188 6188 Verde Silver Metallic Mercedes Touch Up Paint

Mercedes-Benz Verde Silver Metallic Touch-Up Paint – 188 / 6188

Verde Silver is Mercedes-Benz paint code 188, also written 6188, a metallic silver with a green cast that Mercedes offered across the upper range. Each bottle holds 0.41 fl oz of exact-match paint for rock chips, door-edge scratches and small blemishes. This colour is sold as paint on its own — there is no repair kit option for 188.

Confirm Your Paint Code First

The paint code is printed on a sticker, most often on the driver-side door jamb, and on many cars also under the hood. This paint is 188 — the sticker should read 188 or 6188. German paperwork and service records write the same colour as Verde Silber.

Silver is the colour owners guess at most, and this one is easier to guess wrong than most. Mercedes sold several silvers and greys alongside each other, each with its own code and its own paint, and 188 carries a green cast that the others do not. A car being silver tells you nothing about which one it is.

On a metallic, flake size, density and orientation all differ from one code to the next — so two silvers that look identical in a garage will flash differently in direct sun, and the repair catches light at an angle the panel around it does not. That is what gives a near-miss away, and no amount of careful application fixes it. Thirty seconds at the door jamb beats a repair you have to sand back off.

What’s Included

Specifications

Which Mercedes Use Verde Silver

Unlike the common silvers, 188 did not go right across the range. It tracked the upper sedans and coupes — the E-Class in saloon, coupe and cabriolet form, the CLS and the S-Class — rather than the compacts, the SUV line or the vans.

That narrows it, but it does not settle it. Most cars of those models left the factory in something else, and we do not publish a year-by-year model table on paint: a wrong year here does not cost you a returned part, it costs you a repair you have to sand back off. The door jamb sticker settles it — if it reads 188 or 6188, this is your colour.

How to Apply

1. Wash and dry the area. Car soap and water, rinsed, then dried completely. Paint will not bond through road film.
2. Clean inside the chip. Wipe it with isopropyl alcohol or a wax and grease remover on a lint-free cloth. Wax and polish collect in the bottom of a chip where washing never reaches, and that residue is the most common reason a touch-up lifts months later. Let the solvent flash off completely before going further.
3. Pick away loose edges. If paint is flaking around the rim, lift it with a toothpick. Paint over a loose edge and the repair fails at that edge.
4. Shake until you hear the mixing ball move. Thirty seconds is usually enough, and on a metallic it matters more than on a solid — the flake settles, and an under-shaken bottle lays down colour without it. Then twist the cap open and work the first paint out onto a piece of card until the brush flows evenly. Never load the brush over the car, the first stroke usually floods.
5. Dab, don’t drag. Touch the brush to the centre of the chip and let the paint flow outward on its own. Dragging it like a marker leaves ridges, pulls colour onto the good paint around the chip, and combs the flake into lines that catch the light. On very small chips, transfer a bead onto a toothpick and place it instead.
6. Build thin layers, stopping just below flush. Several thin coats beat one thick one. Finish a fraction below the surrounding surface rather than above it — a shallow dip catches far less light than a raised blob, and the blob is what makes a repair obvious from ten feet away.
7. Leave at least 4 hours between coats.

Work in shade on a cool panel, ideally between 50°F and 90°F and out of direct sun. Hot metal flashes the solvent off too fast and leaves a rough, textured edge.

Drying & Curing

• Touch dry in roughly 30 minutes
• At least 4 hours between coats
• Leave 24 hours before washing the car
• No wax, polish or automatic car wash for about 30 days while the paint hardens fully

Typical for solvent-based touch-up paint. Cold or humid conditions extend all of it.

Shipping & Returns

• Free shipping.
• Ships within 1 business day.
• 30-day returns on unused, unopened items.