Paint Chip Touch-up -- /DRIVE CLEAN 

Larry, I'm a weekend warrior, detailing my own rides and watching your videos for several years. Your content, clear/concise explanation and video production quality is superb -- I realize this video is several years old and you've made many more insightful, quality videos since; I rarely post on any RU-vid channel, but I just wanted to extend some appreciation and gratitude for 'You Being You' -- THX

This went very well with my perfectionist tendencies! Of course it took me two days for 2 tiny chips and after all that I came back to watch this video again to make sure I did most of it the correct way and of course it came out excellent saved me $700.00 bucks Thanks man! I’ve also purchased other things like a polisher and I’ve made it a point to make it a hobby of mine who knows one day I’ll just decide to do this as a side job & make some money out of my hobby! While saving people money!

I feel like Drive Clean is becoming one of my favorite series to watch on RU-vid. Its relaxed and really informative without being boring. Great job guys.

He fails to mention that if using metallic paint you SHOULD NOT mix base and clear coat prior to application; it dilutes the metallic shimmer in the base coat making the color darker and ultimately not matching well at all. Learned this the hard way myself touching up chips using this method. Has to sand original attempt out and start over. Big PITA. So, don't mix metallic and clear.

I use the hole punch on masking tape to easily create a super-tight mask for the touch up. Awesome as always, Larry!

Just wow. A succinct presentation with an apparently high production value and unique, novel information. This is what every informative RU-vid video should strive to emulate. Well done.

I agree with your message but I really wish you would have showed the finished product the camera was moving moving as if you didn't want us to see the finished product but I do not doubt how good you are just wish I seen the finished product

The camera work in this short little video is amazing. Absolutely superb! The credits at the end shows it too with the direction of the camera man asking you to bite the tip off, but then pause to hold it up so they have time to focus on it. Later how they edited and cut that into the tutorial video is great.

So many experts! Let's see all your detailing & 'chip fixing videos, Your closeups etc. Larry knows his stuff.

Thanks for watching everyone! Just getting off a plane in San Fran. Going to pebble beach. Hope to see some of you there!!!

The list at the beginning should have included the microfiber cutting pad, leveling fluid, and 3 inch polisher.

I back this so much!! Never have I seen such an in depth step by step video on how to touch up paint. Subbed.

All that work and no before and after shots?

I honestly love this show to death. It is the single greatest source of expertise, dedication, understandability and presentation I have ever encountered regarding this subject, all in one place. I am excited every time I see a new episode in my news feed and thankful every time I finish it. It's the kind of programming I actually sit down and get prepared to watch, because there is no other show quite like it. Amazing work by everyone involved and I look forward to future episodes to come.

Thank you for the amount of details and effort put into the video. Really glad you showed close ups of the finished work.

Thank you very much M.Kosilla. That's the level of perfection i aim to reach when i touch up my 2016 Benz. You're by far my favorite teacher on car detailling.💖

Larry, MillionThanks for your everlasting enthusiasm and attention to a detail. Best Video on this subject, hands down.

Leveling Fluid is the name of what I use as "compound"...but what you are really doing is leveling the paint. (So thats why I call it that. Great question! Thx again for watching) -L

I have 2 small chips to deal with. One is not circular but quite deep. I followed your instructions and used an artists brush to dab in the paint and clear coat. It was very difficult not to get paint on other areas. However, I followed your advice about the wax. Just went to have a look and the paint around the chip came off really easily because of the wax. I can with confidence keep building up the paint and not worry about the surrounding area if I keep following this advice. Thanks.

Video is correct up to the 4:40 minute mark. Skip rest of video. Avoid parts store paint pen. Never mix clear and paint together. Before applying Carnuba wax. Check for bare metal..Use K tool sanding pen , degrease and apply thin layer of primer inside wound with tooth pic(dab) or with pointy paint brush (no stroking). Let primer dry completely. Now apply wax as shown and degrease / de wax wound as shown in video. Apply paint, with tooth pic (dab) or pointy paint brush dab or one way stroke for scratch. Do not stroke back and forth with brush. The paint is used to color in the wound. Do not fill in chip or scratch with paint. If you need to apply more paint, allow first application of paint to dry completely. Follow with 2nd coat. If 3rd coat needed, again applied paint must be completely dry. When paint is completely dry. Apply clear in the same manner as the paint. Now YOU ARE trying to fill in the remainder of chip or scratch. To do so, you must allow clear to dry completely before adding clear again...Every time you want to add more clear, it has to be completely dry...When complete, you will have a bit of a hump that you will need to level out....When thoroughly dry, wet sand with 1500 paper to level out the painted surface with the surrounding surface. Finish with 2000 grit wet dry paper...Use clean water for soaking papers and as a lubricant....When paint is level......Hand polish with Meguiars M105 Ultra-Cut Compound and CCS Red Wax/Sealant Applicator Pad. Yes, you can polish out by hand 2000 grit scratches.

Great video Larry! So much information to take in but so valuable as always.

I tried this on my 2015 Chrysler 200 with the vivid blue pearl paint and I did just about the same thing in this video. It worked wonders! I would probably be the only one that knows where the paint chip is. Thanks!

Larry is easily and by far and away my favourite detailing guy on RU-vid. Wish he had more videos haha =(

i love the patience and the passion you have for cars

Always loved watching your videos, this technique is very clever and I am extremely happy with the results doing this on my own black Vette. Thanks!

Larry, been watching for a while and noticed that you have become more comfortable and relaxed in front of the camera. Great job buddy.

You can tell that all the way through this Larry was thinking "I love my car, don't screw this up, I love my car, don't screw this up" followed by "what's the point, it's not going to be perfect, what's the point, it's not going to be perfect...."Cheers again for the demo Larry.

Best cars care stuff on the planet. Just started using it on my 997. Love it, thanks AMMO

Awesome video! thanks for specifying the products you used and including estimated cost. Subscribed!

Another great video. Some of the best car content on the web. Thanks Larry.

Really great tutorial! May I ask where you get the "Leveling" fluid and cutting wheels from at reference part numbers? I would like to purchase these items to perform a repair on my car

This is very helpful! Thank you. Any suggestion on removing previous touch-up paint blob?

These videos are awesome. I have never had a car that I really had to worry about much, but I recently purchased a brand new black truck. The thing looks amazing when I put work in but it takes time. I get great tips and products from you and these videos. Thank you.

Repeat until u turn 65

why no close-up of the finished product , looks great from 2-3 feet , I wanted to see the finished product.

Great video with ideas that I never thought of. Thanks for taking the time! I've got a '67 Camaro that I need to do a little touch up on.

definitely the best series on drive, i have to try it right now

I've been anticipating this video since Monday morning!!! LOVE IT!

This will go well with my OCD.

His level of detail on his projects is amazing

Great video series. Probably the best I've seen on car detailing. I wish I knew of a shop that was good like this in the SoCal area.

Larry your a true car guy helping other true car people and i respect that thank you

I'm impressed. I follow many "self-named" experts here, but this lesson is outstanding. I apreciate and subscribed.

Thank you so much Larry this was exactly what i asked for and was perfect, now i feel confident to proceed in my touch up.

Best video on youtube concerning this subject. Thanks!

I've been looking for a proper, professional video on repairing paint scuffs on a vehicle.I have not found a good one, and I admire your details to car detailing; very professional! I would like to see a video on that. Most of the other RU-vid videos from other people are amateur and bad quality. Please do a video on paint scuff repair! Thank you!

Awesome Larry. Another excellent episode. I love this show!

Very enjyable to watch and to listen. Nice style of tutorial. Thanks for the info!

One of the best touch up videos I have seen yet. I like the idea of mixing the color and the clear for one easy application. Unfortunately that won't be easy with the typical touch up pen. The hole punch + sanding paper + krazy glue was another excellent idea.

We can learn so much from what you show us. thanks, and keep up the good work!

I've been wanting this video for a while now. This is going to seriously come in handy a year down the road when I want to fill in some of those pesky rock chips.

That was some really great info. Keep up the great work. Excellent video. Thanks Larry.

Wow that's brilliant! I have very small chips and unleveled scratches this would be perfect on using the Dr. Colorchip system I bought. Thank you😁

Thanks for sharing this! So if I need to buff the entire hood, I should probably do all of the touch up work first, then follow through with my buffing of the entire hood, yes?

Absolutely loving Drive Clean, keep it up guys

Great video. Takes a steady hand, great skill and lots of patience.

Well done. You always make it truly interesting. Amazing technique as well.

Another fantastic video Larry! Thanks very much for all these.

Thank you for this tutorial! Someone at my work's employee parking scratched my paint bare, didn't leave a note either. Is the leveling fluid you mention at 6:50 compound?

amazing information, its really impressive the amount of time and effort you put into your profession

Best chip touch job I've ever seen. I used to detail cars and I never achieved this level of excellence.

Impressive! Love all your videos. Huge fan here.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge - you're an artist at what you do.

Wow. This was exactly the video and information I needed to fix a few small issues on my roof. Thanks Larry.

My 350z has been plagued by rock chips with its weaksauce of a paint job from factory. The previous owner blob painted the rockchips with touch up paint and I have been going crazy trying to keep em from rusting. This video gave new life to my Z33! THANKS!!!

You’re an artist. Your work is beautiful

I've touched up a lot of chips on my Civic over the weekend, many had surface rust. I used a sanding pen and some rustoleum rust reform to take of that and then added several layers of touch up from honda to all of them. It looks pretty good, hardly noticeable unless you look at it for a while up close or know they're there. Oh and I did everything with a #2 painters brush and a fairy steady hand. Didn't do any wet sanding or anything, it looks alright now and I've never done that before.

The wax is such a clever idea. This puts all the tips from others all into one video. What a great video. Many thanks! Now feel confident to do my black Boxster :-)

Great video, great car, and great content. It doesn't get any better than this!

Love seeing new uploads of this show :)

Awesome touch up job with professional results

Larry's the man one video a week isn't enough

Thank you for making this. I just got my first 964 and have some chips to sort.

Excellent video post! (as are all of your videos) Cheers!

Serious skill. You really get my attention as an episode on /drive.

Do like these videos, it's not just about cars you could apply many of these techniques to anything with similar materials, it's almost like an instructional on maintaining everything in life, my ocd side is very pleased.. continue!

Clever and relatively simple techniques for this process, very nice

Nice video, but what if the chip is deeper,i.e., going down to the metal? Do I need to apply a primer before the color/clearcoat mix?

to date, I think this was one of the most helpful of Larrys videos (for me t least). Thanks!!

Love his videos. I swear they help me relax. :)

it was not clear that if a second coat of touch up is needed if that means applying a second application of wax and then prep with alcohol.

I'm in the process of repainting the hood of my car because it had so many rock-chips and small to medium sized rust spots. I'll keep this process in mind for the future!

Thanks for the awesome video. Just what I was looking for. You list clear coat, color coat and touch up paint in the supplies; what's the difference between the color coat and touch up paint? Where can I buy these supplies?

I'm still unhappy with DRIVE for the cancelation of FLD.

Another great & very valuable video Larry. Thanks.

really cool tips and tricks! I will have to try this on my truck sometime

I am 8 years late. Your information is exactly what I need to fix several paint corrosion spots on my black color Accord. Thank you.

Brilliant! Great tutorial! Too bad I have thousands of chips though from high speed fwy driving. Wish I knew about this two years ago...

wow for years I've touched up little imperfections on my cars yet never had the chance to level the surface back up because I didn't know how to. Now i do. Thanks Larry!

Every video of yours is completely phenomenal! Keep up the awesome job. May not have to repaint my hood at least....

Hey it was GREAT to see the finished article in such detail. Oh wait, you didn't show us that.

Fill the chip in layer by layer until the touch up paint is slightly higher than the surrounding paint. Then clay bar the touch up paint until it is level.

Great video Larry! I like how you included the prices of products this time.

That is some amazing attention to detail!

Awesome video. I will definitely use this to touch up my car. Keep up the good work

Thank you Larry, I followed your steps and it came out perfect. Black 86 911

Excellent video. I've always wondered how to do that correctly! Thanks Larry

Excellent tips - thanks for putting this out there!

Thanks Larry, I have a few of these on my car and was wondering how to tackle this before the winter.

Great video, I wonder if this would work on my Lexus GX 470. I have a small chunck of peeling the size of a quarter. What would be the best quality paint to touch up?