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What to do about Small Paint Chips on the Top of the Car?

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Old Aug 9, 2004
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I have two extremely small paint chips on the top of my car and if you look at them, you can see rust. I am pretty sure they will spread. What is the best thing for covering this or cureing it? I was thinking about getting those paint pens from autozone, the color matched one and going over it, do you think that will work?
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Get touch up paint from the dealership or go to Autozone, Kragen, Pepe Boys, etc and get it from there.
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Originally Posted by Ramones
Get touch up paint from the dealership or go to Autozone, Kragen, Pepe Boys, etc and get it from there.
that is what I thinking, I just wanted to see if it would hold up or not?
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I got some Honda/Acura paint pens from Canada. Don't know how legal that was, but absolutely nobody could get me touch up for my color. The ones at Autozone/O'Reilley/PepBoys should work fine as long as you apply it right. I can't even tell where my chips used to be. If you're worried about the rust, you could just get some clearcoat-safe rubbing compound and polish the rust away before you use a paint pen. That's what I did and I thought it worked fine. Mostly, you just need to make sure you seal the spot so no more moisture can get to it.
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Clean it real good, paint it, paint it again, then wax it, buff it.
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