Little rock chips in the truck's paint. Just wanna' keep a layer of paint between the metal and rust-causing stuff.
There's a few places offering "paint pens" that hold the "correct" manufacturer color coded paint.
Haven't seen in person but the pictures show the metal case with the fiber-type semi-pointy end that allows the paint to travel through and upon the fibery thing. Push the point in and out to "fill" the outlet fibery thing then lightly touch it to the mini-crater in the paint. Advice from sources is to apply several thin layers to chip to build up the paint slowly then to follow with a clear coat cover.
Anybody try those paint pen thingys? Last year used the itty bitty bottle with the brush attached to lid that the dealer sells but the clumsy Coot didn't have much luck with the brush thingy; too hard to just apply the paint to the small chip and hard to control the amount of paint applied.
Tried the toothpick trick to dab just a wee bit of paint but that method didn't work that well.
Coot has pudgy fingers and lousy aim.
Not into spray painting and want to keep things simple.
Preventing rust main desire but do want to avoid ugly splotches of touch-up paint.
Anyone with experience with those paint pens or another simple basic method of keeping rust/corrosion at bay?
Is it possible that keeping a wax/sealant/whatever atop the paint (and covering the chip holes) will be enough of a barrier to keep bad stuff off the exposed primer and, in a few of the larger chips, the exposed metal, thus negating the need for touch-up paint?
All advice will be pondered over here in the shanty braced for the soon-to-arrive storm with an expected 6-8 inches of snow, possibly more, and howling winds that may create drifts that will bury the shanty and all the dwelleth within.
Thank you, thank you very much.
There's a few places offering "paint pens" that hold the "correct" manufacturer color coded paint.
Haven't seen in person but the pictures show the metal case with the fiber-type semi-pointy end that allows the paint to travel through and upon the fibery thing. Push the point in and out to "fill" the outlet fibery thing then lightly touch it to the mini-crater in the paint. Advice from sources is to apply several thin layers to chip to build up the paint slowly then to follow with a clear coat cover.
Anybody try those paint pen thingys? Last year used the itty bitty bottle with the brush attached to lid that the dealer sells but the clumsy Coot didn't have much luck with the brush thingy; too hard to just apply the paint to the small chip and hard to control the amount of paint applied.
Tried the toothpick trick to dab just a wee bit of paint but that method didn't work that well.
Coot has pudgy fingers and lousy aim.
Not into spray painting and want to keep things simple.
Preventing rust main desire but do want to avoid ugly splotches of touch-up paint.
Anyone with experience with those paint pens or another simple basic method of keeping rust/corrosion at bay?
Is it possible that keeping a wax/sealant/whatever atop the paint (and covering the chip holes) will be enough of a barrier to keep bad stuff off the exposed primer and, in a few of the larger chips, the exposed metal, thus negating the need for touch-up paint?
All advice will be pondered over here in the shanty braced for the soon-to-arrive storm with an expected 6-8 inches of snow, possibly more, and howling winds that may create drifts that will bury the shanty and all the dwelleth within.
Thank you, thank you very much.
