Paint chip repair ?

[Final Touch]

If you have a look at Rightlook.com they have a chip repair system Called ChipRight that it very similar to the one we use. It wouldn't surprise me it it was the same although I'm told by our NZ people that it's different.

If the colour is well matched and the system is followed properly you can get some very good repairs.



It's our core business and it saves people a lot on total re-sprays

This one for example.

Stonechips airbrushed and over-filled with correctly matched paint. Once you really start looking for them there are always more than you see at first glance.

Then with excess paint removed.

 

[Final Touch]

It's the best system I've seen and I've researched quite a bit. It's fantastic here in NZ where we get an insane amount of stonechip because of our chipseal roads.

It does fall down a bit if customers are expecting it to disappear 110%. There will always be some plonker who will get right up and eyeball chips "Oh I can still still see it, I thought it would be invisible"

Our response is usually along the lines of removing the paint and recommending a top quality sprayshop in the area but they usually realise that they are very happy with the result after all.

 

[todd@bsaw]

Those results look very good. What is the approximate initial investment in a paint chip repair system like that, though?



I have seen the Rightlook system in use and it does look like a very lucrative service but the cost of the system was something like $10k not including the 2-week training course. Definitely not something I am willing to do at the moment.

 

[Final Touch]

Our investment is quite high but you would have the advantage of sourcing everything required locally.

How readily available is Sherwin Williams U7000 paint toners? If you could source them easily then your chip repair system could be quite inexpensive to set up assuming that a company like Rightlook would supply their paint remover to businesses that had not purchased kits. I can't imagine that they would turn away sales.

I purchased some materials a while back from them to try but for some reason they didn't send me the remover for me to trial. It may have been to do with shipping issues though?

The NZ team do a basic (very basic) kit that does a good job on most chips and they sell it into Europe. It needs expansion to do an excellent job on all colours etc... because it's designed to be a stripped down version but it's a really good starter. (I have no idea what they charge for it but could find out) I used it to train some guys in Italy of all places for them last year and the guys were doing great work in a couple of days. They had had some previous colour experience which was an advantage but it's pretty simple to learn the basics.