Paint chips - Dr Colorchip still the way to go?

[agp423]

Re: Paint chips - Dr Colorchip still the way to go?

agp, do you have a rash of chips in an area or just the ordinary chip here and there? I'd lean towards Dr ColorChip if you had the shotgun effect of chips on your front end. If it's just the random chip here and there over the life of the car, your manufactures touch-up bottle would be sufficient. Even a factory matched batch from companies like automotivetouchup.com. Then of course it depends on your color. Is it a basic black or a pearl effect tri-color!?

Thanks HCAD, I have the black pearl paint. There are a lot of rock chips on the front end, way more than I can ignore and enough for me to consider getting the whole car repainted...

[HCAD]

Re: Paint chips - Dr Colorchip still the way to go?

agp, do you have a rash of chips in an area or just the ordinary chip here and there? I'd lean towards Dr ColorChip if you had the shotgun effect of chips on your front end. If it's just the random chip here and there over the life of the car, your manufactures touch-up bottle would be sufficient. Even a factory matched batch from companies like automotivetouchup.com. Then of course it depends on your color. Is it a basic black or a pearl effect tri-color!?

[Nick Winn]

Re: Paint chips - Dr Colorchip still the way to go?

I do not have experience but it seems to be the way to go around here. In regards to buffing on treated areas. You would ideally want to perform any paint correction first, and then do the touch up treatments. But yes, you can buff over any touch up paint, they are quite durable, but you still want to be cautious & not get too aggressive.

[agp423]

Re: Paint chips - Dr Colorchip still the way to go?

Also... how do these spot treatments hold up under a DA polisher?

[agp423]

I did a search on repairing rock chips on paint - is Dr Colorchip still the way to go? I just dab, smear, polish, and be done? Does anyone have experience using this product?