Honda Touch Up Paint Curing Time?

[PadawanPrime]

I plan on tackling the "dozens" of paint chips on my Honda Accord. The previous owner had at least the front bumper repainted, judging from the paint overspray (speckled everywhere) on the portion of the bumper grill that is NOT supposed to be painted. So anyway, there are tons of tiny paint chips to fix.

I read previously that Honda paint is soft, and specifically, that Honda Touch Up Paint should be left to cure for about 6 days for best results. I have two Mothers Paint Chip Kits that I will use to level off the paint chips. I probably will test about a dozen paint chips first to see the results.

My question is:

How long do I wait before using the Mothers Paint Chip Kit on my Honda Touch Up Paint? Six days?

Also, anyone w/ advice and/or experience that will help me is greatly appreciated. I have never used the Mothers Paint Chip Repair Kit before in my life.

I have washed and clayed the entire car. I plan to:

1. Use some alcohol to clean the paint chip and wipe away w/ mf towel.

2. Fill the paint chip to "almost level" to the surface (slight bubble) w/ a toothpick.

3. Wait for the touch up paint to dry (6 days???).

4. Wash (again). With a new white pillowcase/sheet use the Mothers Paint Chip Kit to level the paint chip.

5. Apply some wax over the repaired paint chip. Later, when all the paint chips in the area are done, wash, clay (again), Mothers PowerPolish, SEPC (is this step redundant???), #21, S100.

6. Thank God, it's over.

TIA.

[PadawanPrime]

No love???

[BlindFusion]

I'd like a response, I'm planning to do a similar thing for a friend's Civic for Christmas.

BTW, what is the Mother's Paint Chip Kit?

[MorBid]

Unless I miss my guess, the mothers touch-up kit is no different than Langka, or similar products (I think they are reducer's but don't quote me).

Hell I've repainted and cleared panels at 75 degrees air temp and they were dry to touch in a few hours. So 6 days for that tiny little bit of paint to dry seems long. It might be a week before you try to buff it out with compound maybe.

I use sand paper or a unigrit block whne doing touch-ups so I can't comment on the use of those chemical products, but in reading up on them, it seems the longer you let the paint dry the harder the blob is to remove.

This would be because your not "abrading" away the finish to level it but using a chemical which may or may not work on fully cured paint. If I were going to wet-sand it the longer you wait the better.

Why not take some time and figure it out on your own? Prep a chip/scratch, fill it with the paint, and wait maybe an hour and see if the mothers stuff works.

If all the paint you just applied comes out of the chip to quickly while your rubbing it's no biggie. just re-clean the area and do it again but wait a while longer.

[M3Racer]

Get the LANGKA paint chip repair kit...it works very well. I have been using it for a long time now and I have found that it works better than any other products out there. You can't get it in stores so you'll need to order it directly from their web site: www.langka.com. Here's the link directly to the kit LANGKA paint chip repair kit

Hope that helps.