I'm pretty sure that there have been posts about Dr. ColorChip before, but I just finished the process and wanted to share my experience...

I would like to preface this with an apology, due to the fact that it did not occur to me to take before/after pics. If you were thinking of picking up Dr.ColorChip, I recommend you do so! I just finished with my hood/bumper area, where I had easily a hundred little chip spots, and you know how visible those are on dark colors. I washed the car, then took a clay bar to the area I was going to treat. It had been a while since I waxed, so I was not worried about wax build up. I filled nearly all the spots. There are still a few really tiny ones that I missed, but very few. Then I went back a small section at a time and began to wipe the residual paint away with the sealer solution. That was when I found out which areas I applied the paint a bit too heavily. It's no big deal, but it certainly takes a bit more effort to wipe the residual off if it is built up a little bit.

Once I was done I wanted to apply wax, as I had clayed that area, and the whole car needed a good coat. The wax went on and polished just fine, and unless you use a very bright light, or know exactly where to look, I now have a very nice quality finish, even from close up! I am so incredibly satisfied. For the longest time, every time someone would comment on how good my car looked, I would thank them, but always have those nagging chips in the back of my mind. It feels so good to have them resolved!

 

@drummin4fun totally agree with you. Dr.ColorChip rocks! One needs to scrutinize hard to find a problem. Glad you got your hood cleared and got a smile afterward :-) My only problem with the Dr.Colorchip solution is that the blender runs out before the paint.

 

Thanks for sharing guys, my brother told me about how well it worked on his artic silver car, good to hear this on a dark colored car congrats !

 

Silver metallic is one of the most problematic color for Dr. Colorchip or any other touch=up paints. Dr. Colorchip web page gives more insights on why so. In general flat or darker colors work better. However even with my GT Silver metallic paint Dr. Colorchip did work well.

 

Agree about DR Colorchip, as I did my DD a few weeks ago.

Disagree with your process, though. You're not supoosed to clay prior to using it, as you get clay in the chip. Wipe the area with alcohol to remove wax, dirt, etc., use the product and wait a day or 2 before applying a sealant or wax.

 

Just had my 95 993 delivered, (hood pix attached) and the front end has a good bit of road rash... I am very interested in trying this.

A quick question from those who have done it... does it last and/or is there any disadvantage to using this with original paint vs having a detailer fill the chips (at a much higher cost, as I have lots of chips) with what I assume might be a better quality paint and better repair techniques, i.e. multiple layers of paint, sanding, polishing, etc.?

Just curious if I do this "quick fix", if later down the line I am creating more issues if it does not last, etc./then to correct it properly now?

Any thoughts appreciated!

 

Congrats on the new 993! I would suggest that using any kind of touch-up paint would not make things worse later on, in fact, you're better off having something on there to prevent rust. Worse case, they strip the old paint and repaint the hood and bumper if you really botch the job. And that's really the only way to properly fix a car with that much road patina anyway, IMHO.

If you have a professional detailer do it, as you mentioned, with multiple coats of paint and proper polishing, I'm sure it will look better than if you did it. But it will cost you a lot I'm sure. I'd get a quote from a body shop to respray the entire front end for proper cost comparison.

 

Good point PHX... I didn't think about the possibility of clay depositing in the chips. I guess I'll see if there is a negative effect going forward. As for the wax, I watched a video on YouTube made by a professional detailer who mechanically polished and waxed immediately following the chip process, so I wasn't too concerned about laying a coat of wax on top by hand.

 

I think i've watched that one, too. He's doing a white BMW, iirc. He mentions you're not supposed to wax for 24 hrs, but does it anyway.

For those of considering this, don't buy more than the 2 oz. kit. You can cover the entire hood with the 4 oz. kit. I had a lot of rash on my DD, so I bought the 4 oz. I'm sure the remaining 3/4 of it will be hard as a rock next time I try to use it.

 

Actually, in the one I saw, it was a dark blue, or black 997. Some detailer out of Florida.