I am trying to order some touch up paint for my 2009 997S in paint-to-sample Estoril Blue code 3E5. Dr. Colorchip can not locate the paint formula under this color name or code number, can anyone point us in the right direction?

 

Another path is to buy the touch up paint from a p-dealer and use the Langka chip repair kit.

 

you buy it from an auto body paint supply store with your vin #

 

Will it make a better match? Mine is GT Silver and oem touch up paint I bought from p dealter does not really match well.

 

Yep, I have an Aqua Blue Metallic from the dealer and vin coded for my car's paint, it seems to come out darker than my paint coat.. Now I'm reluctant to even use it.

 

You could try these guys. I ordered something similar (may even have been this exactly) years ago for my Ocean Blue Boxster and it worked great.

http://www.automotivetouchup.com/paintpen.asp

 

paint store will sell the base coat color, in your code and then match it to the mfg vin code tints. Its usually pretty close. it would be better than a utlity color match. Some paints have 30 or more vin variations
I think PPG and RM will provide vin matches. ask the store what they have

 

The same story here with Arctic Silver L92U. Dealer touch up kit is too dark.
Spoke with my parts guy at P dealership, he says similar issues have been reported in past.

 

Thanks! I'll give that a shot.

 

Let me know how it works - I may have to get some Meteor Grey...

 

That's what I have and the drcolorchip is by far the best and ho so simple to get a great finish...

 

Paintscratch.com

Try them

 

Will do, it's been shipped.

 

It's pretty common for manufacturer touch-up paint to be a poor match for what's on the car--especially with metallics.

I have had the best luck with newer containers of paint, mixed for several minutes. I don't just shake, I take a long nail or shish kebob stick and actually stir up the bottle to make sure that I reach all of the solids that have settled out, then shake for several more minutes. Sometimes I even drop the bottle in a bowl of hot water so that the paint warms up a bit and mixes up better.

There are tons of pigments in each color, plus metallic flakes, solvents and other chemicals that all settle at different levels in the bottle when it sits for a few days. Even if the paint is a perfect match when it goes into the bottle, it won't match unless it's thoroughly mixed just prior to application.

Of course, I've gotten fresh bottles from the dealer that weren't even close no matter how careful I mixed and applied them. Sometimes it's just the luck of the draw.

 

Touch up is normally a little darker, but once you wet sand it, it will blend. I just did several large scratches on my wife's Volvo from some rocks. The color was darker than the paint on the car but after wet sanding it hazed up the same as the existing paint and then polishing it out came out perfect (Menzerna fg400 is unreal).

The trick is to only get paint into the scratch and then sand like hell til it's evened out.