Interior Touch-Up Paint for Black Trim?

[gordongordo]

The 2006 MDX I recently purchased has two or three small knicks in the black dashboard trim. Can anyone 1) recommend a paint I can use for touch-up there? And 2) recommend as well the best way to apply touch-ups, either inside the vehicle or on the exterior?

Michael

[Randy]

I have never heard of anything specific for the interior.It may be hard to cover it up without making it look worse.

You can try a touch-up pen from your dealer in black.They are very easy to use but once it's on it may not come off without making a real mess.

You may want to try it on a inconspicuous place that you wouldn't see to see how it turns out.

Also your dealer should be able to provide you with an instruction booklet on how to use the pen properly!

Another option may be to try a trim shop to see how they handle interior scratches!

Randy

[nsxtcy21]

or also change out the trim peices if they are something small... those pieces may not be too expensive (remember 25% off list price through acura forums on everything from now until christmas)

[Randy]

^^very good point.

From reading his post I thought maybe it was the whole dash.If it's just small trim pieces this could be the best route!

[nsxtcy21]

yeah its very vague whether or not its the dash itself, or possibly a vent trim peice.. hopefully the latter because those parts a relatively inexpensive...

[gordongordo]

The nicks in the trim on the dashboard were concentrated in an area just above the glove compartment, and looked like large, runny drops of white paint. There were about four of them, maybe a quarter of an inch wide, and about 3/4 inch long, plus a few pin point ones. They weren't paint, however. They turned out to be, I believe, white-colored plastic foam that lies just underneath the soft black top layer, with its grainy look.

I tried, initially, to color the nicks with an artist pen, but that wouldn't sink into the plastic foam. I then went back to the art store and got three tubes of acrylic paint, two grey and one black. The greys were matt (flat) and were too light. The black was shinier, and a little too black. I mixed them, tried two or three times, and finally ended up with a decent looking fix. (Acrylic, being water-based, can easily be wiped away with water before it dries solidly.)

Too bad Acura doesn't provide a touch-up paint for the dashboard (which is two-toned, black on the top and down to the glove compartment, grey the rest of the way down).

Thanks for your suggestions.

Michael