Has anyone had an experience with Dr. Colorchip for minor stone damage? I'm not going to get PPF, because most of my driving doesn't subject me to road rash, but there will inevitably be a few blemishes over time. The Dr. Colorchip website makes it appear as though blemishes completely disappear with minimal fuss and effort, and the cost is negligible. I'm curious to know whether this is marketing hype, or whether the product really works.

 

It's a good product. I've been using it for a few years on my 993 - in fact I've been fixing some paint chips tonight.

I put a drop of paint next to the chip, then use the squeegee to wipe across the chip and flatten the paint. Then wait for the paint to dry a bit -- maybe a few minutes tops. Take the lint free cloth and apply Sealact to it and dab the paint. After a few seconds, you just wipe across the chip using very light pressure with the wet cloth; keeping the cloth flat. It will take several passes for the extra paint to wipe off and leave the paint in the chip.

The system is good enough to cover small chips up to a 3 ft level. Larger chips will have a height difference. You can do multiple applications to build up the paint to get it more even. Is it as good as virgin paint? Of course not.

That said, I get a lot of compliments on my paint, so overall I'd say the system works.

 

I've been using it for years as well. It works best if it's a real chip that has enough depth to hold the paint--if it's just a shallow scratch, some of the paint left in the scratch will wipe away with the Sealact along with the extra perimeter paint you're trying to remove and not give great coverage.

 

I've been using it for years, and it's great...once you master the technique that rk-d describes. I used it a LOT on my old 997.2GTS, which was winter driven year after year, with no PPF anywhere. This is a shot of the front end of the car at about 90,000 km (I'd guess 30,000 of the km were in winter) just before I sold it, and it has dozens of chips that were filled over the years with Dr. Colorchip.

 

I think the product sucks.

No doubt a "me" problem.

 

I used it on a couple of BMWs and it worked fine, one black and one red. It’s tricky at first and maybe works better on dark colors. The trick for me was waiting the right amount of time for the paint to dry a bit before swiping it with the Sealac.

 

Thanks. With this feedback, I'll definitely forego PPF. Is there any problem using Dr. Colorchip on a car that has been professionally ceramic coated?

 

I never had a problem with waxed cars, but haven't used it on a vehicle with ceramic. The paint bonds/adheres to the layers of primer etc. in the chip "crater" so any ceramic would be gone, but I always used the provided cleaner to clean in and around the chip before applying paint. With ceramic there could be issues with adhesion at the edges of the chip, but I don't see any reports anywhere online of this being a problem. Might be a question to submit to Dr. Colorchip.

 

I've used it on a few cars and it does work. There is still a height difference between the crack and top clear coat of the original paint, but, if your face isn't right up against it you can hardly tell. It definitely makes it better, but its not perfect. It's pretty easy to do.

 

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Fine for actual chips, but won’t necessarily help with road rash.

 

Just make sure you clean off the leftover touch up paint around the chip, real good with the provided solution. Once it hardens, it's fairly permanent.

 

How does it work on metallic colors specifically GT Silver

 

it'll work fine, I had Gentian Blue (a metallic) and the match was perfect

 

Not well. The darker the color the better. Light metallics are the most noticeable.