How do YOU repair rock chips and deep scratches?

@1stfrompuertorico568

2 жыл бұрын

For a few cars I have used Drcolorchip 😄

@bigd9848

2 жыл бұрын

I use the same method as you Brian. I remember you showed us this a few years ago.Thanks ✊

@1stfrompuertorico568

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigd9848 I have only used some of his techniques when using regular colors like white, black, but still depends upon which white😄

@MyGuyKirby

2 жыл бұрын

I have used many of the same tools and have yet tried the body filler method, takes too long. I prefer Dr. Colorchip kits but pricey but very simple . It meets my acceptable rule of view from 3-feet.

@henryle4829

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully the way you do cause Dr. Colorchip doesn't work great on deeper chips/scratches

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Brian. Thank you so much for doing these educational videos and giving back to the industry the way you do. 👏👏👏👏👏

Basically you got all of it right but there are some differences between how a detailer and a automotive painter would handle these scratches. 1) We never use lacquer putty. We would use a two part polyester glazing putty such as Metal Glaze or U-Pol Dolphin Glaze. Three reasons why: 1) It hardens and is ready to sand in 10 minutes 2) It's a much stronger repair as it's basically very refined Bondo. 3) It doesn't shrink. 2) In modern collision repair we seldom use wet sanding anymore since a number of completely dry sanding options are now available. Eagle Abrasives makes Tolex and Bufflex both of which work fabulously dry. I can highly recommend both products. If you've ever done much of it wet sanding sucks and wet sanding cleanup sucks even more. 2) We're going to paint the car anyway so we don't need to touch up anything so we would use basecoat and 2K acrylic urethane clearcoat as we would have these already mixed up and ready to go. If it's after the painting is complete or someone is willing to pay us to touch up the chips we normally have a little extra basecoat available (or can make it using our mixing bank) so we would put the base in the nicks and then mix up some clear to go over the base. I typically do this with an airbrush.

@mikesloper7112

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your knowledge & experiece, your explanation has been locked into my few remaining little grey cells & hope I can do it justice.

@stevenbewick592

2 жыл бұрын

Have you tried uv stopper, similar to dolphin but cures with light in 30 - 60 seconds. Its next level imo.👍

@mikesloper7112

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenbewick592 Hi Steve, we're about ten years behind you guys but if I can get it over here I will give it a go (just googled it UK suggests factor 50 sun screen) Dolphine I can get but Eagle abrasives dry sanding discs are International Orders from US. (10 years it will catch on here !! ) Thanks for the thought.

@satamanschmidt3428

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenbewick592 Not yet readily available here in the US. Apparently, Evercoat is working on it but to my knowledge it hasn't been released yet. The Gunman in Australia raves about it so I would like to try some out. Living in Phoenix sunlight isn't a problem.

@apexdetail85

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent post. 👍

Very informative...I think rather than take any sandpaper to my Camaro, I'll just go the "fill it in with a couple of coats of paint and be done" route! Thanks for the insights!

Thank baby jesus, finally a good touch up paint video.

I've been having a lot of luck with flat and round toothpicks and wood skewers 🤗

I have tried all the ways and what works the absolute best IMO is the Langka system using their paint for your color code vehicle. The key is to use their paint. The base coat needs no clear as it is thicker and has a nice gloss. Perfect color match too. Better than Dr.Color Chip IMO but Dr. CC is good just very hard to get a level repair. Yes it can be a big rabbit hole.

@summerforever6736

6 ай бұрын

I will try it

@summerforever6736

6 ай бұрын

What if I have some small rust in the cheap after clean it need any primer?

With the razor blade....I keep a couple of new blades that I have cut in half with a Dremel tool in my box. They are lifesavers on more highly contoured panels. I debur the cut and slightly round the corners as well.

What a king! What a king! Bravo! really liked it.

You’re amazing Brian. Seriously appreciate all of the tutorials and real world experience you provide! You have helped me immensely over the years. Thank you!

I love these touch up videos. Thank you for providing different techniques and methods. Keep them coming.

The algorithm needs more love for Brian!! People like me NEED these tips and insight (and a little hand holding)! Many thanks and well wishes, your newest sub., Vincent 👍✌️✊

that razor blade trick is legit I'm gonna try that tomorrow

I've been doing paint repair on cars for 25 years . Of course every repair is different, maybe a small cup gun or airbrush, but on rock chips, the good quality fine tip brush is the best, regulate the flow of paint with reducer ,and of course adding clearcoat to Your paint.

Great advice for stone chips and life, don’t overthink it! 👍

Dotting pens for nail art are another good tool. And so easy to clean after use! Come in various sizes to fit the depth and width of the paint blemishes.

I'm dazzled. 🤩 Thank you, Brian. Saving for springtime, to hopefully give myself a head start on touch-ups.

As many have mentioned “THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS INFORMATION”. This is definitely one I am going to be saving for future reference. ✌️👍☮️

Excellent tips and demonstration, thank you.

Absolute genius ways of fixing the agonizing rock chips. I have watched other videos on this subject, but this is the best! Love the pencil erasure , micro sanding disc tool! Thanks for sharing Brian!

Thank you Brian! I'm learning alot from these videos. I could definitely use this knowledge on my own vehicles if nothing else.

Thank you for sharing this video and the tricks Brian.

When I touch up, I fill the chip with color match paint, then after dry I cover with clear but cover about 5mm around the chip with clear also. Then after a day or so, I cover with clear again, but only over the chip, then let dry again for a day or two. Then I mask around the chip about 7mm and wet sand 1200 grit, then 2000, then 3000, then remove mask, cut and polish. This way I can usually get the repair to be about 95% invisible. Only do this on an area that hasn't been wet sanded before or you'll end up with a circular burn through the clear to base coat.

Amazing workmanship! Ingenious with the eraser tip.

Excellent video Brian. Very good tutorial on rock chips.

great tip on mixing the clear with the paint... many thanks!

And thank you for all of the product links!!

The eraser and hole punch sandpaper was a good tip, keeps the sanding minimal without having to blend a much larger area than needed.

Awesome video and timely. My daughter’s Tuscon needs some of this love. Thanks Brian!

Love all the knowledge you bring yo the table without being arrogant.

Really cool video and I really appreciate the time you take out of your day to teach us newbs.

Super video Brian! I love seeing all the tricks you use to get the job done. For rock chips on my car, I just dab some factory color into the chip with a toothpick and call it a day.

the best low cost techniques I've seen! Thanks for sharing!

Awesome walkthrough as usual!

I'm trying this on my old Lexus hood shortly. Thanks Brian for another GREAT video!!!☺

Good stuff 👍 Awesome tips and tricks 👌

If you are familiar with scrapers in woodworking, take a phillips screwdriver and drag the razors edge against the screwdriver, curls the edge so it forms a fine scraper the put tape on each end. Also scotch tape is thinner bringing edge closer to level. Helps for better control and more productive leveling, angle the draw across paint differently for more or less of a cut.Learned this in touching up guitar finishes from Dan Erlewine.

Thank you so much for the great instructions. Well done and appreciated!

Very cool tips. Thanks buddy.

Wow. Thanks!! I will use your links for sure

Dr color chip is my quick go to for chips. Thanks Brian for the video’s!

Absolutely superb video. Seriously good.

Great video again sir, thanks for sharing

This really needs a lot of patience. Thank you Brian for the Video!

Awesome! Thank you for all the info

Great video Brian 👍

Phenomenal video! Learned a lot!!! Thank you

Dr. Color Chip has the easiest and most accurate system I have ever used, even on older vehicles. Highly impressed with their product. Thank you Brian with additional tips for prepping the surface!

@dougmasters3875

2 жыл бұрын

I'm fond of DR Colorchip as well, much easier to get that repair flat.

Great video , enjoyed it . plan on saving the video for the future .

awesome job

Great visuals & explanation Brian & exactly what I need at the moment with my car (thats just been coated with ASP Metal Oxide) being set upon by ignorant & stupid octogenarian parking / pushing her shopping trolley into my passenger door.. Not amused.

Great advice thanks.

Great content and advice as always 👍

Thanks Brian that was really helpful have a good one as always🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍

Awesome info I've saved this one thank you!

WOW best how to guild I’ve seen!

great idea with the eraser and sand paper!

Great video!

Great post, with a lot of ideas. As a rule I’m a fill the chip with a hypodermic needle guy. Seldom get a budget to really finish them down. It’s more a “ make it look better from 5 feet away and protect the metal”. It goes with an expectation talk as well. For door jam chips and panel edge chips this works very well. Middle of a panel chips, I try and get a budget of time and money to do a little more. Love the eraser trick, I have cut strips of sand paper to minimize the area sanded on occasion with so so results.

Great video.

Excellent video✊Another one for the video reference log.

Great video!!👏👏

Thank you! Great video!

very good job thanks👍👍👍

Thanks Brian 👍😁

Thanks Brian

Thanks for sharing!

Thank you Brian! Yet another great video. Now I am much more comfortable in starting the chip and scratch repairs on my car. Do you have any video on pulling dents from sheet metal?

great tips man... thanks!

Very informative!

Thank you. Well done.

The razor trick is how I fix paint runs when I have an oh no moment spraying. Great video as always.

@apexdetail85

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly...that is where I got it from. Great way to level curtains on paint.

Your timing is impeccable!!!! I picked up a used black Mini Cooper S last week, and beyond needing paint love, the previous owner(s) loved their paint pens but didn't know how to use them. And I wasn't sure how I was going to fix their sins either, then you come along with this...

@vincentperiolat4610

Жыл бұрын

I wish I found this when you did. . . Better now then not at all though!!

Nice info

Love the blade trick, been a painters friend when he’s accidentally gotten a sag or flow indicator in clearcoat lol

Thanks! This is the best and simplest video I’ve found about touching up scratches and rock chips. Really well done - not only the process itself but the clear verbal tutorial. I subscribed to your channel, but haven’t yet checked to see if you might have another similar video - my bad - about touching up metallic paint? I recently bought a nice old Mercedes SLK with original Storm Red Metallic paint which really pops on a sunny day but has many scratches and rock chips. Not sure how to proceed with that one. Any advice? Thanks again.

Excellent video and will be helpful with my upcoming scratch repair. Any preference whether it's waterborne or solvent base paints?

I’ll definitely try this out myself thank you. Only thing to add to make it easier to glue the hole punched pieces is to glue the pencil eraser first then easily stick the sandpaper to it. Should be less finicky.

Wow.awesone video and tutorial good friend. Amazing tips.whats ur take on dr color chip squeeze kit?

Yeah I wish I had just left the lil chips. I found working on nightmate bmw and audi engines way more satisfying. 2 options: live with it, or pay to get a real paint job.

Very good video. What’s the ratio of base and clear in the mixture? I tried 1:1 but it isn’t shin enough after polishing.

I like all the mediums/applications you show, because one size does not fit all.

I was wondering what mixing the clear and the base does.

Excellent information! When do you do the razer scraping? You rambled quite a bit when you're talking about curing the paint so I didn't really understand when the scraping is done lol. Is it after the paint's completely dry like a couple of days as you said?

The information and tips in this video are some of the best I've seen around! Please fix your camera focus and this will be perfect

the mans a star

interesting video! I want ask what is better mixed color with clearcoat or apply individually each one? If i saw right, you used mixed paint?

Hi Brian @Apex Detail I was wondering for cases for rock chips on the side of the door (such as the driver door side), how do you handle this kind of touch up? I feel like the base coat + clear coat combination touch up paint will slowly "drip" or flow downwards towards the ground and not properly bond with the door? I also don't have the expertise or ability to completely remove the door to make it flat if that was going to be a suggestion. Thanks!

Hello Brian. I recently got my first new car, and before I got Carpro UK 3.0 in my hands, I got 2 rock chips or door dings on my car. Didnt touch primer, but took out clear and pearl coat. Do you think you can share your wisdom on how I should approach this?

Nice work. I think I went down the rabbit hole in repairing my chip. First off, I didn't put enough paint on and the chip is still there. Also I used 1500 sandpaper and than switched to 3000 but obviously didn't sand enough. Next, I put the polish on and now I am left with a dull finish with chips. My question, do I just start all over again. My rabbit hole is getting deeper!

Greetings Brian and Happy Holidays! I have a question about how to know if a vehicle has been ceramic coated. I am currently working on a 2017 Mini Cooper. It was purchased used and the current owner has no info about the car. I am trying to figure out definitively if it has been coated. After washing and decon, it looks great. The water doesn't bead excessively but the paint is nearly swirl free. How can I tell? Thank you! Steve

Thanks for your tutorials. Learning a lot. I noticed you didn't use the clear from the touch up pen...any reason you used what you did and didn't just pour some clear from the pen? I don't have a separate jar of clear so wanted to know if you thought it would be ok to combine the clear and base from the touch up pen? It's lacquer paint in my touch up pen from Honda.

@summerforever6736

6 ай бұрын

He mixed together

Great tips, especially like a way to use all those old pencils I no longer use. What do you prefer on door panels?

@apexdetail85

2 жыл бұрын

Same process and tools on the door panels.

I have questions if i can please, after you wet sanded it was it with 3000 grit? And did u just use normal polish or one with a swirl / scratch remover?

Mate that trick with the razor blade is genius! Very clever.

Do you have links for the products you demonstrated? Aploigize if i misses them. Thanka

Just hide it with a little color so it’s not sticking out like a sore thumb.

haha for the first minute and a half I thought the reflection of the strip light was the white scratch :)

HEY! Wonderful small sand paper trick! I'm sure you know already, but, next time, you should put the super glue on the eraser instead of the paper. then pick up the paper with the eraser. I'm sure I will do the same thing you did many times in the future, even though I said that. LOL! Thanks that is new and great trick. I suppose you could slice off the old sand paper and do the same thing again with the same pencil.

I mixed my base and clear as you reccomended and waited two days before sanding and polishing. The black touchup paint looked perfectly color matched when I applied it but upon polishing it becomes hazy and almost gray in comparison to the surrounding oem paint. Im stressing out that I may have ruined my paint... is it not curing properly because I mixed clear and base? Do I just need to wait longer for it to cure? Maybe my clear coat is different from yours and has an incompatable chemistry for mixing with base?....