Quixx Stone Chip Repair Kit - Red

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As every conscientious vehicle owner knows, car paint doesn’t stay perfect forever. Scratches, chips and rust spots inevitably develop on even the most well-cared-for vehicles, and that’s why car paint repair kits were invented. They will start to 'bubble' once water gets underneath the paint, which will lead to rusting and further surround damage to that area With this touch-up spray paint, you’ll have a color match you can trust. Dupli-Color is the only brand that offers paint colors that have been tested and approved by vehicle manufacturers, so you’ll get a close (if not perfect) color match to your vehicle’s original factory finish. Designed to repair both chips and scratches, this product has an abrasive prep tip that you’ll use to remove any loose paint and rust present. Then, you’ll switch to either the paint pen tip for fine scratches and small chips or the brush tip for larger chips. Either tip gets paint flowing in small amounts for easy control. Finally, you’ll apply the included clear protective coat to seal, protect, and finish your repair work. Clean the area with alcohol and allow to air dry. Then apply the primer or base coat using a fine brush or a paint pen if it comes with the repair kit and allow to dry. Because of the common reasons above, stone chips are difficult to avoid, but they can be easily and usually inexpensively fixed. This makes stone chip repair easy for vehicle owners, which is an advantage as it is important to repair the damage as soon as possible, so it doesn’t worsen in rainy or icy conditions.

Should you make a mistake, panic not! Simply use the Step 2 Blending Solution and start again. Easy. The ACDelco GM Four-In-One Touch-Up Paint Pen is exactly the product you need if you own a GM vehicle and want a flawless paint match for chipped exteriors. This chip repair product is a piece of GM original equipment, which means its color and its finish are made to match exactly what your car rolled off the dealership lot wearing.

Before filling in scratches with touch-up paint, stop by your local detail shop or speak with the head detailer at your local dealership. Buffing may correct a lot of the scratches on your vehicle unless they are deep enough to require additional paint. Detail experts should be able to tell you which route is the best. How To Fix Stone Chips Using Paint Chip Repair Kits Stone chips are one of the most common types of paint damage to occur on vehicles and commonly found on the front bumper and bonnet panels. Stone chips will usually create deep, localised damage to the paint work and it doesn’t have to cost a lot if treated right away. Have you ever driven behind a salt-spreader in winter and heard the miniature comets crashing into the front of your bumper and bonnet? Stone chips are more common in winter months and due to the cold wet conditions, a deep paint chip can rapidly progress to a more serious and costly problem as water and ice get into the chip and can affect the metal underneath. The Ford paint looked cheap next to the Chipex though, which seemed like it offered a sophisticated selection of tools and fluids but actually didn’t make it any easier to get a decent finish. If you have a rare colour, it might be one of your only choices though. Unique Paint Jobs. Repairing paint chips on a vehicle with a custom paint job gets complicated. Depending on what type of paint is used and how well you know the original painter, you may or may not be able to buy a container of touch-up paint. This is something to consider both before and after having your vehicle custom painted.

If you have a common car in a regular colour, then the touch-up paint world is your oyster and you’ll get the choice of kits. For our Focus, the official Ford product gave the best colour match but came at a price and wasn’t the easiest to use. Shake the paint Step 1 Paint bottle well, and then use the supplied Chipex paint applicator brush® to dab the paint onto the chipped areas. If the car has suffered 'road rash' (lots of small paint stone chips in one area), put the paint onto a fingertip of the glove, and smear evenly across the road rash, making sure they are all filled. Put on the rubber gloves that come with the kit. These are actually used in the application of the paint.A full panel respray can be quite expensive if it’s just one or two little stone chips in a localised area but a good professional bodyshop should be able to offer a localised SMART repair for stone chips and will use colour-matching technology to mix the correct paint tone to match your car. This localised repair method involves repainting only the damaged area, making the repair faster and much cheaper. Once the paint is dry, sand gently to make it the same level as the surrounding paint. You need very fine grain, wet sandpaper and a steady hand. For small chip areas, wrap the sandpaper around the blunt end of a pencil, to ensure you don’t scratch the surrounding paint. Scratches, chips and scrapes in your paintwork don’t just look bad, they can affect the resale value of your car. Whether you’re undertaking a full restoration, or just want to do some DIY-detailing, you’ll find all the car scratch repair and car paint repair products you need at Halfords. Our range includes: Car touch up paints

Stone chips are a common feature in car paintwork, usually on the bonnet. They create small, deep and very localised damage in the paint. Your local dealer will still be pleased to furnish you with a bottle of paint of course, as long as you don’t mind paying the high price that comes with genuine parts. The box you will get over the counter contains two small bottles, one containing the colour coat and the other a lacquer which gives shine and protection. Both are applied using a small brush attached to the lid, in much the same way as ladies will apply nail varnish. Mer took the top spot purely down to the fact it supplied a DVD, rather than a video. The only problem with both is cost – once you have added in the price of paint, it’s possible that they will work out as expensive as a SMART fix.We were looking for products which offered an easy way to repair a variety of sizes and shapes of damage on metal panels and plastic parts. Points were given if they were simple to use and gave a good finish. We washed the damaged areas several times over the course of three months to see if the applied paint changed in appearance and flaked away. We put each option through its paces and assessed the end result. As well as appearance, we took into account whether the repair was permanent or needed repeating a few weeks later. We also considered whether the effort required, and the price, justified the results. Verdict Sold in a selection of GM original paint colors, each one of these touch-up paint pens features 0.5 ounces of four-in-one paint. You’ll get the color-matched paint that’s blended with protective sealant so you don’t have to perform multiple steps to get a perfect, protected finish. The pen also offers a piston-style pen tip that works for small chips and slim scratches alongside a brush applicator that’s ideal for larger chips. You’ll be able to cover and repair a variety of common body and paint damage issues. Apply the paint in thin layers. Your car paint is originally applied in several layers, so you need to mimic this. Allow the paint to dry between layers. Make sure to keep the paint within the damaged area and not spread onto surrounding areas. There is no way to avoid ever getting a stone chip in your paintwork. But, you can use a paint protection film to minimise the risk of damage that could need repairing. A clear vinyl wrapping may be something you want to consider, to provide another level of protection. It’s a good choice if you have a special colour or custom paintwork you want to protect.

Using either a cutting compound like T-Cut or a fine wet & dry paper, sand down any raised edges around the paint chip. Do not apply too much pressure when sanding down and be careful not to damage the surrounding clearcoat. If you've applied the Chipex system correctly, your stone chip repair should be a success, and you'll hardly notice where the ugly marks had been. You've also protected the area from rust and bubbling - brilliant! Halfords product also offered extra tools and paints, along with two types of applicator for different sizes of damage. But overall we found the sheer value of the Hycote and M.A.D difficult to argue with. We went with the Hycote simply because it was easier to use, but for bigger damage the M.A.D makes more sense. Filling in paint chips can seem like a daunting task if you have never attempted it before. There’s the pressure of making sure you only get paint in the chip itself, along with the intensity of having only so much time to repair the chip properly. Langka removes all those barriers to really make paint chip repair an easy process, no matter how much painting experience you have. Use car paint chip repair kits on painted surfaces only. For repairing damage to your wheels, seek out a specifically designed wheel repair kit that matches the wheels on your vehicle. Though they must be equally durable, car paints differ greatly from wheel paints.The most effective cure is a bodyshop respray. Yet this is an expensive option, and can cost several hundred pounds. If you are unable to stretch that far, mobile SMART (Small and Medium Area Repair Techniques) operators do an excellent job on a wide variety of scuffs, dings and dents. When removing stone chips, it takes time, a close paint match and a steady hand. Here are our step-by-step instructions for you to try to fix a stone chip repair on your vehicle: A full panel respray is much more expensive, running to a few hundred pounds. But, many specialists will offer you a SMART repair (Small to Medium Area Repair Technology). This is a modern type of repair, which involves repainting just the damaged area. This allows the repair to be kept localised to the damaged area, saving you time and money. Professionals will use colour-matching technology to mix the paint, to match your car which is even more accurate and less noticeable than matching a colour code.