@@star053 I have bought metallic red for my wife's Renault Kadjar, and it blended really well also. It's hard to see the metallic flecks in the wee bottle tbh, but the overall look once the paint is blended and polished, is spot on 👌🏻
From Australia, thanks for the video, I just purchased and received Chipex for my Tesla model S RHF door, it has may chips but no dents. I'm going to use the Chipex this weekend to see if I can make the paint chips disappear. Your video has helped me and given me some cautious confidants to fix the paint chips.
Great to hear mate, and really appreciate you leaving a comment 👍🏻 esp all the way from beautiful Australia ☀️👌🏻 Hope it goes fine and let me know how u get on
@@NorthCoastWorkshop Back again, Chipex worked perfectly on my door, all the chips are invisible in most light. I just put a chip on my tail gate yesterday so out with the Chipex again.
I have just bought a full kit from halfords for my white Honda Civic and its total rubbish! I have now ordered this kit so hopefully will be miles better! Thanks for the great vid! Cheers Nick.
The paint should stick as long as the previous layer has dried, and is clean and wiped down. Applying it in thinner smaller amounts tends to help the overall look for deeper chips, but isn't a necessity. Cheers for watching 👍🏻
Appreciated👍🏻 And yes I imagine it should as long as the other touch up paint is an 'all-in' one version that doesn't require any hardener, or laquer added to it, then yes it should help gently remove the layers to make it sit more flush on the paintwork 👍🏻
Definitely works well, better than these cheap paint pens you can get. Bit more work needed to apply Chipex, but overall results are 👌🏻 Cheers for watching 😊
It's not protected as well as a full complete respray, but as long as the paint is looked after, cleaned, the overall look and protection from rust compared to the exposed primer/metal is much better 👌🏻 cheers for watching, appreciated
I've not tried anything else since, and I still use the kit for wee bits here and there. But I know there are similar products, not sure if their names but a Google and checking a few reviews should give you some inside knowledge on if they're decent or not. I still rate chipex so I'm sticking to what I know 😁
I have done on my wife's car. It's just got to be dabbed on really carefully in small amounts, then once it's cured a bit, very gently rubbed with the blending solution to flatten the new paint. Once dried, you might need to dab on small amounts again, or if it all looks filled, a going over with polish should blend then last of it, and make it way less noticeable 👍🏻
Possibly it should work like that. If you can, I'd put a small amount of each into a completely separate container or small cap/lid, mix them up then apply them to a test piece and see how the paint behaves once it dries/cures. Hopefully it should harden properly and give u a similar colour to the cars paintwork. Hope that makes sense 👍🏻
That could work, but there is a chance the rust could come through at a later date. Definitely worth a try before then shelling out a lot of money on a bodyshop to sort it
It depends on how much you use, and the temperature as you do it. A very small amount on a small chip, will start to set quite quickly. I wouldn't treat loads of chips all at once, Doing a few at a time and check after 5 mins, because blending while it is still very slightly soft, will give you better results as it will appear more seamless afterwards. Hope that helps 👍🏻
@@jhchang0927 it's an alcohol based liquid, and no, all it does is slowly dissolve the new paint to help make it become flat and smooth it so it doesn't leave a bump that's easy to see. Hope that helps
Nightmare..some videos say leave to go tacky and rub with solution and cloth..removed all the paint. Attempt 2 leave to dry completely and rub with soloution and cloth..again be there for ever without applying pressure while rubbing for ages...crap.
Yeah it's a tough balance between leaving it too long and not long enough, which ends up exactly as you say. I have found since then, that if it has hardened, getting the soft block, and a piece of 3000 grit wet and dry, with a splash of soapy water works reasonably well. Then once all the chips are done in that area, a quick polish by hand or a machine and it comes up reasonably well. Hope that helps a bit. I've only realised this method over the past couple of years since doing this vid.