End Cap Touchup Paint Quest

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ufda

Member

• Oct 29, 2013

• #1

I have some stone nicks in my front end cap and so far have been unable to find a suitable touchup kit. Scott at customer service did provide me with the Heartland color code but so far the five paint shops I have contacted cannot duplicate the brown color of our BC.

Has anyone found a suitable color match for the end cap brown color? If so please post it here.
Thanks in advance and happy snow birding!!

Ufda

 

TandT

Founding Utah Chapter Leaders-Retired

• Oct 29, 2013

• #2

Dumb question, but did HL specifically say they do not have any touch up kits?
If not, it seems like a fairly easy fix. Everytime a new color is shot a small quantity of touch-up bottles could be put on the shelf. Kept for a few years, then when they're gone, they're gone. Trace

 

danemayer

Well-known member

• Oct 29, 2013

• #3

I have some stone nicks in my front end cap and so far have been unable to find a suitable touchup kit. Scott at customer service did provide me with the Heartland color code but so far the five paint shops I have contacted cannot duplicate the brown color of our BC.

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Hi ufda,

I might be misinformed, but I thought automotive paint shops had some type of scanner that looked at the existing paint and determined what tints were added to the base paint to match. I think the big box stores may also have this capability. I'm surprised the 5 paint shops you visited can't scan the cap and mix up the matching paint.

 

GOTTOYS

Well-known member

• Oct 29, 2013

• #4

Any large body shop or automotive paint supplier should have a scanner to help match the color. My experience has been that they will get it close but far from perfect. It takes a good eye from an experienced painter to get real close. Only draw back I see is that they may not be able to mix anything smaller than a quart or maybe a pint. Be prepared to shell out some $$$. Automotive paint isn't cheap..Don

 

jmgratz

Original Owners Club Member

• Oct 29, 2013

• #5

Our Landmark came with touchup paint. Also inside of the cabinet where all of the switches are is a listing of all suppliers. We also have a list of the paint codes for ours. Check there you might have the paint codes there also.

 

VMooreSR

Well-known member

• Oct 29, 2013

• #6

X2 on what jmgratz said....Vince

 

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MCTalley

Well-known member

• Oct 29, 2013

• #7

If you have a Landmark with full body paint (jmgratz does by his signature block), you might be more likely to have touch-up paint and/or paint color codes supplied. For us folks with side decals and a painted front cap, no such luck. Would be interested to see what comes of this, as I too have a few small stone chips on my front cap (fortunately the bugs cover most of them).

 

klindgren

Retired Virginia Chapter Leaders

• Oct 30, 2013

• #8

Don't know how much difference it makes, but we do not have full body paint, only 1/2 and ours came with touch-up paint and the paint codes listed on the panel just as jmgratz stated. Our 2010 Pinehurst came with touch-up paint as well and it had "no body" paint, only the decals.

 

jmgratz

Original Owners Club Member

• Oct 30, 2013

• #9

Maybe it is just the Landmarks that come with the touch up paint and the paint codes. BTW our 2007 Landmark had neither and we had to get a sample 'scanned'. What we did one time is take off the trim around the door steps, take it to a auto paint store (Taasco) and they scanned it and made up the paint. It matched perfectly.

 

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MikeNMarge

Member

• Nov 5, 2013

• #10

I cannot address the issue of touch up paint, but our rig developed a 4 to 5 inch surface crack on the front cap which is brown. I took the rig to a local body shop and they fixed the crack and matched the brown paint perfectly. It cost me $180.00 as my dealer is over three hours away and fuel alone would have cost me more than $180.00. I wrote to Heartland and they sent me a check for $180.00 to cover my cost. The point I am making is a good body shop should be able to match your paint and it may be worth to pay a couple hundred dollars to have the chips repaired. JMHO Mike