Dr Color Chip

[Truckin21]

Re: Dr Color Chip

Dr. Color Chip's got a pretty good reputation in the detailing world. I talked to a mechanic friend of mine and he usually goes with either that or NuFinish products in the body shop. I'm pretty terrible at detailing the car or fixing paint chips . As for whether the protectant works better on cars with darker tones, I would agree to an extent. As t5er pointed out, it's not too kind on the eyes when you're up close. But to be fair, the product does appear to look halfway decent on lighter-toned car exteriors. At least from the example on their website:

http://www.drcolorchip.com/pearl-roadrash.html

I'd love to see what you all think about comparing this to the NuFinish Scratch Doctor.

[rand0mher0]

Re: Dr Color Chip

I guess here is the best place to put my review of Dr. Colorchip. I was working on a 2009 Audi A4 Cabriolet, in Ibis White.

What came in the box (Touch up paint, SealAct solution, rubber glove, cloth, and brush):

LY9C, Audi Ibis white!:

Here's the untouched chip I was working with on the hood:

After a coat or two:

A few more coats trying to blend it perfectly:

And here's a picture from about 3-4 feet away, you really have to look hard for it, and that's exactly how it looks in person:


As you can tell, it worked out beautifully for me! For anyone that is using Dr. Colorchip, I would recommend using more amount of paint than you really need for the chip, basically enough so when you rub your thumb over it to make it flat, you don't see even the outline of the chip anymore. And then when you're using the SealAct solution, use light pressure and circular motions around the touch up paint. You will start seeing the excess paint disappearing, it will happen slowly, but anymore pressure and you could dip into the paint that went into the chip, and then your work is useless. That's the process that I figured out, and it worked best for me.

Also, unless you have a lot of chips, and I mean a lot of chips, you only need the smallest set. I used a lot of paint for this trying to get the best process, and I still have plenty of paint/solution left.