Scratches and rock chips

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Laurie00

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I know this has been addressed before, but not for a while, so I thought maybe there was some new opinions. I have a Black VW and after washing my car today I wanted to cry. I have soooo many small rock chips. Any opinions of which would be the best product for my paint.
 
Not much you can do to stop them besides a bra, clear or fabric.



If you touch them up with paint make sure to only do the chip.



There are a few threads on repairing larger chips but it can be hit and miss and not feasible for lots of chips.



Repaint or a service like Paint Bull is another option.
 
I was hoping for some opinions on some of those paint scratch/chip repair kits. I have the Lanka but I am not too crazy about it.
 
I've used Lanka and found it nothing special, though some have found it to work well.



Paintbull and there are others, around here we have Chippy's. They do spot repair and some do many stone chip with a method called "squeegee method" basically put a line of paint on the car and squeegee it across the paint to fill the chips. It is not perfect but a fast way to fill in chips.
 
I've posted several times about Dr. Colorchip. I use it on my Imola Red M3. I assume it's a lot like langka, but I've never owned that. For sandblasting...I wouldn't consider another product....it works perfectly. For larger chips, you have to resist the urge to fill the whole chip in and layer the paint that comes with the kit. Apply it, let it sit a minute, then use the reducer to wipe off the surrounding area. Repeat several times (Spread out over days....not hours) until you've filled the chip. If done correctly, I can't even tell there was ever a chip there. If you do it incorrectly, the paint will not level out with the surrounding areas and wax will sit in there (and turn white) the next time you wax the car. If you forget to use the reducer on the supplied paint and it cures.....you might as well break out the sandpaper because that's the only way you'll fix it.
 
I like the touch-up paint applicators that Griott's or autopia sells that operate like a syringe so you can very carefully control the amount of paint you're adding to the little chips.
 
Trying not to hijack the thread but has anyone ever seen a stone that is used to smooth out the paint blob after touch up? It is kept in a 4oz bottle of water and must be kept wet when not in use. Naturally I am looking for responces about its use and how well it works and how much scratching must be polished out.
 
I've posted my touchup routine before (basically, I use tiny artist's brushes, sized 0-0000), but with metallic paints I never get great results by my standards.



For the most part, I ignore chips (museum curator in old article: "real cars have stone chips" ;) ) until they just get *too* bad, and then I have my painter redo the area in question. I'm not gonna spend forever struggling to get mediocre results when I can just write a check and have it done good-as-new.
 
Paint Protection Film!!! I install 3m film, but recently a company that handled many designs and cutting programs for 3m has develoved their own film. The company is called xpel. I love working with the film, but its not something I would suggest doing with no experience. You will want to paint your chips and give your car about 30 days to fully cure, then film it up!
 
pdsterns said:
Accumulator, I've read you touch up routine, just wondering about this wet stone, has it ever been seen or used by anyone?
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I've never seen that particular stone, but it sounds (funtionally) similar to the Meguiar's Unigrit sanding blocks. Might work great.



MCWD- PPF is great for people who like it. I just *don't* like it myself (have it on the Denali XL). But yeah, the Xpel stuff *is* very nice, I've used it on headlights before.
 
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