Scratches and chips of the paintwork appear on cars as a result of an accident, unsuccessful parking or contact with sand and gravel, flying out from under the wheels of passing cars. Periodically transporting a car for painting or driving it home is not cheap and takes a lot of time. Besides, why completely repaint a part of a white or red car body, if it has only a couple of small scratches?
If the damage to the car is minor or shallow, it is advisable to use a pencil to color the chips. The tool is shaped like an ordinary pencil or marker, which is why it got its name.
Pencil for coloring scratches on the car
Among the advantages of the car pencil is worth noting:
- cost-effectiveness in comparison with painting the damaged area with paint;
- ease of operation;
- huge range: white, black, red, green, blue colors and their shades;
- the ability to choose a universal tint pencil or variety for your car model;
- glossy effect of marker paint;
- inability to distinguish the applied coating from the existing paint on the car.
Tint marker for cars is designed for several uses. If you use it at long intervals, it can dry out. Therefore together with white or any other color of a marker for a car buy solvent №647 for restoration of work of a product..
types of products
Exist 2 types of pencils for the car, each of which is used depending on the severity of the damage:
- wax pencil. It is used to remove shallow scratches from the car - those, which affected not only the varnish, but also a layer of paint. Wax pigment fills the chip, preventing the development of corrosion on metal surfaces. Among the disadvantages of this tool, users note the rapid flushing (after a few washes). Also use of wax means complicates its unequal qualitative painting of a surface. He will do the job perfectly, if you have white, black or other standard car color. However, when applied to non-standard colors (lettuce, turquoise, coral) or metallic surfaces, it can turn out worse, in full painted over the chip;
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Wax pencil to remove scratches on the car body
- restoration tint marker. It is used for painting scratches, reached the primer or metal car. It is represented by a tube, which has a brush and car paint. You can choose the color of the paint, having the code of the necessary shade. This coloring pencil is a more versatile tool, as it is suitable for scratches of any size and depth. He, in contrast to the wax counterpart, that does not wash off after car washes, as it contains paint. The only difficulty in buying it is the selection of shade. You can choose a shade of car paint, using the catalog for painting existing pencils.
Restoration tint marker for painting scratches
Manufacturers
Presented on the Russian market ??products of the following manufacturers:
- Fix it Pro. The company's products contain varnish and are designed to correct surface imperfections in the event of damage to the car's paintwork. The formula of the composition restores shine on white, blue or red car. The composition dries faster than ordinary car paint. You do not need to use a hair dryer for drying - just apply the product on the car body and you can go right away. The device has a compact size for storage directly in the glove compartment of the machine. To use it is enough to put a special cap on a pencil, shake it sharply, insert the glue applicator and compress the product body.
Pencil to remove scratches and chips on the paint Fix it pro pen
- Runway. Products of the RW40 series are intended not only for masking of scratches, but also for lubricating mechanisms, elimination of a squeak of moving details and protection against corrosion. With the help of a universal marker from this company, you can even clean the surface from glue.
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Runway RW6130 pencil tints
- Du-Pont. Restorative paint marker Pro-Fusion Color contains acrylic filler with solvent. The service life of the paintwork created by it for a car is equal to time of operation of usual automobile paint. The tip of the product allows you to remove scratches of different sizes 1 pass. The paint in the marker is enough to paint over the scratches 22 meters.
Олівець для ремонту подряпин DuPont ™ Pro-Fusion Color
- Newton. The company produces markers for car surface restoration, which can be selected by color stretch. There are a number of markers in the range 50 paint colors with a metallic effect, and 3 white colors. The composition is sold in an aluminum tube with a volume of 12 ml.