My g/f's 99 Accord has several rock chips up front, some of which have even started to rust.

We bought some touch-up paint from Autozone, which is nice and all, but it's pretty much impossible to apply it with the brush they give you and have it look smooth. I almost always end up with a very obviously touched-up looking end result.

Is there a particular product or method that I should be looking into to start doing more professional looking touchups?

Also, since a very small quantity of rust has shown up on some of the older rock chips, will touching them up really do the trick or do I have to use something else to stop the rust from spreading?

The car is still under the rust warranty but I'm not sure if Honda would cover it since it's only on the areas that have rock chips.

Thanks!

 

You need to get the rust out and primer area with some touch up primer before you use the touch up paint. Let the paint dry for about 2 hours then buff area out with a rubbing compound or something like a scratch remover until the area is smooth, then wax it. The warranty is for through body rust, not normal rock chip spots that rust. Make sure you get the wax off the area before you apply paint and primer. Is easy to do, but don't leave the paint on for days before you rub it out or it will be a pain to get smooth and look good. Depending on the color of the car you can get perfect results. Black and light colors are easiest.

 

Check out the directions at http://www.toyotacelicas.com/informa...paintchip.html

 

You might like the new AutoSharp Pen. I've heard great reviews for it elsewhere, but I have not tried it.... Supposedly fixes chips and scratches without much mess or complicated processes....

Here's a review with a link to their homepage
http://www.womanmotorist.com/newprod...suals-01.shtml

 

Maybe your best bet is to get the touchup guy that works the car lots in your area. Its near impossible to do a perfect chip repair especially when there are a lot of them and when the edges are curled up from rust. By the time you buy everything you need you could have paid this guy and you don't even get dirty.