Planet 9

I recently got some scratches in the plastic panel in the rear trunk when some items had moved around. The hard plastic items are painted, sand beige in my car. A scratch causes a black ugly marks when the base plastic material, being black, is exposed.

The local dealer only sells exterior touch-up paint and could not help, other than selling a new panel ($$$). I read on another site, however, that a Cayman owner found an answer. Go to Home Depot department and buy a $9.75 quart of the following:

Flat Enamel:BEHR Base: 2-1853
Use this color formula: CLRNT B C F KX
OZ 0 1 0 1
384th 133 94 74 87

Apply the paint with a small fine art brush with several THIN coats. It is a near perfect match.

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2007 Cayman 2.7
2006 Ducati Multistrada

Show us a pic!

Is there something special about Home Depot (the closest one is about 40 miles from me) or would any reputable paint place do?

You might try taking the ash tray with you to a top quality paint store if they have device that can decipher the paint formula. Good luck!

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2007 Cayman 2.7
2006 Ducati Multistrada

I have the same issue. Please let us know how that worked for you

I recently purchased the above 08 Cayman S and had the same paint issue as you described. I asked my Porsche Dealer if they knew of anyone would could paint the effected area for me. They gave me the name of the individual they use to repair interiors on both new and used cars. I met him at the dealer and he mixed the paint to match the interior of my car, which happens to be Sand Beige, and repainted the entire plastic panel below the trunk lid. The color match was perfect and it looks great. Cost was $175.00. I would suggest you contact a Porsche Dealer in your area and ask them who they use to do interior repair work. Good luck.

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2008 Cayman S
19" Carrera S Wheels
Tiptronic S

I too had issues with scratches on my 07 Cayman when I bought it 3 years ago. There is a company called Dr. Vinyl, it's a franchise and there were several shops located in Northern Illinois. They carry the repair equipment (paints, air brush and small compressor, etc.) in thier mini van.

The repair guy came to my house; he started with a jar of paint that he had mixed on a previous job which was a close match, but not an exact match. through trial and error (about 6 test mixes) he was able to match the color exactly. He masked off and carefully repainted the entire vinyl trim on my driver's side door. His fee was a hundred bucks!

I learned a lot from watching the repairman mix and spray the door panel. I have an art background so it didn't appear to me to be that difficult to mix and match the color. I bought a small air brush gun and compressor system, then bought some water based paints (designed for this kind of application)
from Hobby Lobby. My first project was to repaint the ash tray where the paint
had peeled off in spots. The interior color is Sand Beige by the way. It took me 7 or so tries (mixing the color, applying a small test patch [one dab of paint using a small artists brush] and allowing it to dry). Then deciding what color corrections to make (does it need a little more yellow, or brown, or white to lighten the hue, etc.). The trick is to be patient and make very small color corrections, you're trying to "sneak up" on the right color match.

I felt very good about the ashtray repainting and gained a lot of confidence
in paint matching and air brushing my interior vinyl parts. I tackled the driver's side arm rest next, I've attached pics.

This is a very doable project, just remember:

1) Always do the color matching outside in sunlight for the most accurate color
representation.

2) Be patient when matching the colors and allow each test dab of paint to
dry completely - a paint sample may look like a perfect match when wet
but look noticably lighter or darker once dry.

3) Take the time to carefully masked off the area to be repainted, remove the
part to be repainted when possible.

4) More is less, you'll get much better results when you use several light
coats of paint to feather in your touch paint.

5) I saved my touch paint and use it to touch up other areas where the paint
has either peeled or been scratched. Be sure to thoroughly stir the paint
before use. You'll probably need to make small color corrections to the
saved paint even though you had a perfect match on the previous
retouch job.

Note. I took the attached pics with my iPhone and see that it's color reproduction was a little off. Trust me the color matches are spot on.

Good luck and have fun, it very doable.

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We have some good options here. Should anybody living near the San Francisco Bay, with a Sand Beige interior Cayman that needs fixing, I have a full quart of paint left. Stop by if you need some - no charge!

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2007 Cayman 2.7
2006 Ducati Multistrada

I live in SF and have an '08 Cayman S with Sand Beige interior. In the trunk area I have some scratches from transporting my golf bag. Would love to get my hands on some of this touch up paint. Let me know if you still have some. Thanks!

I took the ashtray lid to Home Depot per the O.P. and used a foam brush to lightly dab paint onto scratched and nicked areas where black plastic was showing through. Let dry overnight and then touched up again. Two coats seemed to completely hide the back paint and the foam brush allowed me to lightly dab and "blend" into the surrounding Sand Beige areas. No more unsightly scratches and perfect color match too.