The humidity and temperature are the most important ones to think about anytime you're painting your car, be it a small bottle and brush, or with a spray can.īut what if you have no choice? What if it's rapidly approaching winter soon - while the air around you is slowly dropping into crystalline coldness - and you need your car's scratches and chips covered up to prevent damage, or even worse, rust? Rust, of course, can easily eat into the now-exposed and unpainted layer to corrode the bodywork of your car. Thus, they need a set of unique circumstances to be properly applied, and the climate that it's exposed to while the touch-up is happening is one of those factors. The chemicals inside touch-up paint are just as complex as paints typically are. Yet, there are a few limitations to touch-ups, and one of them is something that we don't consider often - weather.
Now, there are dedicated repair kits that you can easily use at home. In the old days, you'll have to get your entire car - or a whole panel - repainted professionally just for a tiny crack or chip. Touch-up paint can, in a way, be considered a miracle of modern engineering and chemistry.
