I ran into a car detailer today at the dealership while waiting for my car to be serviced. He was touching up rock chips using -- what he referred to as -- an electrostatic paint tool. It looks similar to a brush, but instead of bristles, it appeared to have a metal point (similar to a ball point pen). Above the metal point was a very small repository for paint. He said the electrostatic charge of the car pulled the paint from the pen -- all that has to be done is to touch the metal point to the rock chip. He did about 10 rock chips in under a minute with no paint dribbles or splashes. It was done perfectly.

Has anyone ever seen anything like this before? He told me that nowhere sells them anymore....

 

I'm interested...


I asked my Porsche tech what he thought I should do about my rock chips he said "get a sharpy"

First I laughed but then I thought **** not a bad idea....black car.

 

I will admit to having used a Sharpie on my black Merc........not
the metal, but grill, bumper and other plastic parts......works well.....

the above technique sounds interesting.....
and might also be a good money maker

 

Sounds very fancy.
However, for the number of times a private owner is going to touch up stone chips,
it might not be cost effective. I like getting a small amount of paint on the tip of a toothpick and just dabbing the paint into the chip.

 

I would be very interested. Did you happen to get the name of the manufacturer that makes the product? A quick google search didn't come up with anything.

 

I just Dr. Color Chip. Has worked very well for me.

 

The tool looked very simple and inexpensive. I am going to call the dealership on Monday to get the guy's name. I'll update this thread after I do so.

 

Since this thread is about paint I have a slightly off topic question for Boom C2S. What color is your car? I'm not a huge fan of reds but yours looks fantastic. Does Dr. Color Chip make touch up in your unique color?

 

Ruby Red. Dr. Color Chip does have a match and it was as easy to use as they advertise. The below link is a picture of where I touched up the left rear bumper cover. It was about a 3/4 inch scratch through the paint.

http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforum...a-dsc_0709.jpg