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Touch up paint

Postby cwto24 » Thu May 16, 2013 6:36 pm

I need to buy some touch up paint unfortunately Mazda don't stock them anymore. I've tried repco and supercheap auto. Repco only sells by the can and it doesn't match at all. Supercheap don't stock at all. Suggestions?

Been looking for galaxy grey which I think is 32s from memory. Any ideals where to buy?
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Re: Touch up paint

Postby JBT » Thu May 16, 2013 6:44 pm

It's probably best to go see a car yard scratch and dent repair guy and get a colour matching paint from him. I got some from the local Mazda dealer's chip repair man for mine because the genuine Mazda stuff was nowhere near the colour of the paint on the car.
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Re: Touch up paint

Postby Old Dude » Thu May 16, 2013 7:28 pm

Autobarn can make the paint up for you for about $20, the guy here made it up and checked it against the car to make sure the colour was good.
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Re: Touch up paint

Postby ozgordon » Sat May 18, 2013 12:00 pm

I bought a small bottle of Twilight Blue for my NB from an EBay seller in the UK. Price was good and the paint was a perfect match.

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Re: Touch up paint

Postby JLDM » Sat May 18, 2013 12:06 pm

I bought a small bottle of touch up paint a while back from an auto paint store. Was only about 10 dollars and I just have him the paint code of the car, colour matched perfectly.

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Re: Touch up paint

Postby Mr Morlock » Sat May 18, 2013 8:22 pm

JLDM is right- go to a auto paint supplier- easy to source and fast service- sometimes while you wait.

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Re: Touch up paint

Postby MrNuts » Sun May 19, 2013 12:56 am

got 2 sets of sunlight silver touch up paint from www.mx5parts.co.uk
took about 2 weeks to arrive

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Re: Touch up paint

Postby cwto24 » Sat May 25, 2013 10:38 pm

Ended up buying mine from ebay which was OEM. Cheap and worth it.
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Re: Touch up paint

Postby sleeptec » Thu Aug 08, 2013 10:16 pm

MrNuts wrote:got 2 sets of sunlight silver touch up paint from http://www.mx5parts.co.uk
took about 2 weeks to arrive


Seems like they don't do it any more :cry:

Please Note: Due to airline restrictions on the transportation of dangerous goods, we are unable to send these aerosols outside of the UK or Mainland Europe. Any orders recieved outside of these areas will be cancelled. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Re: Touch up paint

Postby Mr Morlock » Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:58 pm

I'm not surprised about the restriction- they would always have been hazardous goods. But repeating- go to a auto paint supplier - they will be able to match and supply it without a problem. Where do people think that auto professionals source their paint?

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Re: Touch up paint

Postby ralt » Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:03 pm

Hi.
Just go to autobarn with your paint code it will come in an aersol to touch up spray some in the lid and use a cotton bud to apply.

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Re: Touch up paint

Postby chops » Tue Aug 13, 2013 11:34 am

i have got an original Mazda Galaxy Grey 32S in stock. Mazda don't make them anymore because of the dangerous goods shipping laws as mentioned above. hit me up via PM if you want it


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