Touch up Paint .... stupid question

[phib]

I ahave a stone chip ...... bugger Where is the best place to buy or order a touch up stick from is it main dealer or do other people carry them ?
Thanks
Phib

Red 355

[jdw1234]

I had a stone chip touched up by Verdi.

They gave me a small pot of paint in case it happened again. They must have pots of red you can buy (I hear a lot of 'em come in that colour!) ;-)

[ben27]

any body shop can match you the colour and put it in a pen/pot.

[tony h]

halfords

[phib]

Halfords !!!!! No I know you know most things Ferrari tony but is this a wind up ? Or are you serious if so do they mix it or is it on the shelf ?

[here]

True that about Halfords. They supply fk all to do with Ferrari. But for some bloody strange reason they sell even the rarest of all Ferrari colours in both spraycan and touch up stick. They mix it them self's. Strange but true.

[ichbintk]

Don't buy from Halfords. I used to work in one of their stores and was probably the only one who measured the mixtures accurately. Many employees will mix with the wrong quantities as they can't be bothered to make it accurate. I lost track of the number of times people came back saying that the mixed paint was a very different colour to their car/bike paint. I certainly wouldn't put any of their stuff on my car ('96 Golf) without first at least checking it in an inconspicuous place and I wouldn't go anywhere near a Ferrari with the stuff. Hope this helps.

[here]

ichbintk said:

Don't buy from Halfords. I used to work in one of their stores and was probably the only one who measured the mixtures accurately. Many employees will mix with the wrong quantities as they can't be bothered to make it accurate. I lost track of the number of times people came back saying that the mixed paint was a very different colour to their car/bike paint. I certainly wouldn't put any of their stuff on my car ('96 Golf) without first at least checking it in an inconspicuous place and I wouldn't go anywhere near a Ferrari with the stuff. Hope this helps.

You can also go to a paint motor factor were some teenage kid will mix it with no regard because he does not give a toss;) I have seen that at a certain motor factor paint company in my town.
The message here is that its the person who mixes the paint wrong and not the company name. There are diligent people who work in all areas of the industry.

[walkersport]

We use the touch up from GrayPaul, I can recommend it, they sell it in a small container the size of an old Camera film case with seperate brush, its a good colour match and runs well into the area. Try not to blob the paint, have a clean cloth handy with some white spirit ready just in case!

[spydersingh]

I've read somewhere the best way to do it is to use a cocktail stick or pin to "drop" tiny drops into the chip and to allow it to fill the chip. Emphasis being definitely on less being more!

[tony h]

halfords have mixed me testers of rosso corsa & scuderia with no probs

[walkersport]

This is a real bone of contention, less is best for sure, Our guy puts the touch up on leaves it a minute then rubs it flat with white spirit (carefully not to remove anthing but the high bits) then repeats the process, it takes ages but he builds layers of paint filling the scratch (pending how deep it is) then goes to work polishing. results for him are very good.

[jdw1234]

walkersport said:

This is a real bone of contention, less is best for sure, Our guy puts the touch up on leaves it a minute then rubs it flat with white spirit (carefully not to remove anthing but the high bits) then repeats the process, it takes ages but he builds layers of paint filling the scratch (pending how deep it is) then goes to work polishing. results for him are very good.

The above is the same advice I received from Verdis - build up thin layers.

[walkersport]

thanks we do our best! just check you paint code Rosso corsa started being quite an orange red, the 308's where coded 300/1 by th end of the 328's it was 300/9 and a much deeper red, thats 9 shades in 12 years!