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Anyone ever use Duplicolor all-in-one scratch repair pen?

Discussion in 'Detailing' started by colinm12, Aug 3, 2014.

  1. Aug 3, 2014 at 3:37 PM
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    colinm12

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    I'm using one, and i find it's impossible not to put a big blog of paint on the area. Is that ok? Should I wipe it down to size?
     
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    I know. The little pen part wasn't designed right. It should have a slot or groove in it to allow the paint to flow. Instead it just balls up and you get a huge blob of paint.
    What I do is to dispense some paint into one of the grooves in the outside of the cover. Then I use it like an ink-well. Dip pen tip into it and then dab it on the car...
     
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    I have the oem running /step boards on my 09 dbl cab, really don't like them,does anyone know if you can duplicoat /plastic dip them other than spraying painting them (not crazy bout that) .pretty sure they are the cheap standard chrome type.
     
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    I have a scratch on my roof that I'm looking to repair, and considering using the Duplicator pen thing. I'm not extremely concerned about how it looks since it's on the roof, but more so about protecting the metal and preventing rust. The scratch is about 3 inches long and down to the metal. Anybody know if this solution will prevent rust? Anybody have a better idea?
     
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    I used the duplicolor pen on my old accord and it worked terrible. I ended up using the paint out of it with toothpicks. Worked much better than the pen tip. Dabbing Knicks with a qtip also worked better than the brush at the other end of the pen.
     
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    The Duplicolor pen sucks donkey balls. If you want a good solution for scratch and ding repair, check out Dr. Colorchip. I had their product for my Tacoma and bought it again for my F150. It's very simple to use and the results are great.
     
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    +1 for DR. colorchip this stuff works awesome and if you want even better results run it through an airbrush
     
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    Product is great. Very versatile. But The only way to make a scratch disappear is to wet sand the touch up with 1000-1500 grit paper on a rigid foam block until the scratch repair is level with existing paint. Be very careful not to sand through clear coat. Very easy to do on curves and corners. Then buff with a polisher sander with a wool pad using a very aggressive rubbing compound (3M is the best)at 12-1500 rpm. Do not use higher speed you can cut right through the clear coat then your in a world of hurt. Next use machine polish or finishing material (3M 06604 or 36064) using black foam pad to remove swirls from compounding.
    It's this or be happy seeing a little bump of paint where the scratch was. Sure if you put just the right amount of paint and clear on it my be barely noticeable but it is still noticeable!
    It will only disappear By sanding and "cutting" the clear coat.
     

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