Rock chips...grrrrrrrrr

[scarface_]

Just when i get done doing my hood on sunday , i go out today and look at it and see these...





Grrrrr. Can't do nothing about this I don't know what happened from sunday till today. . Just a ton of white lil chips in the paint.

[Murr1525]

Well, the wax may have dried white finaly in each of the chips...

[sneek]

lol looks better than my honda
my accord is silver and the chips are black

[AccessDEANied]

Lucky. One time a truck was hauling dirt on the 4th lane of the freeway, and I was on the 2nd lane, and stuff was spilling from it. Even that far away they would still hit my hood. I have some rock chips as big as the standard Windows mouse pointer. =\

[scarface_]

Yeah, i'm kind of keen to the eye i guess the word is? Noticing anything wrong on the car. The chips don't show well with the camera(probably since i left it out in a rainstorm it doesn't work as well lol), but i was just like ahhhhhhhh wtf when i saw them. Guess imma have to get the fine paintbrush and dab these.

[Deaner5]

Working construction for two summers and following our semis did not help my FireRed Grand Prix, looks about the same.

[RamAirV1]

This is one of my pet peeves!!! The dump truck owners should have to contribute to a fund that provides for free repainting or car hoods with damage due to stone chips.

A covered load law would be nice too!!!

RamAirV1

[sneek]

Originally posted by RamAirV1
This is one of my pet peeves!!! The dump truck owners should have to contribute to a fund that provides for free repainting or car hoods with damage due to stone chips.

A covered load law would be nice too!!!

RamAirV1

lol i have rock chips on the rear portion of my roof and even one on my trunk

[hondacrazy]

so whats the best way to hide these lil buggers? i have multiple chips ALL over the front of my car...i havent had the best of luck with the factory paint touch-up bottle--though i could be doing it wrong, it always turns out horrible...suggestions/tips?

[sentrarob]

Re: Rock chips...grrrrrrrrr

Originally posted by scarface_
Just when i get done doing my hood on sunday , i go out today and look at it and see these...





Grrrrr. Can't do nothing about this I don't know what happened from sunday till today. . Just a ton of white lil chips in the paint.

I know the feeling well. My 2001 Sentra has stone chips all over the hood and I cannot remove then + they are too small to touch up without causing more blemishes.

[Macdawgg]

Actually all is not lost here's the answer to your question about what should I do about rock chips

http://www.langka.com/complete-paint-chip-repair-p-30.html

Highly recommended

[scarface_]

Just so you know, commercial links aren't allowed. You might just wanna type langka paint and chip repair. But thanks for the site. I have the touchup paint, and usually the procedure is the same on all deep scratches and chips. Fill them in with touchup paint 2-3 times. Let them dry for a month or so, wetsand them to become smooth with the surface, then rotary the sandmarks out. Its a long process though with 15+ rock chips.

[hondacrazy]

Originally posted by Macdawgg
Actually all is not lost here's the answer to your question about what should I do about rock chips

http://www.langka.com/complete-paint-chip-repair-p-30.html

Highly recommended

Care to elaborate on that product? I am very excited about it...and I am considering it...my chips are very small, so i am hoping that 2oz bottle will cover more than 20-30 chips...i have a lot!

[Macdawgg]

Sure its a great product that works indeed, since I'm "NOT" supposed to post links just let me say if you do your research like I did you'll find good reports about the product and they'll give you your money backper thier guarantee-The Blob Eliminator is guaranteed to remove the excess touch up paint up to 4 days after being applied to your vehicle without affecting the original (OEM) painted surface, or we will refund your money in full.

Try it I'm sure you'll be a happy camper

[Zet]

Even though it might help, you don't need no fancy kit
[list=1][*]First clean the chip with something like Isopropyl Alcohol[*]Use a toothpick or a very fine paintbrush to fill the chips with several layers of touchup paint, letting each layer dry in between. Do this until there is a slight blob of paint.[*]Let it dry completely (if the weather is warm, I usually just wait a day or two - seems to work fine).[*]Wetsand the blob until it is level with the surrounding paint, using 2000 grit or finer sandpaper. Use very light pressure, as to not sand the surrounding area to much.[*]Polish out the sanding scrathes with ScratchX and some elbow grease... or with a rotary.[/list=1]
Then you can wait until the paint is cured, and protect the areas with wax. But since I don't like it when my paint is unprotected, I can usually only stand waiting a few days before I just have to wax it

It doesn't seem to cause problems waxing so soon, when the touched up areas are so small.