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I have a metallic silver 2005 Civic with a few scrapes/scratches that
need touching up. What do you recommend for touch up spray paint? I
checked out the DupliColor website but there are 6 or 7 "metallic
silver" colors listed, does anyone know which one is the correct one?
TIA.

mprorok@gmail.com wrote in news:fb41b329-8ae6-43fa-b845-
ee33ba23804f@p4g2000vba.googlegroups.com:

> I have a metallic silver 2005 Civic with a few scrapes/scratches that
> need touching up. What do you recommend for touch up spray paint? I
> checked out the DupliColor website but there are 6 or 7 "metallic
> silver" colors listed, does anyone know which one is the correct one?
> TIA.
>



Get the official touch-up paint at your local Honda dealer. It comes in a
little bottle with a brush in the cap. You paint out the scratches as best
you can. You'll never get it looking "like new" again no matter what you
do, so don't even try.

Spray paints are a terrible idea for touch-up, especially on a newer car
like yours. They cover WAY too much area, and will chalk-up in a couple of
years and look horrible.

--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

mprorok@gmail.com wrote:
> I have a metallic silver 2005 Civic with a few scrapes/scratches that
> need touching up. What do you recommend for touch up spray paint? I
> checked out the DupliColor website but there are 6 or 7 "metallic
> silver" colors listed, does anyone know which one is the correct one?
> TIA.

almost impossible to get a patch match with metallic paint - always look
awful. either brush into the scratched or repaint the whole panel.

Tegger <invalid@invalid.inv> wrote in
news:Xns9C0056E3C3E67tegger@208.90.168.18:

> mprorok@gmail.com wrote in news:fb41b329-8ae6-43fa-b845-
> ee33ba23804f@p4g2000vba.googlegroups.com:
>
>> I have a metallic silver 2005 Civic with a few scrapes/scratches that
>> need touching up. What do you recommend for touch up spray paint? I
>> checked out the DupliColor website but there are 6 or 7 "metallic
>> silver" colors listed, does anyone know which one is the correct one?
>> TIA.
>>
>
>
>
> Get the official touch-up paint at your local Honda dealer. It comes
> in a little bottle with a brush in the cap. You paint out the
> scratches as best you can. You'll never get it looking "like new"
> again no matter what you do, so don't even try.
>
> Spray paints are a terrible idea for touch-up, especially on a newer
> car like yours. They cover WAY too much area, and will chalk-up in a
> couple of years and look horrible.
>


Plus the genuine Honda touchup paint will come in the /exact/ color your
car is painted.


--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

"Tegger" wrote

> Plus the genuine Honda touchup paint will come in the /exact/ color your
> car is painted.

Right. I've got a bottle of Taffeta White that's lasted me through three
Hondas painted.... Taffeta White. The little brush makes it easy to use it
for "white-out." :-)