Paint Touch-ups

[ellerelle]

wonder if anyone can help as I am gettin nowhere with the citroen uk site, parked my car in morrisons car park the other day and some numpty with a shoppin trolley walked straight into it leaving me with a lovely scratch. does anyone know if citroen stock the scratch pens for pearlised iron grey? tried the halfords site but no luck there, they have turtlewax scratch remover but have heard that stuff is worse than useless!

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[stimulator]

Problem with all touch up pens/pint is that if metallic it will oxidise and will look worse. If it's bad try a dent doctor or other similr touch up companies. Our local dealer use them for this sort of work.

[paul.h]

At our Citroen dealer I have bought the Citroen touch up pens which include the metallic paint and the laquer in the thumb size containers with a small brush in the cap. Cost is only about £5 for both together. You will need the paint colour code from the door pillar sticker.

[raveydavey]

Be aware though that a touch up won't match on a pearl or metallic finish. It's to do with how the paint lies on the panel as it's applied - that's why if you repair a panel of a metallic you have to blend the colour.

 

Any dealer will sell you a touch up kit (as will most accessory shops) which will at least stop any oxidation of the metalwork, although modern steel is galvanised - I've had a scratch on my C3 for over a year now and it's not rusted up (I park in a crappy area of town when I'm at work and got sick of forking out for paintwork).

 

I'd avoid the repair people who come to you at home or work as I've had nothing put bad experiences with them. Depending how deep the scratch is you may be able to get it professionally polished out.

 

Your best bet is a local independent bodyshop, preferably recommended by word of mouth.