What do you put on your chips

[Tigger]

What do you all use to treat your chips and scratches?

I have what looks like "snow" at the front of my rear arches - hundreds of very tiny white specks, I cant feel them with my fingers though so thats prob a good sign - I hope

Also got a few scratches and chips under my left door and a few more here & there



Ive tried Meguiars Scratch-X on the scratches - it works with a lot of rubbing and elbow-grease....
.....Then you wash the dam thing again - all your scratches stare you in the face when you run round drying the car

Touch-up paint pen leaves "blobs" on your paintwork so you need a blob remover - like this - http://www.midwayautosupply.com/detailedproductdescription.asp?9027http://www.midwayautosupply.com/detailedproductdescription.asp?9027

It smoothes out the "blobs" left by touch-up paint to leave your paint looking like new

Anyone know where I can get something like this in the UK? (Its nearly $70 to ship from that site )



[Edited by Tigger on 16 August 2005 at 7:38pm]

 

[biojo]

ye got same problem , mines just on its nose though , i used turtle wax stick which looks great untill the following sat and a wash it all off

 

[badinvincible]

I thought this would be condiment related.

 

[DH_GTI]

cheese ??

 

[RS-Steve]

the turtle wax colour magic stuff that comes with the chip stick is great, ive used it a few times on FRS an its brill, dont rate the polish but the chipstick RULZ!!

 

[Tigger]

curry chip with battered sausages for me - Twice if ive been on the juice all night



Can Mothers California Gold Paint chip repair , or anything similar be got in the UK ?

Cheers

 

[Nightfire]

Quote: Originally posted by Tigger on 16 August 2005
curry chip with battered sausages for me - Twice if ive been on the juice all night Can Mothers California Gold Paint chip repair , or anything similar be got in the UK ? Cheers

Or kebab with chips n curry

 

[clio__chris]

Quote: Originally posted by RS-Steve on 16 August 2005

the turtle wax colour magic stuff that comes with the chip stick is great, ive used it a few times on FRS an its brill, dont rate the polish but the chipstick RULZ!!

agreed about the chip stick its pretty good

although i quite like the polish...... does quite a good job on my red!

 

[matt the cat]

assuming youre paint is original - ie not repainted tr this it works

blob the stonechips

allow day to dry then dampen small area of cloth with paint thinners and wipe over blob gently - it wipes off and doesnt affect paint leaving a neat touched up chip

 

[Tigger]

Neat idea!

If the paint has been dry for a day or two will this still work?

 

[kiza1986]

if ur cars red try tomato ketchup, brown could be brown sauce or white you could try salad cream or mayonaise (then agen i fink thyre kinda yellow)

Kiza

 

[Rich]

Curry sauce or salt and vineger....

I touch up chips with a fine artists paint brush and then polish the paint a few days later with Autogym paint renovator.

Another good trick the get paint in the chip is a cocktail stick or pen. Then wipe the excess paint off with white spirit only leaving paint in the chip.

I used this on my old car.

http://www.guidetodetailing.com/articles.php?articleId=27GUIDE

 

[Tigger]

thanks for the appetizing tips Kiza

r-jay - will white spirit still work on the excess paint or "blob" if its been dry for a few days ?

cheers
trev

 

[Rich]

I have only ever used it to wipe off the excess straight away.

After a few days I level the dry paint out with polish or rubbing compound.