I parked my car at the place I got new tires at, it was a sketchy-ish neighborhood.. so after i leave happily w/ my tires and oil change, i go home for a wash. (i always wash the car after it's been in a shop.) i find on the rear bumper there was a scratch, i guess someone tried to clear out of the parking spot and misjudged.. its not bad and its actually still pretty smooth (just barely any poly showing) bumpers are poly right ? or is it ABS plastic? w/ it is, it still seems fairly smooth so i'd like to just use the pen to fix it/ wax it.

I have the paintcode and everything

so heres the Q's I need answered:
do they make "custom" paint pens? I have nordic mist w/o pink flakes..
and to my understanding, i just paint pen the area then let it dry.. and then clearcoat pen and let dry.. then i can go on and wash/claybar/wax/polish the car right and it'll be decently masked right?

Since it is scratched, i don't expect it to blend in directly but i'd like it to be somewhat even with the surrounding paint.

Thanks in advance Paint/body guys.

 

Not to sure about where to get a "custom pen" but there is an excellent write up about how to fill smally scratches and nicks here
http://autopia.org/forum/click...epair
I have done this numerous of times on various cars and it's really not that difficult, just a little time consuming.

 

wow that looks good, so i just let the paint coat the toothpick and let it run down the toothpick, then just spread the paint through the crack+let dry + sand + polish?

i was thinking of just coloring it in with the paint pen, clearcoat above and hope no one would see. lol

 

Building up the blob to being above the level of the paint allows you to sand it down so that everything is at east level. You may not be able to blend the paint very well but it will be far less noticeable than trying to just eyeball it.