Touch up paint

[Cbouts]

Anyone have a recommendation for ordering touch up paint? Either a stick or spray. Front bumper needs some love (for now) but will most likely be replacing it prior to selling the car. Also have some small chips to fill

[kaiv]

Google automotive touch up spray and you will find multiple vendors offering made-to-order aerosol spray cans in whatever color you need (TiAg is paint code 354). You could also look for a local paint store near you. They'll usually mix it on the spot while you wait. Either way should run you $20-30.

[Cbouts]

Thanks, appreciate the help. I'll see what i can find track down. ECS has some paint sticks for about $30.

[Inizes]

I used Dr Color Chip and it was great. But it looks like your clear coat is failing, so I do not think it would work in this application.

[Cbouts]

I used Dr Color Chip and it was great. But it looks like your clear coat is failing, so I do not think it would work in this application.

yeah, i think previous owner tried to repaint the bumper but it didn't go very well. Rest of the car is mint though. I will ultimately replace the bumper but for now, just try to clean it up.

[rbg]

I like these guys: https://www.automotivetouchup.com

[speedster]

I've used Dr Color Chip and Touchup Direct and found both to be great

[Bostonbruck]

Oe from bmw. Found on ECS

[Icecream]

I have used three:
dr color chip was a waste of money compared to the others
automotive touch up was decent but hard to get right and the paint can had a very poor sprayer.
touch up direct was the best match in terms of color, metallic and flake size for my steel grey. Ymmv but I have seen and used touch up direct a few times and it has been excellent.

[BMWahba]

+1 for automotivetouchup.com

Although worth mentioning I did place an order recently and it's taken like 3 weeks to ship.

[oceansize]

Automotivetouchup was great for my tiag. Painted and cleared my door handles with their aerosol base/clear and used their paint stick for chips. However, for that front bumper I would pay the 300 to 600 for a shop to simply strip and repaint as it looks as though you have clear coat separation over a fairly large area.

If you know what you are doing where paint is concerned ignore the rest of my comments.

You will have to sand and strip down to primer and if you have never spot blended it is much tougher, to get right (any monkey can butcher it), than you think. You will more than likely botch the first attempt and be in worse shape than you started, hence you will do it multiple times and that costs money. Not only that but plastic front bumpers are more particular than body panels.

Looks easy in this video but it isn't (I worked in a body shop for almost 10 years).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aRmXuWbbYw

[dilmorecg]

Ive used automotivetouchup.com for everything in the past. They are really good but big delays right now. You may have luck finding a local auto body supply store. I just ordered a aerosol from my local store to pick up and its cheaper than going online because of shipping. My local store is a Wesco but there are other ones.