Fixing the pits

[Expertcarpetcare]

By "pits" I mean the little white chip marks from stones/gravel over time and a lot of miles leaving an array of little white dots all over the hood reminding me of the planetarium I used to visit when I was a kid.

I keep revealing these tiny spots so nicely when I compound a black car. All that thorough cleaning and polishing only reveals them that much more and the customer ends up wondering what I "did" to the hood to make them show up so well. Before, a lot of those little white dots were hidden by dirt and contaminants, now I've cleaned them out, and applied a generous layer of tough hardshell wax to keep any more dirt from getting back in, and thus helping to hide them again.

What is the common trick to hide these chipmarks? A sharpie? Black crayon wax? Does Meguiar's have anything for it?

[Andy M.]

Re: Fixing the pits

Some guys will use the touch up paint matched to the vehicle and instead of using the applicator supplied with it use a tooth pick to apply the paint. Just don't blob it on, build it up in layers.

Andy M.

[Expertcarpetcare]

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Ive seen touch up paint used by body shop guys, it went on like Nail polish and looked so horrible I ended up scraping it off with my fingernail.

[THE BIG BUFFER]

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If there is alot of them touch up paint will look bad. If there is only few here and there touch up paint can do wonders. Really the only fix is re-paint. I use the Dupont touch up paint bottles because they have the ball tip on them and you can do alot of chips(even the tiny ones) in a short amount of time. Alot of people don't know to remove the orange "cap" inside the bottle that allows you to use the tip properly. The whole trick is to get the paint in the chip and not around it. I've seen many cars that have had chip repairs and it amazes me how many people get paint outside of the chip itself.

[Expertcarpetcare]

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Hmm, I still wonder if a sharpie just after paint cleaning and before wax would help

[chris328]

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www.drcolorchip.com

[chris328]

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i have a kit but i havent bothered with it yet but i heard it works well

[THE BIG BUFFER]

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Hmm, I still wonder if a sharpie just after paint cleaning and before wax would help

I don't think it would last very long. Stacy David from the tv Gearz love them though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCJR7cIWA-M