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I touched up a couple of bad stone chips on my car a couple of weeks ago and was gutted with the results.
I have an artic silver Cayman. I bought some touch up paint from an OPC but when I applied it it looked much darker in colour that the paint on the car!! I have no idea why this is the case.
I have an artic silver Cayman. I bought some touch up paint from an OPC but when I applied it it looked much darker in colour that the paint on the car!! I have no idea why this is the case.
This stuff is fantastic - http://www.drcolorchip.com/ but it comes from US so it works out quite expensive. Very good results on my Seal Grey 996, better than anything else I've tried and quite easy to use once you get the hang of it. The only thing it doesn't really work on is very minor hairline scratches but stone chips are almost invisible once it's cured. It actually improves a few days after finishing.
olicana said:
I touched up a couple of bad stone chips on my car a couple of weeks ago and was gutted with the results.
I have an artic silver Cayman. I bought some touch up paint from an OPC but when I applied it it looked much darker in colour that the paint on the car!! I have no idea why this is the case.
Silver's are not the best to touch up, the mettalic particules seems to sink making it look darker.I have an artic silver Cayman. I bought some touch up paint from an OPC but when I applied it it looked much darker in colour that the paint on the car!! I have no idea why this is the case.
olicana said:
I bought some touch up paint from an OPC but when I applied it it looked much darker in colour that the paint on the car!! I have no idea why this is the case.
Unfortunately a silver touch up with a brush is always pot luck. You have to remember the factory paint is applied by a multi multi million pound computerised spray system that atomises the paint in a fine spray from a set distance away from the panel. There is no way you can hope for an exact match when applying by brush 
Sometimes the metallic flakes will sink and the paint looks very dark, sometimes they will sit up and it can look very light.For best results make sure you give the pot a damned good shake and then apply the smallest amount you can with a 00 artists brush and leave it to dry before repeating the process. With silvers you get a better result by gradually building it up rather than blobbing it on then wiping/polishing the top off
Country Boy said:
This stuff is fantastic - http://www.drcolorchip.com/ but it comes from US so it works out quite expensive. Very good results on my Seal Grey 996, better than anything else I've tried and quite easy to use once you get the hang of it. The only thing it doesn't really work on is very minor hairline scratches but stone chips are almost invisible once it's cured. It actually improves a few days after finishing.
Thanks everyone!!!I've done a bit more research and found a lot of good reports about http://www.drcolorchip.com/. I found out my 993 has L3AZ Ocean Blue Metallic paint. I found this on http://www.993faq.com/?p=105.
I think I am going to give the "Dr. ColorChip Road Rash Paint Chip Repair Kit *Best Value*" a try and let you know.
Country Boy said:
This stuff is fantastic - http://www.drcolorchip.com/ but it comes from US so it works out quite expensive. Very good results on my Seal Grey 996, better than anything else I've tried and quite easy to use once you get the hang of it. The only thing it doesn't really work on is very minor hairline scratches but stone chips are almost invisible once it's cured. It actually improves a few days after finishing.
Thanks everyone!!!I've done a bit more research and found a lot of good reports about http://www.drcolorchip.com/. I found out my 993 has L3AZ Ocean Blue Metallic paint. I found this on http://www.993faq.com/?p=105.
I think I am going to give the "Dr. ColorChip Road Rash Paint Chip Repair Kit *Best Value*" a try and let you know.
Country Boy said:
This stuff is fantastic - http://www.drcolorchip.com/ but it comes from US so it works out quite expensive. Very good results on my Seal Grey 996, better than anything else I've tried and quite easy to use once you get the hang of it. The only thing it doesn't really work on is very minor hairline scratches but stone chips are almost invisible once it's cured. It actually improves a few days after finishing.
Thanks everyone!!!I've done a bit more research and found a lot of good reports about http://www.drcolorchip.com/. I found out my 993 has L3AZ Ocean Blue Metallic paint. I found this on http://www.993faq.com/?p=105.
I think I am going to give the "Dr. ColorChip Road Rash Paint Chip Repair Kit *Best Value*" a try and let you know.
I have used Dr Colorchip on 3 different cars and found it to be useless
the paint colour match is good but when you user the last stuff ( can't remember name ) the paint just comes off
many folks I know bought some on a group but, a small amount had decent results but most were not impressed
the paint colour match is good but when you user the last stuff ( can't remember name ) the paint just comes off
many folks I know bought some on a group but, a small amount had decent results but most were not impressed
rotty said:
I have used Dr Colorchip on 3 different cars and found it to be useless
the paint colour match is good but when you user the last stuff ( can't remember name ) the paint just comes off
many folks I know bought some on a group but, a small amount had decent results but most were not impressed
I've used it on 2 cars with good results. Once the last stuff ran out I then used autoglym extra gloss protection as the top coat to shine it off and it worked even better than the little bottle of "stuff" that came with the kit.the paint colour match is good but when you user the last stuff ( can't remember name ) the paint just comes off
many folks I know bought some on a group but, a small amount had decent results but most were not impressed
Steve996 said:
rotty said:
I have used Dr Colorchip on 3 different cars and found it to be useless
the paint colour match is good but when you user the last stuff ( can't remember name ) the paint just comes off
many folks I know bought some on a group but, a small amount had decent results but most were not impressed
I've used it on 2 cars with good results. Once the last stuff ran out I then used autoglym extra gloss protection as the top coat to shine it off and it worked even better than the little bottle of "stuff" that came with the kit.the paint colour match is good but when you user the last stuff ( can't remember name ) the paint just comes off
many folks I know bought some on a group but, a small amount had decent results but most were not impressed
As I said I didn't find Colourchip working well on very fine scratches or even very small stone chips. This is because the wipe off stuff takes the paint out. This is not the case with anything other than these very small scratches or stone chips and I've found it's better to use the tiny brush on very small stone chips and not use the wipe off stuff. It does take practice and when you're working on it to start with it looks awful - but if you carry on and follow the instructions you'll get good results. I would challenge anyone to find where I'd been with the paint without looking very closely and mine is seal grey - worth a try and much better than touch up brushes.
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