So I've got a few door dings and paint chips from rocks after nine months on my Silver 2010 Prius II. Anyone have an opinion on the best touch up paint to get? Is it based on actual use of this color? Thanks.
i have gotten a small bottle paint from Touch Up Paint Online - Remove Car Scratches and it matched well. my car is black. the trick is to apply very little at a time and even it out as much as possible.
Get a bottle from the dealer, ~$5. Using a toothpick, apply a very small amount to each chip, let dry a few hours (and it will shrink a bit), and repeat, 2 or 3 times until it looks even. The key is several very light coats, as opposed to one thick one.
It's the only thing they ever gave me! except a pair of license plate frames I threw away. I went in expecting to pay for it and the guy at the parts department realized I bought the car there and said they should have given me the touch up paint with the car.
always buy the paint from toyota. those touchup bottles at autozone or walmart or wherever never match. OEM might not even match either, but its your best bet. Otherwise, any auto body shop can probably match the color for you if you pay $$$ to whip out a lot of paint. I had some body work done on an old car and they gave me the leftover paint in a touchup bottle. It matched better than what i got from the parts dept.
Where do you think the dealer gets the touch up paint they sell you? It looks suspiciously like the jars you get at the auto parts store. If it doesn't match (and that is usually because you haven't mixed the bottle enough), they usually will take it back and return it to the manufacturer. But I haven't had any trouble with Dupli-Color and the one other national brand. The problem is that some of the Toyota colors are not carried, but I think all the Prius colors from this year are there.
Matching metallic paint with touch up paint is difficult. Your best bet is to shake the bottle well, then immediately apply the paint (before the metallic flakes have a chance to settle). Even then, it's difficult, since getting the flakes to lay the same as the original paint is a crap shoot.
