Hello...
Thanks for giving good advice. My car isnt exactly a porche ,its a m3 fiesta, but when i bought it last year it was reconditioned and the painting was immaculate. Since then it has started to rust badly in places, with much bubbling. other sources have told me this is probably a rushed job, where coats laid were not given adequate time to cure (leaving me proper pissed off). I have considered respraying it, but for the cost, i may as well try your teqniques..i will let you know how it goes!.
PS Can u advise me on laying and "feathering" laquer on larger areas like the size of a beer mat. cheers
regards
Martyn
Thanks for the article Danny. I'm gonna be trying out these techniques shortly!!
A very interesting, and useful, article. Thanks.
Hello Danny,
Another excellent article and I agree with what you've said.
However there is another way or repairing these stone chips, although it is for professional use only it may well be of interest to your readers and site visitors.
Sprayless Scratch Repair (SSR) will repair stone chips on bumpers, wings and bonnets to an exceptional standard and in record time.
Yes, I guess I am "blowing my own trumphet" as my business actually manufacture SSR for the European market. Why not visit our site to find your nearest SSR Technician, you've nothing to lose except the stonechips.
Best wishes,
Paul
Great article thanks, have been struggling with the touch up pen brush until now. Using a small paint-brush looks so much better.
Thanks.
Hi Danny,
i have a red corolla similar to the red used on your page's special offer advert below your left side menu bar.
However i had read on your articles to buy dark read color wax rather than the one that matches your car's colour to cover up any tiny stone chips but the red shades of turtle wax in my local halfords seems to be either the previous red that i just described or the dark red which is like close to burgundy red/dark blackish red. Should i just stick back to the color that matches my car or still heed for your advice to go for the dark burgundy red wax?
cheers
Joel
I'd go for the darker colour if I wer you. I may need to update this article to do more on colour wax, I have been getting a lot of emails about it.
very good artical. recently we purchased oooa toyota camry 2007. on our visit to washinton dc a small stone hit the hood of the car causing a scratch/dent size of a pencil head.please advise me what technique would be suitable to repair the damage and the supplies will be needed . i have no previous experience. thanks
Ah, being in America, you have access to a whole different range of products, which to my understanding, are really quite good! Unlike normal paints, Lanka Blob doesn't shrink back, making it easier to work with (so I'm told!).
There is an article and instructions on how to use them here:-
http://www.langka.com/
You may also want to read this- http://www.web-cars.com/detail/t...ail/
touchup.php
Very informative regarding metallic paint. Thanks for the help!!
Great advice as for protecting from an accident waiting to happen my dad has a bit of foam stuck to the arage wallwith unibond to prevent his drivers door hitting the wall it works a treat
Love the advice, im trying to touch up a scratch caused by somebody with a shoping trolly hyundai mica black having problems finding a kit though
Danny, I've been reading this because our (Ebony Black) Audi A3's front valance has been scratched today.
I congratulate you for the high standard of practical details you've published.
Thanks!
Chris
Glad to be of service.
Hi.
Can I spray my car using this http://www.touchuppaint.co.uk/st...lied-
afterwards
???
Thank you.
I probably not.
I know Jeff from Touch-up-paint and he is a full time smart repair guy - and very good at it too! I don't think they would sell this stuff if it wasn't any good. No doubt it is exactly the same kind of thing he uses for doing scuffs on the corners of bumpers. However, corners of bumpers is really what it's for. respraying areas is not an approach I would take to stone chips unless they were particuarly bad, and there were a lot of them -- in which case I would have a bodyshop do the repainting.
The other thing about spray cans is that they tend to leave an orange peel effect. This is not a problem if you flatten and polish the repair as you go, but it doesn't mention it on that page. I suspect that like many of the other products they sell (buffing pads etc.), they are aimed at the trade.
Thanks for the good advice on touching up minor damage.
My daughter has just bought a 10 year old Corsa was is a metallic green colour. The car is in preety good nick, except one dent on the rear panel of the car. This dent is quite sharp and has unfortunately been allowed to rust quite badly by the previous owner.
What is your advice on removing this rust before I prime it. And also should I consider trying to fill the sharp dent or just prime and touch-up the paintwork?
I have a Brisa Blue Seat Ibiza which is a year old and has had more bad luck than you could imagine. It was keyed down the driver's door and I haven't been able to afford to get it repaired.
With a touch up kit I fill the line but as you can imagine i wasn't able to just get it in the divot!! Any advice on how to make it look half decent?????
I've just had a dent fixed on my door but it left a small fadded paint mark. I used a touch up pen like i have on all my other scatches but notiched i seemed to be rubbing the matallic paint off. its now left a dark line about 1 inch long by 5 mm wide on my door and i think its down to the base coat. i don't really want to do anymore to it incase i damage it further.
Hope you can help??
Cheers
Danny hi,
Thank you for a great article. I have tried the airbrush technique you have mentioned on an ugly chip on the hood of my black Alfa Romeo and failed measurably. The fixed spot came out definitely "paler" than the surrounding color. I have used an Iwata airbrush, which supposed to be excellent, sprayed 3 layers of base coat and 1 layer of clear coat. Do you have any suggestion what I did wrong, if any?
Thank you,
Ori
Iwata air brushes are excellent, I think it's just a question of matching the paint, coupled with the method of spraying. Any Smart Repair man will attest to the fact that matching the colours can be problematic. Usually when they spray, they 'fade out' over a fairly wide area, but this technique is not possible with stone chips.
I just don't think the airbrush is a good solution to the problem.
Thanks Danny for the great tips and advice here. I haven't yet attempted to repair the slight mark left by some wally's door on my door (I tremble at the thought still), and a couple of other very small chips only I can see, but I really don't want to just leave them.
Can you make a comment on the 'system' shown on this page? http://www.magicstick.gr
It looks a bit like a decal transfer but I wonder if it is any good. What do you reckon?
I'd say okay on low-down areas that are hard to see... although I don't see any real advantage over repainting these areas.
I can't see it would be much good on areas you can see easily.
One of the biggest challenges with repair to chips, scratches and scuffs is the texture. This product doesn't address this, and in fact will add an extra texture which will be the hard edge of the vinyl. When this catches the light it will probably look awful.
I don't like to comment on products without trying them, but as I used to run a company putting stickers on racing cars, I think I have enough experience to say... patches look like patches. There are much better approaches to this problem -- even if they do involve more work, they will yeild better results.
One of those little gem articles you occasionally find. Straightforward, easy to follow, packed with tips and most importantly very realistic about the results that can be expected. Has saved me kicking myself for doing a job that turns out to be very good after reading this.....many thanks.
found this article following a google search. im glad i did as im going to rethink the way i was going to go about dealing with the stone chips the local gritters have decided to leave me as a gift. an awesome article and im sure i owe you one... now if only the weather would help me out!! 
What a superb article. Very straight forward and informative and given me the confidence to 'have a go' myself. Any advice on repairing stone chips that have turned to rust blisters?
It all depends on the size of the blisters. Rust is like cancer... you can't just paint over it I'm afraid, it will always come back. Unless you grind it out, or cut it out, anything you do will be a temporary fix. But if you have very small blisters or stone chips with a bit of rust in them, then they should be okay for a few months... obviously, any repair will last longer in the dry season than now in the winter.
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