxing your car then filling the chips with real touchup paint.

Use a pin or a toothpick/matchstick as your 'brush'.

Does touchup paint come in gun metal grey? and where can i get some touch up paint?

Touchup paint should come in every colour available... the *good* ones should come in the exact paint code/name for your car's make/model. Buy the ones that come in a nail varnish style of bottle, rather than the paint marker pens. Liquid paint is better than spraycans for fixing stone chips.

Stores like Repco, Autobarn etc should have a good range.

Some Autobarn shops can also do custom paint matching and they have all paint codes on microfiche; they can custom mix whatever you want whilst you wait. Some can even put it into a pressure pack (rattlecan) for you.


If all else fails, your friendly Mitsu dealer can order paint in for you too. About $20 for 100ml can I think.

I prefer to get a pressure pack, spray it in to the lid and use a really fine paint bruck or a paper match. Thoshe nail varnish ones I've never had much luck with.

Remember to get a pocket knife and just give the chip a bit of a scratch to help the paint stick. Then just slowly build up the layers.

my car has gotten 3 small scratches in the last week, and they just happen to be on the 2 panels i have had recently resprayed! front and rear bumpers :rant:

The 2 at the front i know happened while i was down the coast on the weekend, cos i had just cleaned my car b4 it so i knew it was a new scratch. Stupid ppl not being able to park!! :gtfo:

Bit of a diversion here but sort of 'on topic' (loosely :shifty: ). I have taken to respraying bonnet, front bumper and side panels at the car's 3rd 'birthday' as it were then sticking on a car bra for its last two years prior to sale.

Now, my question is, Just as the house market dies around about christmas, is there a quiet time when seeking a respray is likely to be cheaper cos paint shops aren't busy? Or do careless hoons make this a wild dream?

touch up paint is avalible anywhere, however i believe the grey has three different shades that all go by the same code. Therefore needing a crash repairer to match the right one? correct me if im wrong

no no no
the paint that you get from the lil bottles at repco,autobarn ect
doesn't match nor do the presure packs
give these guys a ring http://www.touchupguys.com.au/
and get some touchup paint matched to your car
they should charge you $10-$15
and there allways at toyota,mtsu.gmh used car lots

Take your cars paint code to any 3D Paint store (yes the house paint people), they will mix paint to that colour and "Bob's your uncle, had no balls, he'd be your Aunt" you are in business. They will sell it to you in a variety of ways eg. Flat paint, pumped into a rattle pack etc.

you will not find off the shelf gun metal grey for ur car, ive rung up many places to see, the colour just isnt popular enough to be made

best bet is to go get ur colour mixed up n put in a pressure pack