Mercury 2001 Touch Up Paint

2001 Mercury Touch Up Paint (46 OEM Colors)

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For small chips & scratches

Customized Color Paint Pen

Repair tiny chips and scratches with precision. Perfect for small nicks from rocks or door dings, the fine tip applicator makes it easy for beginners to achieve a clean, factory-quality finish.

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For Medium-sized Chips & Scratches

Customized Color Paint Bottle

Tackle medium-sized scratches and chips with our Customized Color Paint Bottle. The built-in applicator brush provides smooth, controlled coverage, while the included basecoat delivers a perfect factory match in your custom paint color.

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For larger areas & panel resprays

Customized Color Spray Can

Cover larger areas with a smooth, professional finish using ourcustomized color Spray Can. Designed for hoods, fenders, and larger scratches, this product provides consistent spray coverage and factory-matched color accuracy.

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For large repairs & total resprays

Customized Color Professional Size Paint

When your repair job calls for more than a touch-up, step up to our professional-size automotive paints. Available in Pint, Quart, or Gallon sizes, these paints are ready-to-spray using an airless spray gun.

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For small chips & scratches

Customized Color Tricoat Paint Pens

Repair tiny chips and scratches with precision. Perfect for small nicks from rocks or door dings, the fine tip applicator makes it easy for beginners to achieve a clean, factory-quality finish. Each order includes a basecoat and a midcoat pen.

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For Medium-sized Chips & Scratches

Customized Color Tricoat Paint Bottles

Tackle medium-sized scratches and chips with our Customized Color Paint Bottles. The built-in applicator brush provides smooth, controlled coverage, while the basecoat & midcoat deliver a perfect factory match in your custom paint color.

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For larger areas & panel resprays

Customized Color Tricoat Spray Cans

Cover larger areas with a smooth, professional finish using our customized color basecoat & midcoat Spray Cans. Designed for hoods, fenders, and larger scratches, this product provides consistent spray coverage and factory-matched color accuracy.

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For large repairs & total resprays

Customized Color Tricoat Professional Size Paint

When your repair job calls for more than a touch-up, step up to our professional-size automotive paints. Available in Pint, Quart, or Gallon sizes, these paints are ready-to-spray using an airless spray gun. Each order includes a basecoat & a midcoat paint.

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Where to find Mercury color code

How to Find Your 2001 Mercury's Color Code

Mercury places the paint color code on the drivers door jamb. On the color plate, the code appears near EX PT (Exterior Paint), typically above or below; sometimes the actual color is embossed on the plate and not where expected. The typical format is WT/M6640, but the M6640 part is rarely used and often only WT appears. WT corresponds to Performance White Clearcoat. Pre 1970 Mercurys can be problematic due to same-name, different-color issues and different codes.

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2001 Mercury Background Info

The 2001 Mercury Vibe

Welcome to 2001, the year Mercury was trying to find itself somewhere between the "New Edge" design of the Cougar and the eternal, chrome-clad dignity of the Grand Marquis. It was a time of transition-technology was booming, and car colors reflected that "Y2K-modern" aesthetic. We've narrowed our database down to the 6 essential survivors that defined the era. Whether your Mountaineer was rocking the ubiquitous Silver Frost Metallic or you had a Sable in that dignified Spruce Green Metallic, the vibe was decidedly sophisticated and neutral. It was the dawn of the grayscale takeover, where Arizona Beige Metallic wasn't just a color; it was a lifestyle choice for the sensible driver.

Paint Health Check

If you're looking at your 2001 Mercury today, you're likely staring at the poster child for The Peeling Era. By the turn of the millennium, the industry had fully committed to basecoat/clearcoat systems, but the bond between them wasn't always a happy marriage. On models like the Villager or the Grand Marquis, the clear coat is notorious for "delamination"-that's a fancy way of saying your paint is peeling like a bad sunburn. Once the UV rays spend twenty years eating at that top layer, it starts to lift in sheets, especially on the horizontal surfaces like the hood and trunk. If you see white, flaky edges around a stone chip, that's not just a scratch; it's the clear coat losing its grip on the color underneath.

Restoration Tip

In this era, your greatest enemy is moisture getting under the clear coat "shelf." Because these are solvent-based finishes, once a chip opens up a gap, water and road salt will migrate between the base and the clear, causing the failure to spread like a wildfire. My advice? Seal chips immediately. Don't wait for a weekend that never comes. If you have a Silver Frost or Dark Shadow Gray Mercury with a fresh nick, dab it with touch-up paint as soon as you see it. By sealing that edge, you're pinning the clear coat down and preventing the dreaded delamination crawl that turns a small repair into a full-panel respray.

Mercury Models Released in 2001

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