Molten Orange touch up paint

[Jack1.1]

Ok what I'm reaching out for is a brand / link of touch up paint that matches Molten Orange. I went with Motorcraft on my hot pepper red Focus and the paint match was awful. So I don't want to make the same mistake again (I've had bad luck on other cars as well) with Motorcraft. Before I waste $30 on a paint pen that's not even close to molten orange thought I'd ask someone whose done it.

 

[foodtruck]

FWIW, I have performance blue, but I've recently had good experience with https://scratcheshappen.com/. Their paints are water based and I found it much easier to work with than the Ford pen. Colour match was pretty close too, although it came out a little bit darker if you're looking at just the wrong angle. The downside is you can't really sand base coat so you have to be pretty precise with the brushes to not overpaint (but if you do you can just wipe it away fairly easily and retry)

 

[Jack1.1]

Thanks that's what I'll go with. With these metallic colors, especially orange or silver seems the Motorcraft just does not match at all......and I have read that on some other posts as well. On my orangish/reddish focus the color was not even close, way darker.

 

[foodtruck]

Unfortunately at this point our cars are pretty old, so depending on the year and how much of its life the car has been sitting outdoors, the original paint coat is likely going to be somewhat lighter than the "correct" colour that comes in these touchup kits. Another issue Scratches Happen describe in their instructions is that using brushes to put down the paint results in reflective flakes being aligned in one direction which results in that "darker" effect from certain angles. For small damaged areas, airbrushing the paint on would likely result in a better visual match, however that's a whole separate skill and a set of equipment.

 

[Jack1.1]

Thanks for the info I was unaware of the brush issue.