How to: Use the Mazda paint pen (pics)

This weekend, I had the overwhelming joy of trying to touch up some long scratches on my car. I purchased a 16W paint pen (Black Mica), and was happy that I was finally going to fix up the scratches that bothered me so much.

I decided to write up this little how-to about how to properly use the paint pen:

1. Find the paint pen. Notice you get your colour, plus the clear coat for once the paint has dried.

http://s4.tinypic.com/2zyymih.jpg

2. Place the paint pen in the garbage. Apply more force depending on level of frustration.

http://i38.tinypic.com/t6pj5k.jpg

3. Here is a picture of what the pen looks like in the garbage.

http://i38.tinypic.com/mjwmc2.jpg

4. Find something that works a lot better.

http://happygocar.net/man_painting_car1.jpg

Hope this helps!

haha, too funny.

:chuckle

Lol

gaaaaaaahahahahahaha

hahaha rofl

:chuckle I VOTE FOR STICKY!
The blurriness of the second picture just adds to the action at hand.

Great write up. So where do I buy the paint pen again.

Thanks for the help. I just bought a pen and was getting ready to use it. Now I'm pretty confident I will do a good job.
Doh!

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Originally Posted by Mike

Thanks for the help. ... Now I'm pretty confident I will do a good job.

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Yeah, it should be pretty easy now that there is a handy guide. Hard to mess up now IMO.

haha nice. good thing i didnt buy one eh.

:( I screwed up my hood pretty good with mine

Yep I agree....pure crap!

BAAAA HAHAHAHAHA

lol that was good!! Yea I used one of those on an old car. They seriously suck ass, I dont know why they exist....Oh yes... To make money :bang

lol, well done!

too bad you didnt post early enough! i would have done your how to :(

Lmfao!!! Sticky!!

:chuckle

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Originally Posted by SilentJay

:( I screwed up my hood pretty good with mine

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so did I, had to sand it down afterwards because it was all blotchy ... piece of crap ... has taken a couple of polishes to to get it smoothed out again after the sanding ... but still didn't fill the chips very well ... PIECE OF CRAP!!

I've got 2 chips right above the driver's door handle. Oh yes, 401 West to Kitchener sucks. It's been half a year and they STILL haven't repaved the pavement after they ripped it up :complain.

Besides the paint pen what else can I do?

Sorry, I'm a little confused and perhaps dense, but do you buy the garbage bags BEFORE or AFTER the paint pen??

Love the pics pure jokes! :chuckle And I actually was planning on getting one of these but the pics helped it all!

LOL.. that was classic..

although, I used it on my car cause it had many horrible stone chips.. i'd use it, then use the clear, waited a day, then polished all the marks by hand.. it came out pretty good, you can't see unless your looking right at the spots..
its better right now than spending big $$$ to have it painted..
I'll hold out till next spring to have the front clip of the car re-painted..

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Originally Posted by Wilson

Besides the paint pen what else can I do?

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Interested in what y'all have to offer for this question as well. I gotta touch-up my CWP a bit. :bang

D'oh!! bought one of those pens from my dealer a while back...don't have any chips on my car yet (and hopefully it will stay that way LOL!) but now I am concerned about using that thing if I ever have to!

I am thinking of getting the Clear Bra applied to the front of my car so that should help avoid the worst of the chips (I hope) :-(