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Phil W

Phil W

Phil W

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I remember there being a group buy on here many moons ago.

Is the stuff any good? Looking to do some stone chips touch ups with something a little better/easier than an ordinary brush kit.

Cheers :)
 
Not used either Dr Colorchip or Chipex, but Chipex is supposed to be fairly good.

If you search for chipex on the forums there are a few mentions and some photos in the "what have you done to your car today" thread.
 
Yeah, I find the Chipex kits pretty decent, Iv'e now got 3 of them (I always buy one on getting a new car) and just ordered another for the Mrs new car.

There is still a bit of skill needed to get the best out of it, and some patience required to fill deep chips or sometimes even shallow scratches, but it's so easy to 'un-do' should you mess up that it allows you to mess around and experiment,. but considering how fussy I am, I'd rate them 8/10 which is far better than my DIY attempts using a paint/laquer touch up kit which I'd rate at 2/10.
 
Demon said:
Yeah, I find the Chipex kits pretty decent, Iv'e now got 3 of them (I always buy one on getting a new car) and just ordered another for the Mrs new car.

There is still a bit of skill needed to get the best out of it, and some patience required to fill deep chips or sometimes even shallow scratches, but it's so easy to 'un-do' should you mess up that it allows you to mess around and experiment,. but considering how fussy I am, I'd rate them 8/10 which is far better than my DIY attempts using a paint/laquer touch up kit which I'd rate at 2/10.
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Being a 13 year old black car with its original paint, the front bumper and bonnet on mine have a good few stone chips. While a respray of the front end would no doubt be the best option, right now it's a cost I can't justify.

Was looking at chipex, what's your opinion on them repairing stone chips? I expect it won't look perfect, but anything will look better than the light gray primer patches against the black paint!
 
Invertigo said:
Being a 13 year old black car with its original paint, the front bumper and bonnet on mine have a good few stone chips. While a respray of the front end would no doubt be the best option, right now it's a cost I can't justify.

Was looking at chipex, what's your opinion on them repairing stone chips? I expect it won't look perfect, but anything will look better than the light gray primer patches against the black paint!
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I've had pretty good success. most of it is down to technique, I used a combination of just dabbing it paint and using the finishing solution to knock it back, through to using a little squeegee to fill them in, or just using a finger to smear paint across a larger area..

However, I've tried it on my 13 year old M3 which has suffered just a few stone chips on the front bumper over that time and whilst OK to look at from a few feet away, get close and it's pretty obvious it's chipped to hell and back.. but for the price, it's worth a shot! The squeegee method to 'fill in' the chips works well for this kind of damage.
 
Indeed, taken a punt on it anyway for £35 and a couple of hours of my time. Will try one small section first and if it's decent enough, will do the lot.

I don't expect it to be perfect, but as I said light grey spots where you can see primer look pretty terrible against the black paint. At least if they're a similar colour it'll be less noticeable to others.
 
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