the Paint Pen

macreative · 01-21-2005, 04:02 PM

Does Toyota make the touch up paint pen or is it a generic manufacturer?

When I stopped by the Dealer today, they told me that toyota only makes the paint bottle t ype (like nail polish) with no clearcoat thing.

I want the paint pen but I can't seem to find it anywhere.
Is it actually Toyota branded? I don't trust southbay toyota.....

Any suggestions?

techogurl · 01-21-2005, 04:38 PM

I saw a post a long time ago that people in Canada got paint pens. I was only able to purchase a brush style here in US.

**TonyPSchaefer** · 01-21-2005, 06:00 PM

I suffered a ding and was trying to remember - and then find - a thread from some time back. If I remember correctly, this touch-up paint system required that you apply the paint and then rub the application in order to make sure it's smooth to the surrounding paint. The individual explaining the process was quite pleased with the results.

Does anyone remember this? Who's the manufacturer? What's the paint application name? Where can I get some?

wildplaces · 01-21-2005, 06:20 PM

You can try www.Paintscratch.com Someone else here recommended it and I ordered a touch up paint pen kit, but haven't used it yet.

wildplaces

Quote:

I suffered a ding and was trying to remember - and then find - a thread from some time back. If I remember correctly, this touch-up paint system required that you apply the paint and then rub the application in order to make sure it's smooth to the surrounding paint. The individual explaining the process was quite pleased with the results.

Does anyone remember this? Who's the manufacturer? What's the paint application name? Where can I get some?

betshsu · 01-21-2005, 08:36 PM

I got a paint pen from my local Toyota dealer, but it wasn't Toyota branded. It also wasn't like the ones that they get in Canada. It was more like one of those markers that you have to shake up and then depress to get the paint to come out.

Tony, are you perhaps talking about the PlastiKote paint touch up kit? I think in the thread, they bought it online, but I found it at my local Pep Boys for cheaper than the place online. The kit includes clearcoat, polishing compound, and fine sandpaper and a block. After you apply the touch up paint, you use the polishing compound and sandpaper to remove the excess paint. If it's just a clearcoat scratch, the this will also supposedly take out the scratch without any touch up paint. It wasn't perfect when I tried it, but I think it is more the fault of the touch up pen (the color is a bit darker than Tideland, but it was the same color code) than the kit. The kit did take out excess paint that I got all over when I was trying to fill in really light scratches without affecting the actual paint of the car.

downeast · 01-21-2005, 10:01 PM

TonyPSchaefer
I believe you are talking about is called langka . It does work well, requires a little patience, you really have to time when the paint you put on is close to dry and then use this product. Requires several applications of paint and smoothing.

http://www.langka.com/

**Tideland Prius** · 01-21-2005, 10:15 PM

The paintpen we have for the Camry is red/white with a paint applicator on one end and a clearcoat one on the other end (Think double-sided markers). The brush/bottle ones are for pre-2000 or 2001 models here in Canada.

wildplaces · 01-21-2005, 11:14 PM

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It wasn't perfect when I tried it, but I think it is more the fault of the touch up pen (the color is a bit darker than Tideland, but it was the same color code) than the kit.

the www.paintscratch.com uses the VIN# to match the batch color...

Eisenson · 01-21-2005, 11:44 PM

I bought a very nice product from the Toyota dealer - called ChipMender (Livermore, CA). It's a slightly flexible tube shaped like a pen, with a metal tip. Squeeze and push the tip against the chip and paint comes out, and it flows just enough to fill the chip as it dries. Works great, hardens and disappears. Patent numbers and patent claims all over it. About $7, I think, and worth it.

**TonyPSchaefer** · 01-22-2005, 12:20 AM

Cool. Thanks all. Though now I have several glowing recommendations rather than just the one I had hoped would remove options. :-)

I'll reasearch the ones you all mention and get something once the weather warms up.

My ding, but the way, goes all the way through the paint to the body. Someone smacked it hard.
I also seem to have suffered a blow on the very edge of the front passenger door. It literally curves around the metal. I seriously think the mechanic did it, but it's been so long now that I would have a hard time proving it. Since I drive the car alone and only get in and out of the driver's side, it took almost a month to see it. If, that is, the mechanic really did do it.

01-21-2005, 04:02 PM	#1
macreative Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 157 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	the Paint Pen Does Toyota make the touch up paint pen or is it a generic manufacturer? When I stopped by the Dealer today, they told me that toyota only makes the paint bottle t ype (like nail polish) with no clearcoat thing. I want the paint pen but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Is it actually Toyota branded? I don't trust southbay toyota..... Any suggestions?

01-21-2005, 08:36 PM	#5
betshsu Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 299 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #7 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: the Paint Pen I got a paint pen from my local Toyota dealer, but it wasn't Toyota branded. It also wasn't like the ones that they get in Canada. It was more like one of those markers that you have to shake up and then depress to get the paint to come out. Tony, are you perhaps talking about the PlastiKote paint touch up kit? I think in the thread, they bought it online, but I found it at my local Pep Boys for cheaper than the place online. The kit includes clearcoat, polishing compound, and fine sandpaper and a block. After you apply the touch up paint, you use the polishing compound and sandpaper to remove the excess paint. If it's just a clearcoat scratch, the this will also supposedly take out the scratch without any touch up paint. It wasn't perfect when I tried it, but I think it is more the fault of the touch up pen (the color is a bit darker than Tideland, but it was the same color code) than the kit. The kit did take out excess paint that I got all over when I was trying to fill in really light scratches without affecting the actual paint of the car. __________________ Tideland 2005 BC/#6 as of 15 Oct 2004; Costal Tech EV CC switch and Nav override (given up for adoption to the in-laws on 25 Sept 2005) Silver Pine Mica 2006 NL/#7 as of 13 August 2006; this one was unplanned! Buying a Prius is like having a baby... you wait and wait and never know exactly when it is going to arrive or what it will look like.

01-21-2005, 10:01 PM	#6
downeast Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: the Paint Pen TonyPSchaefer I believe you are talking about is called langka . It does work well, requires a little patience, you really have to time when the paint you put on is close to dry and then use this product. Requires several applications of paint and smoothing. http://www.langka.com/

01-22-2005, 12:20 AM	#10
TonyPSchaefer Ruler of Omicron Persei 8 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Far-North Chicagoland Posts: 8,334 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 4 Times in 2 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 15	Cool. Thanks all. Though now I have several glowing recommendations rather than just the one I had hoped would remove options. :-) I'll reasearch the ones you all mention and get something once the weather warms up. My ding, but the way, goes all the way through the paint to the body. Someone smacked it hard. I also seem to have suffered a blow on the very edge of the front passenger door. It literally curves around the metal. I seriously think the mechanic did it, but it's been so long now that I would have a hard time proving it. Since I drive the car alone and only get in and out of the driver's side, it took almost a month to see it. If, that is, the mechanic really did do it. __________________ Proud father of Priapus: the '04 Tideland BC9 with an OEM EV button and sense of self-righteousness >>Current Mileage<< Spreading information and passing gas in the Greater Chicagoland area

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01-21-2005, 04:38 PM	#2
techogurl Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Fayetteville, AR Posts: 227 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I saw a post a long time ago that people in Canada got paint pens. I was only able to purchase a brush style here in US.

01-21-2005, 06:00 PM	#3
TonyPSchaefer Ruler of Omicron Persei 8 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Far-North Chicagoland Posts: 8,334 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 4 Times in 2 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 15	I suffered a ding and was trying to remember - and then find - a thread from some time back. If I remember correctly, this touch-up paint system required that you apply the paint and then rub the application in order to make sure it's smooth to the surrounding paint. The individual explaining the process was quite pleased with the results. Does anyone remember this? Who's the manufacturer? What's the paint application name? Where can I get some?

01-21-2005, 10:15 PM	#7
Tideland Prius Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 13,755 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: B Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 11	The paintpen we have for the Camry is red/white with a paint applicator on one end and a clearcoat one on the other end (Think double-sided markers). The brush/bottle ones are for pre-2000 or 2001 models here in Canada.

01-21-2005, 11:44 PM	#9
Eisenson Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 142 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I bought a very nice product from the Toyota dealer - called ChipMender (Livermore, CA). It's a slightly flexible tube shaped like a pen, with a metal tip. Squeeze and push the tip against the chip and paint comes out, and it flows just enough to fill the chip as it dries. Works great, hardens and disappears. Patent numbers and patent claims all over it. About $7, I think, and worth it.