Touch up paint for Toughbooks

I hope this is of value to some of you, if your toughbook is dinged up and needs a little touch up paint from driving your hummer over it then here is what I use and it is pretty close to factory original

Come in small car touch up containers (15ml), I buy them in Canadian Tire, but any Automotive type superstore should carry them.

DUPLI-COLOR brand

BLACK - "Universal flat black" part # NG SF 104
SILVER - "Bright Silver" part # HY 01800

If someone has better touch up paint ideas please share with the forum.

later

 

A metallic silver colored sharpie pen works well for minor touch ups.

 

For chips I've found that the Dupli-Color Touch-Up paints have a good durability; by using a couple layers of that followed by a layer of clear polyurethane-based nail polish, you can match the thickness of the original paint and still maintain nearly original durability with a repair that disappears almost completely.

Scars and large scratches are not so easy to make invisible; by filling with the touch-up paint and then blending with rubbing compound I've had mixed results varying from Holy Bleeping Bleepcrackers, that's almost perfect! to OMG what have I done, I'll need to paint it ALL now!

I have found that particularly with the epoxy-based paints used on the ToughBook, one can make a great many imperfections go away with rubbing compound and some patience.

mnem
Colorific.

 

Now whats the best fix for a MK3 without saying buy another one I have small chips on the lid that are exposing the silver base coat.

 

i just used automotive touch=up pain that I bought at Wal-Mart on the black areas. My silver is in great shape.

 

The lid black doesn't feel/look the same texture as the sides and bottom black surfaces.

 

I believe that the magnesium lids are anodized and not painted. So color matching would be hard to do. Some paints are very close but I have yet to find a perfect match. Same with the black.