Car Chat
Our car chat articles cover some of the more common, everyday causes of damage to car paintwork, they also include information about the tools and PaintNuts products you’ll need to carry out minor repairs.
- 5 ways your car paint gets damaged - and the best fixes
- How to remove bird droppings from your car paint
- 9 unofficial uses for car touch-up paint at home and work
- Classic cars - the history of Land Rover Green
- The UK’s most popular tractor colours
- 10 everyday classic cars and their original colours
- The differences between solid, metallic and pearlescent car paints
- Classic MG car colours from 1930 to 2000
- What are colour shade variants (and why are they important?)
- Why classic car paint is essential for older motors
- Classic Mini colours from 1959 to 2000
- A celebration of sweet, evocative and wacky car paint names
- Finding the paint code on 3 of the UK’s best motorcycles
- Classic VW campervan paint colours from 1950 to 1979
- A brief history of the modern Ford family MPV
- Classic VW T4 campervan paint colours
- TVR - the classic sports car legend with the most complicated paint job
- A brief history of the BMW 1 Series
- 6-or-7-british-celebrities-and-their-cars
- How cars are painted on the production line
- A brief history of the Audi R8
- How to fix a scratch on your motorcycle paint
- Jaguar’s modern models, classics and colours
- The surprising history of Mercedes-Benz
- The innovative history of Toyota
- The Fiat 500 from 2007
- Classic VW T5 Transporter paint colours
- A brief history of the Mark I & II Ford Transit
- How the Ford Transit evolved from 1986
- The SEAT Leon since 2012
- The Toyota Corolla 2000-2023
- How Audi brought revolution to the WRC
- The most iconic Audi paint colours
- Designing “the most beautiful car ever made” - the Jaguar E-Type
- The most iconic Jaguar paint colours
- Cars in film: the Mini
- The most iconic Mini paint colours
- Why it’s important to choose the right car paint colour
- The legacy of British Racing Green car paint colour
- PaintNuts Earns Platinum In The Feefo Trusted Service Awards 2026
There are lots of ways your vehicle paintwork may get damaged, particularly in everyday situations, from stone chips to more noticeable damage caused by bird droppings.
Not only does our car touch up paint do a fantastic job of repairing your bodywork and keeping it protected it also has lots of other uses. Our PaintNuts products aren’t just for usage on cars, they can also be used to repair other vehicles, including model cars and bicycles to name but a few.
Read more about the most common ways vehicles can become damaged. And, find out more about the types of products you'll need to repair your car or vehicle, based upon the nature of the damage.
If you need any more information about using our PaintNuts products or further advice on bodywork repairs, contact a member of our team by emailing [email protected]