I was detailing the Fit and the chips are so many now that touch up paint looks w/ all the little dots as bad as the chips themselves. So having kids we also have tons of Sharpies I own BOM so I found a gold/yellow and orange pen and the golden/yellow worked the best. I dotted the chip and wiped it with my finger and the ink stayed in the chip. Don't know how long it will last but being it's premanat ink it should be okay till I wax again. the best thing is no raised paint marks! .

 

Years ago a body shop man taught me a trick. When using the small jar of touch-up paint, don't use the brush that comes in the bottle. Use a tooth pick instead. Just apply touch-up inside the chip, touching the edge of the original paint but not going over on top of the original paint. Let it dry well and repeat. After it has had a few days to dry, buff and wax.

 

nice, i'll try to remember this for when I am home

 

Thanks whaap

 

All's I knows...

Is that I've read uncountable "tips" on how best to touch up. Over the years...Using a syringe and needle to precisely fill a chip...toothpicks...nasal hairs...on and on...

I haven't tried them all...but I'm 100% sure you DON'T want to use the brush that comes with most touch-up paint sets...they are almost all uniformly crappy.

My mother is a bit of an artist. So she has top quality brushes of all sizes and shapes. So I usually end up using one of her smallest, most precise brushes. And this to me seems to work very well.

The only thing that would make me nervous about using a "sharpie" is you are using ink instead of paint....don't know about durability or protective quality. But application would surely be easier...

 

You get really good results when you use touch-up paint like from Automotive Touchup or Lanka, then wrap a credit card with small buffing cloth and some wax . You need to do this within a 1-2 days of paint drying and what you are doing in blending the blob down to the paint line surface. After that, use clear coat and let dry. Always works for me like a charm.

You can get the idea here:
YouTube - Langka Chip Repair :

And this has some good advice - listen closely:
YouTube - Langka Paint Chip Repair - Camaro Part 1