In my continuing search for a way to touch-up the scratched dash and shift console on my 03 gray interior, no solution surfaced asside from ripping it out and starting over.
Since necessity is the mother of invention, I visited my friendly local neighborhood Home Depot and purchased small cans of flat black and flat white paint. Pulling the small piece off the top of the rear portion of the console, I
mixed and matched paint. Eventually I had the exact shade. I painted over the spots that showed through with ugly black marks and the fix is perfect. It works on large and small scratches and is virtually undetectable. Total cost for the whole project was under $7, plus I have enough paint mixed to last for years.

 

How about some pics?

 

I did the Home Depot thing too, but I brought in my ashtray and had them match the paint (Savannah). I used a combined primer and topcoat paint in interior flat enamel. I applied it with a foam brush. After it dried, I "sanded" the fresh paint with a dry terrycloth towel. It came out great.

 

Thanks for the tip. Got a bunch of nicks in my space grey soft touch rear center console. Taking the ash tray to Home Depot to match the color sounds like just the trick!

 

i donno how you guys do it. touchup painting always makes it a mess for me.

 

Agreed that touching up the exterior takes a fair amount of skill, but the soft-touch interior is much less challenging. I put a very small amount of paint into a paper cup and leave the can outside the car, covered. I have so little paint in the cup that even if it tips over, nothing will spill out. I also have some dampened paper towels on hand just in case.