Detailing product for improving stone chips?
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Detailing product for improving stone chips?
My bonnet and wings are peppered with touched-in chips. I'm going to get it sorted properly, but not for a while yet, so in the meantime, I wondered if there's any particular wax or polish etc. that's particularly good for improving their appearance/disguising them?
Bit of a long shot maybe, but no harm in asking, so any recommendations welcome.......
Cheers,
FB
Bit of a long shot maybe, but no harm in asking, so any recommendations welcome.......
Cheers,
FB
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Can't really disguise them, other than by dobbing a blob of touch up into them until the stand proud, then wet and dry them back level, followed by a polish. If you do a good job and take your time, you might find that you don't need to get the professionals in for a while yet.
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As above, time spent flattening them down with wet and dry is the best method, a pencil rubber with a small piece of wet and dry always works well for me.
If your just trying to minimise then a glaze like poor boys black hole is basically heavy fillers that get rid of swirling and the white portions of stone chips (the lacquer edge)
If your just trying to minimise then a glaze like poor boys black hole is basically heavy fillers that get rid of swirling and the white portions of stone chips (the lacquer edge)
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Originally Posted by kw_21
This looks too good to be true, espeically for the price. Anyone have any experience using it?
I'm a bit heavy handed so others might have had better results, but it found that I either had to leave a bit of the paint around the chip or risk removing what was supposed to be left behind. It's probably ok for the odd chip, but it's noticeable when you've got a lot of them to cover up.
For me, at least, it's not an alternative to a proper repair for multiple chips.
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Originally Posted by richmc' timestamp='1408518314' post='23294219
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Originally Posted by BlackFerret
As above, time spent flattening them down with wet and dry is the best method, a pencil rubber with a small piece of wet and dry always works well for me. If your just trying to minimise then a glaze like poor boys black hole is basically heavy fillers that get rid of swirling and the white portions of stone chips (the lacquer edge)
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Originally Posted by kw_21' timestamp='1408520020' post='23294245
[quote name='richmc' timestamp='1408518314' post='23294219']This one--http://www.theultimatefinish.co.uk/chipex/paint-touch-up-system.aspx 
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Me on 2 S2k's and two Astons, a fair few of the other Aston owners use it, One guy used it to get rid of a LOT of gravel rash on the front of the rear arch
It really is very good and very hard to get wrong
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Originally Posted by mikey k
Me on 2 S2k's and two Astons, a fair few of the other Aston owners use it, One guy used it to get rid of a LOT of gravel rash on the front of the rear arch It really is very good and very hard to get wrong
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