Touch-up pens

[anonymous-user]

Some how my driver's door has developed an inch-long scratch down to the primer. I bought an Odyssey blue touch up pen from my local dealer and the resulting repeair looks pants. The paint is a completely different shade so I need to think of something else.

Question is, what's the best way to get it repaired - should I take it to my local Vauxhall dealer, an idependent body shop, or would a decent mobile detailing/chips-away/dent devils do an invisible repair?

I'm worried about the paint matching given the crap results I've had so far.

[vr6man]

you could ask a chips away type person to have a look or advise. they usually won't touch the middle of panels though. bumpers and bits with curves are more their area as easier to blend the lacquer in after repainting the scratch etc.

a proper bodyshop would be able to do work that chips away can't do but even bodyshops can get it wrong as i've discovered to my cost in the past !

where abouts do you live as i could recommend a good chips away person (so possibly some are better than others!)

[anonymous-user]

I live in Bedfordshire.

[bigwheel]

Don't forget that Odyssey and other metallics need lacquer on top of the colour touch-in. This will produce a gloss finish resulting in the correct colour match.

[anonymous-user]

bigwheel said:

Don't forget that Odyssey and other metallics need lacquer on top of the colour touch-in. This will produce a gloss finish resulting in the correct colour match.

No it doesn't - it's closer but still looks crap. You can spot it from 20 feet away.