done tons of touch ups before. there's one thing i learned... less is more.

 

Get some touch up paint from dealer and I use a toothpick for tiny chips and a match from a match book for med chips and the touch up brush for larger ones. As the previous poster stated less is more.

 

I have my first one. Did you use paint code 070 only?

 

If you want it to match as closely as possible you should also use a clearcoat pen. The clearcoat will actually darken the color a little

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Sounds like a small chip, and the toothpick suggestion might work best, and if anything larger, do buy yourself an artists brush with a tapered fine point. The brush (or scrapers on some bottle caps) on those bottles will make you frustrated or a mess, or both.

 

Mine is small.
Sparkland,
Clear coat pen?
Recomendation?
Does Toyota have a good one?

 

I ordered my clear coat pen and paint colors from Paintscratch.com

The color match was fine for my Moulin Rouge Highlander, Magnetic Gray Camry, and Dark Cherry Pearl Ridgeline.

It looks like it is $29 for tri-coat paint pen for Blizzard Pearl. It is actually 2 pens because of tri-coat. The normal one color pen is around $15 with the clear coat one being $7.

Be careful though, you might find yourself spending a little more on stuff you probably do not need.

 

Is toyota the only place to get touch up paint? That is where I always got one for my toyotas in the past. Haven't picked one up yet for the new one. Just wondering if any other websites have a reliable match that might be cheaper.

 

If its something you need in larger size there is a spray paint match website. But the touchups are usually under $20 I would think, not worth risking a mismatch. I could color match it and paint it with some Hobby enamel if you like

 

Ebay has some xtra fine brushes for cheap. For how small chips are I might get by with regular white paint but might as well get the right stuff now and be done with it, will no doubt be getting more chips down the road ( pun intended).

 

For my 08 Highlander Blizzard Pearl the dealer sold me 040 White base coat and 070 Pearl Clear Coat. I just traded in my 08 for an 2015 Nautical Blue so if anyone would like these paints let me know. I only used it one to touch up a tiny chip on my hood.

 

Jamesk, I sent you a private message, I would like to try the touch up paint, thanks.

 

Here you go...

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I use the Toyota 070 Blizzard Pearl touch-up and Langka (http://www.langka.com) to smooth it out. Takes some patience and multiple layers after the touch-up paint settles.

Usually I get it to a point where it looks "good enough" and/or I forget about it and it doesn't bother me anymore.

 

I used Dupli-Color touch up pen for Blizzard Pearl (070) and it came out more "silvery" than white. It was for a large chip but luckily it was inside the rear passenger door by the step plate. I had to apply it in winter unfortunately so it's a bit of a blob. I would not recommend it in terms of color. I subsequently got the Toyota pen but have not (thankfully) had the need to use it again.

Anyone know if you can still use Langka blob eliminator after this long?