StanFMJ

What is the best way to paint chips? I want it to look like factory paint. But when you use the touch up paint with the included brush, it usually leaves a little bumb. Can an airbrush be used to fill the chips?

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iTrader: (17)

I was asking the same thing a while ago about using an airbrush and didn't get any hits on the thread I made about it.

eyezack87

iTrader: (4)

You're supposed to wetsand and polish the bump to make it flush with the rest of the paint. If you do it well enough, it'll look like it was never there to begin with

MelYW

I use Langka to moderate success. Takes some practice.

Guitarman

With expectations....Bear in mind, with pearl or metallic paints, touch ups can really never look like perfect factory paint where they were done, simply because an (originally) sprayed paint, where the pearl/ metallic particles were dispersed a given way, well...to duplicate that with a brush- on paint, just isn't possible.

However, you CAN make it highly unnoticeable with a brush in touch-up, if done right, where only you will know, unless someone were to examine it up close. Of course, the smaller the chip, the easier it will be to hide the repair.

When you're talking air brush etc. and spot-in blends, then that's more involved ( the clear has to melt-in" using additives so as not to leave a halo) and more $$$, and even then, it would take a lot of experience with color matching and blending to make the chips look like they weren't there.

It's ( touch up w/ brush, Langka etc.) not a panacea, but will save you hundreds of $$$ over a spray repair.

swtjlsy

iTrader: (6)

It can be done with a aribrush, but like Guitarman said it takes alot of practice. This done through a build up process. You build the paint back up with each coat you are applying on to the car then color sand an buff.

StanFMJ

Thank you for the advise. Langka looks like the easiest and less expensive way to fill paint chips. Air brush would take longer.