• PaintScratch

PaintScratch

Overview

PaintScratch has a rating of 4.53 stars from 2,737 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with PaintScratch most frequently mention color match, clear coat, and customer service. PaintScratch ranks 7th among Auto Accessories sites.

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 86.9%
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Positive highlights

  • It was very easy to find the correct paint color needed on the website.
  • Pleasantly surprised at speedy response to my question about an unlisted paint code and a subsequent solution.

Critical highlights

  • Contacted customer service and just got emailed and no paint!
  • So I contacted Paint Scratch by email and wanted to cancel the order.
How would you rate PaintScratch?
Top Positive Review

“Perfect match”

Thomas D.
4/14/24

71 Chevy Nova barn find needed some touch up here and there and the match to 40+ year old original GM citrus green was amazingly accurate. Let it dry for a week and hit it with polishing compound and a rotary buffer and it blended together seamlessly. Thanks. You guys saved me from a complete redo paint job

Top Critical Review

“Paints don't match oem touch up paint”

George C.
4/22/24

Stay away. Can't match oem touch up paint even if color codes are the same. Wrong base and wrong flake size.

Reviews (2,737)

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Thumbnail of user joed1778
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 17th, 2023
Verified purchase
• Updated review

Order for can clear coat and touch up paint pen. Can arrived via UPS timely. Pen, however, took over a month. Paintscratch repeatedly told me it had been delivered and furnished the UPS data to confirm. But they originally told me the pen would be shipped via USPS. Paintscratch was quite confused. Pen was finally delivered after a month via USPS.

I got the runaround each of the several times I emailed showing them their own earlier emails and UPS message indicating UPS was waiting to pick up the pen. Dry frustrating.

Reason I chose this business:

Siri search

Service
Easy to find paint and place order
November 18th, 2023
Verified site experience
• Previous review
Reason I chose this business:

Siri search

Thumbnail of user erickc113
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 29th, 2023
Verified purchase

Everything was going great until I tried to use the scratch paint pen. It bent terrible even before the pain came out. I couldn't finish my work.

Reason I chose this business:

It was recommended by a friend who works in a body shop

Thumbnail of user yusefk1
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 24th, 2023
Verified purchase

Ordered 12 oz can received 6oz weighed. Ran out of paint halfway through spraying so I have to order another 2 bottles for small project.

Reason I chose this business:

YouTube video

Thumbnail of user petec400
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 25th, 2023
Verified purchase

Could not get touch up paint from Jeep. Heard about PaintScratch on a Jeep forum. Delivered in a timely manner. Color matches. Nice to also gave the clear coat.

Reason I chose this business:

Heard on Jeep forum.

Thumbnail of user joeg991
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
November 3rd, 2023
Verified purchase

After priming the pen and daubing off excess paint, I tried a touch-up of a small chip in my hood. The paint dripped past the side of the tip and poured onto my hood creating quite a mess. I was able to remove the paint but will have to transfer the paint to a shot glass and touch up using a fine brush. Overall, I'm pretty disappointed.

Reason I chose this business:

Random Google search.

Thumbnail of user dorothys705
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
December 16th, 2022
Verified purchase

The reason I needed to make an additional order is because my last order of color (Willow Green) had only 9 ounces of paint by weight, and not the advertised 12 oz. I determined this by the measured weight of the cans when they arrived, in which the primer can and clear finish can weighed 16oz each (including the can weight) but the color weighed only 13oz.

Reason I chose this business:

You guys are the only game in town, that I know of.

Service
Thumbnail of user aaronc143
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
June 18th, 2018

Ordered quarts of primer, base, and clear.
The good: received paint with satisfactory match first try. Provided code and vin
Con: prices are an absolute joke. Find a local autobody supply with quality paint matching capabilities. With limited knowledge of autobody paint I was willing to make this order based on their match guarantee. For 150 dollar base coat quart I was expecting a high quality paint. You will receive ppg Omni matched. I ran out and purchased additional Omni locally for 50 dollars matched. 100 dollar additional markup is in my eyes robbery, and the same goes for their primer and clear. Avoid this company.

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Nick H. – PaintScratch Rep

If you can find a quart of PPG paint for $50, I would certainly buy it. This is below our cost for the paint.

Thumbnail of user franciscor372
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 27th, 2023
Verified purchase

Ordered 2 paint pens at $17 each… it took awhile for my order to even get processed…. Received the pens and was disappointed with the quality of it…. The paint just runs out of them when used, it waste so much the end piece keeps falling out, total mess… for the price the pen quality could be a lot better!

Reason I chose this business:

Searched the web

Thumbnail of user bretg14
1 review
2 helpful votes
October 18th, 2020

I have used products from this company before and was generally satisfied. Only thing I was irritated is it took almost 3 weeks to get my order. This order went south quickly I placed my order Oct 6th was emailed a confirmation Bill the same day. Went to check status of my order on the 13th they had no record of my invoice. So I emailed them asking for status. The answer came back very short of info and customer concern that there was an issue and that it would process shortly. Checked status on the 18th of Oct it still hadn't been processed. Went to cancel the order and after reading there cancellation policy I would still be charged. Very disappointed in their service and lack of customer concern and answering your questions when you try to contact them. I think this will be the last time I order from them we will see how this order ends up but I would suggest read the return or order cancellation policy prior to placing an order as the say buyer beware my bad for not reading them.

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Nick H. – PaintScratch Rep

I am sorry you did not feel you received your product in a timely fashion. Like many businesses now, we have been adversely affected by shipping delays. We are not UPS or the USPS and I think you should contact them with your shipping concerns. All we can do is trust them to deliver our products. In the past, this has never been an issue until the Covid became a factor.

Thumbnail of user kylem528
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
September 9th, 2022
Verified purchase

Paint is good. It mostly matches — not perfect, but it's close. Customer service is really bad, though. I'll look for another vendor, next time.

Rep was rude and my issue was not resolved.

Service
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Rob R.
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 15th, 2022
Verified purchase

Using the make and model number from the website in order to select Champagne Mist. NOT EVEN CLOSE! LOL.

Thumbnail of user carlt524
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 11th, 2023
Verified purchase

I ordered brown dm 250 for a thor rv and they sent a blue metallic with that same number.

Reason I chose this business:

Supposedly had the brown color that i needed.

Thumbnail of user stephens3132
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 2nd, 2024
Verified purchase

Don't want to have this reviewed. Possible an isolated problem, not a reflection on the product.

Thumbnail of user stanw132
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
November 2nd, 2023
Verified purchase
• Updated review

So far, so good. Shipping at $8.00 seems high for a single pen, but total is competitive. Update: The paint in the pen was kind of globby or thick and didn't work well to fill a minor crack. I could have sanded it out, but at that point I'd have needed to spray rather than just use a pen.

Reason I chose this business:

Easy to find my color

So far, so good
September 16th, 2023
Verified site experience
• Previous review

So far, so good. Shipping at $8.00 seems high for a single pen, but total is competitive.

Reason I chose this business:

Easy to find my color

Thumbnail of user christopherf1268
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
April 22nd, 2024
Verified purchase

Spray can worked good briefly, at half can, clogging and spitting. Cleaned the spray tip multiple times to finish the job. Yes I shook can for two minutes first and shook during use. 75 degrees outside. Lot of money for a scrappy spray can. And they don't respond to emails, but only to see if you got it and a review.

No response

Service
Thumbnail of user johns15302
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 16th, 2024
Verified purchase

The color was not even close. Would have been better off using Ford's touch up. Save you money

Reason I chose this business:

Thought the match would be right on since you used paint code; wrong

Thumbnail of user geraldl556
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 13th, 2024
Verified purchase

I'm a professional auto body painter of 58 years. I mixed my own paint. I check the color matching with great detail. My vehicle had never seen sunlight until I retire and recently moved to Florida where it is garaged. SO I know the color has not faded. WAY TO LIGHT

I sent questions about the color match. I got a response but was not solving the issue. Poor color match! They even spelled my name wrong. It's LeBrun not BRUN

Reason I chose this business:

I was hoping to get touch paint to match. I was wrong!

Service
Thumbnail of user peterb2287
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 24th, 2022
Verified purchase

Ordering was not intuitive second time around, I ordered some additional product and somehow my first order got duplicated along with it. The order confirmation was not clear and I ended up with too much paint with no way to return it! Please fix this issue. Thanks

Reason I chose this business:

Referred by Toyota dealer

Thumbnail of user paulao256
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 25th, 2024
Verified purchase

Easy to find and order the paint I needed for touch up. Shipped quickly and arrived securely.

Reason I chose this business:

Good website easy to navigate

Thumbnail of user emmam839
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 8th, 2023
Verified purchase
• Updated review

Your cost you charge for a handling fee is rediculous ly high for the small item I purchased!

I never got a response to my complaint!

Reason I chose this business:

You have the paint and other items I need to touch up my car!

Easy to use and understand
June 22nd, 2023
Verified site experience
• Previous review
Thumbnail of user ebrahimw1
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 24th, 2023
Verified purchase

While the paint was just ever so little off, it may have had to do with the age of the old paint. When applied correctly, it looks nice and shiny. I had issues when trying to "fix" little areas with the clear coat. The nizzle is not focused. Its aerosols make the under layers dull. I guess, that is what I get for paying what I did.
I would rather pay a little extra for nozzles that can be adjusted for sharpness and angles than to buy this that is too hard to work with.

I had to return a clear pen which I thought was going to be a paint pen. It costs about $10.50 each. The return cost me $5.00. I could not justify keeping it and not using it instead of returning it and losing $5. Did not look too functional anyway.

Reason I chose this business:

I am a previous customer.

Service
Thumbnail of user keithk568
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
June 21st, 2023
Verified purchase

I painted some on the test paper to compare color but before I could paint my scratch, the weather turned bad and by the time the weather had improved, the paint pen tip had dried up. I didn't realize that it is a one and done tool. I think it would have looked great if I could have used it.

Thumbnail of user abia192
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 21st, 2023
Verified purchase
• Updated review

The experience was basically seamless except the color I needed was not listed under the vehicle options. Once I searched the website data base though, the paint code came up with a slightly different name.
The auto body shop applied the paint and it looked very noticeably different in color.

Reason I chose this business:

It was recommended by my Auto Body Repair shop.

The experience was basically seemless except the color...
July 24th, 2023
Verified site experience
• Previous review

The experience was basically seemless except the color I needed was not listed under the vehicle options. Once I searced the website data base though, it did come up.

Reason I chose this business:

It was recommended by my Auto Body Repair shop.

Thumbnail of user tonyh1236
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 3rd, 2023
Verified purchase

Finally got a chance to use the kit this weekend. Match was terrible

Thumbnail of user emmanuelx74
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 1st, 2023
Verified purchase
• Updated review

I've bought touch up and cans of paint from your company before many times Always great products and service!

GONG!

Clearly their quality has dropped!

The paint pens for my tricolor paint for my Lexus GX460, arrived and the paint won't come out of the pen as designed! I had to pull the tip out to get any paint on the tip to be able to use! Terrible quality! And this is who I referred hundreds of old clients to from when I had my detailing business for decades! Now since retiring from detailing at 56, thanks to hydrophobic coatings, I even in my retirement recommended this company to friends! Never again!

Reason I chose this business:

Repeat customer! But NEVER Again!

I've bought touch up and cans of paint from your company...
April 13th, 2023
Verified site experience
• Previous review

I've bought touch up and cans of paint from your company before! Always great products and service! Thank you

Reason I chose this business:

Repeat customer!

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From the business

Easily find your color and order the same automotive touch up paint used by industry professionals. Match to factory color guaranteed. Get started now.

Business History

PaintScratch was founded in 2000 by Collin Harris, before most people even knew shopping online was an option.

Collin accidentally dropped a pair of skis on his new car and they left a deep paint scratch on the hood. After trying a number of autobody shops, Collin was dismayed by the extremely high prices they were quoting to touch up the scratch. And that was just the shops that actually could track down the color - several said they were unable to match the formula for his paint. Collin thought that there just had to be a better solution out there.

Earlier in Collin's entrepreneurial career, he had spent time buying, repairing, and selling used cars in the Bay Area of California. He developed a great relationship with a local paint shop there, San Leandro Color, and relied on their expertise to formulate and mix paint for him.

Fast forward to the skis being dropped on his new car and no good options to fix the scratch, and Collin had an idea: let people buy inexpensive touch up paint kits online, mixed with the exact paint to match their vehicle. Collin reconnected with his friends at San Leandro Color, worked out the details, and the first orders were shipped in April 2000!

Company Representative

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Nick H.
Director of Customer Experience
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