Car Scratch Repair Paint Pen Automotive Touch Up Spray for Quick Paint Fixing

A trolley scrape down a door, or a stone chip that has started to show a rim of rust around the edge. Small paint damage looks worse than it is, and no body shop will quote on it for pocket money. A touch-up pen is the cheap holding move: a fine tip, a flat colour, ten minutes in the driveway.

A fine tip does the actual work

The pen measures 113 mm by 17 mm, barely bigger than a marker, so it lives in a glovebox or a door pocket rather than getting lost in the shed. The point of the fine tip is placement: colour goes down into the scratch itself instead of smeared across the good paint either side, which is what makes a repair disappear at two metres. The supplier's method is simple enough, shake the pen, apply straight to the scratch, let it dry.

Where the supplier says it can go

The stated application area is car bodies, rims and other painted surfaces. That is the whole list. Nothing is stated about unpainted plastic trim, bumpers, glass, vinyl wrap or paint protection film, so treat those as untested rather than approved. Three shades are stocked here: black, silver and white. No factory colour match is claimed to any paint code, and the supplier's own note asks you to test a small area first, which is sensible given two cars wearing the same colour name can still differ.

Key features

• Fine applicator tip: lays colour into the scratch rather than across the surrounding panel.
• 113 mm pen body: small enough to keep in the car so the repair actually gets done.
• Three stocked shades: black, silver and white.
• Simple method: shake, apply directly to the scratch, allow to dry.
• Prep is specified: the supplier asks for a clean, dry surface before application.

Specifications

• Pen size: 113 mm x 17 mm
• Colours available here: black, silver, white
• Colours in supplier literature: white, silver, red, black. Red is not stocked in this store.
• Stated application area: car bodies, rims and other painted surfaces
• Drying time: described only as a fast-drying formula. No drying time is stated.
• Cure time and coverage: not stated by the supplier
• Durability: no durability period is stated

What's in the box

• 1 x car paint repair pen in the colour you select

Before you use it

• Use it outdoors or in a well-ventilated space. Keep it off skin and out of eyes, and wash your hands after use.
• Keep out of reach of children, as the supplier's own note states.
• For hazard classification, first aid and disposal, read the product label and the safety data sheet. That information is not reproduced here.
• Test on a hidden area before touching a panel you care about. No match to your vehicle's paint code is claimed.
• Only the surfaces named above are covered by the supplier's statement. Nothing is claimed for trim, glass, wraps or PPF.

Best treated as a tidy-up on damage that is bothering you every time you walk past the car, not a substitute for a respray on a badly damaged panel.

Colours may vary slightly due to lighting and screen settings.