Has anyone tried one of these?

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 04/18/2020 at 19:29 • Filed to: None

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I’ve seen some detailing videos on YouTube that show some amazing results, but I was wondering if any non-experts have tried this for filling in those pesky little nicks and chips.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/18/2020 at 19:41

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I’ve used them to make pisanki but I don't think that applies here.

thatsmr > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/18/2020 at 19:47

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((Having dentist nightmares))

Chariotoflove > thatsmr 04/18/2020 at 19:49

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My first thought.

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/18/2020 at 20:01

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WTF is it?

Brickman > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/18/2020 at 20:14

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Looks like a super small smoking pipe :P

Ssfancyfresh > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/18/2020 at 20:15

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I have a set that I bought after watching (probably) the same YouTube videos. Haven’t used them.

It’s been 4 years, so it isn’t likely to happen anytime soon either 

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 04/18/2020 at 20:24

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Touch up paint tool

https://www.dickblick.com/products/kingart-painting-pens/?clickTracking=true&wmcp=pla&wmcid=items&wmckw=22531-1001&gclid=Cj0KCQjwyur0BRDcARIsAEt86IBlqG3dSDjKXO38mYufE0cNyIbM2LTyXIryq5jdys8T217na3deb70aAgL8EALw_wcB

https://youtu.be/Uz-zW-cLdUs

Check out that YT video. The guy does some amazing work making those chips seem to disappear. And no, it’s not a Rick roll...

PowderHound > Brickman 04/18/2020 at 20:31

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Damn hipsters  and their small batch

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/18/2020 at 20:39

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I would have expected him to polish that whole frontal section that was touched up, after the paint cured. Pretty cool tool.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > PowderHound 04/18/2020 at 20:55

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Artisanal dammit

gokstate > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/18/2020 at 22:54

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Yes, I’ll chime in. Doesn’t look like you’ve had an affirmative answer yet.

I have used it. I saw the same video touting it a few years back and purchased it when I picked up a pock-marked S2000 (the blue tape marks all the tiny chips on a car with 32k miles!)

I’m fortunate to have a spouse who has an artist background. I picked up the paint pens and the touch up paint, but she did the work:

Here’s what I can tell you about it: It works. Really well. Much better than the little fine brushes you can otherwise get. It makes them mostly disappear and fills in the deficit. However, you can still somewhat notice a touch up when you get up close. That being said, I would say it’s better than anything else I’ve seen and it’s about as professional a touch up a DIY-er can do, IMO. Her method was to tap on the spots to release small amounts of paint into the deficit.

The downside: the paint dries too quickly and clogs it up. She used a paper towel (you can see in pic) and dabbed the tool on it frequently to keep the paint flowing. I used a can of compressed air and it comes with a small pin/pick to unclog it, but it will happen often. In fact, we had to buy a few as they will become terminally clogged. —paint thinner couldn’t remove all, but as you can see, we did a very extensive touch up on this car—I think it took two paint pens to do the job. It actually takes very little paint.

Best of luck. —gokst

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > gokstate 04/18/2020 at 22:59

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Thanks for the info. I figured that they would easily get clogged and was prepared to pick up a few. My plan was to really thin out the paint and just take my time filling the marks. I figure that it will probably be noticeable up close, but at this point I’d prefer that over the bright white spots on dark red paint I’m living with now.

gokstate > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/18/2020 at 23:04

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I think you’ll be very pleased with the results.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/19/2020 at 12:13

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Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > CaptDale - is secretly British 04/19/2020 at 12:25

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That’s the guy. It was on that yellow 911 that I first saw this tool in use and was amazed.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/21/2020 at 14:04

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Yeah, he seems to really love the syringe.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > CaptDale - is secretly British 04/21/2020 at 15:04

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I think I have a few syringes around. I’ve purchased a few blood glucose monitors at Goodwill Outlet, usually just for the cases they come in, and I generally end up with a few “extras” I didn’t count on...