will touch up pain to the job?

 

It can't exactly make it worse, at least the white won't stick out. I think you can buy a paint stick for cheap but you might need to fill in the holes depending upon how deep they are.

 

Touch-up paint sucks! You won't have white spots anymore, but you'll still be able to see where the chips were at best. The metallic in the paint never looks right. You'll have to try to put it on in several thin coats to get the best results. The best advice I can give you is take your time. If you try to put on a second or third coat before it is dry you'll end up with a big glob of goo. If you want it to look perfect take it to a pro. If you want to try to fix it for $20 bucks try some tuch-up paint.

 

Well the thing with touch up paint is... you can't just put it on and it's done (that's a common misconception...). You have to apply several thin coats on it until it fills out the area, then sand it down with a fine grit sandpaper (or rubbing compound, whatever does the job), then put a clearcoat over it and buff/wax to shine. Takes a lot of time as you need to let each coat dry properly...

Depending on what type of paint, especially tri-coat, you shouldn't try it unless you've had experience as the steps get more complicated. If you let the pros do it, they will do the all of the proper steps and it comes out near perfect.

http://www.paintscratch.com/automotive-paint-tips.htm

 

touch up paint should do the job. If not some compound or w.e something simple. Touch up paint your dealer should through on the arm, no charge.

 

damn it

 

Get some OEM touch up paint and a fine paint brush. the brush that comes with most touch up paint is to big. Use the fine brush to fill the paint void, then, polish and buff it down to flush after it dries.

 

buff it down? so wait till it dries then wax it?

 

Go to the link and do some reading.... Honestly, I wouldn't even try it myself even though I know how it's supposed to be done. If you do a poor job you'll just end up making it worse and get even more pissed.

Unless you have a beater you can practice on?

 

I picked up a few stone dings the other day and have ordered a kit from: http://drcolorchip.com/ I'll post how it looks hopefully next week.

 

^^^

That will be crazy if that stuff works!!!!

Good luck trying it out.

 

You got to let us know how well the stuff works I now have 3 chips that need looking at. What color is your g?

 

Hah. I just had a mental image of driving down the road and seeing a car passing me covered in band-aids

 

where are the results/pictures????

 

Sorry, I did not take any pictures before hand. The http://drcolorchip.com/ systems works pretty well. I have an IP G37 which is a 3 step paint process. The drcolorchip kit for IP kit comes with a separate base coat and a top coat(like the Infiniti kit). To get the color to match took some experimenting. I ended up mixing the two together to get something close. They do warn on their site that IP is a tough color to exactly match. Their blending solution does work very well but their is a definite art to it. It took several attempts on each spot to find the right combination to get a smooth finish. I would say after having tried both the Infiniti touch up paint kit, and the drcolorchip kit that the drcolorchit kit works much better because the blending solution allows for a smooth finish. If you have a color other that IP, I think that you would be amazed.