Dr Paintchip on Alpine Silver C2S - Worked great!
01-18-2015, 12:08 PM
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Dr Paintchip on Alpine Silver C2S - Worked great!
I've read a lot of reviews that Dr Paintchip will give subpar results on lighter color cars, especially light color metallic paints. Alpine Silver seemed to be the worst possible candidate. Because of this I've been avoiding dealing with some chips, but after seeing a friends chip start to peel I decided I had to bite the bullet.
The good news is it worked great! [/B] I mean really far better than I had hoped. The color match was perfect and it was surprisingly easy to use. I want to emphasize here that I am extremely not handy or skilled at painting, etc. I am, however, super OCD, so it probably took me longer, but I got great results (unfortunately I forgot to take before / after pictures). From certain angles you can still see there is a chip because the paint isn't perfectly flush, but the color is great and it just doesn't look as damaged.
A few things that worked well for me:
1. I bought the kit with the tiny squeegee. It worked better than finger smearing IMO (I practiced on an old bicycle to get the feel of the paint)
2. After I did the smear I immediately wiped as much excess around the chip as possible, since I didn't trust the removal liquid to not leave excess. I'm not sure if this was necessary, but it worked.
3. I did 5 repeats in 5 minute intervals. The first round was very disappointing, but from the second application forward it got better and better. This got me to about 80% of where I want to be. I think I'll do more tomorrow, but want to give it a day to see if that's even necessary.
I hope this helps people with light colored cars. Curious to hear any tips others may have.
The good news is it worked great! [/B] I mean really far better than I had hoped. The color match was perfect and it was surprisingly easy to use. I want to emphasize here that I am extremely not handy or skilled at painting, etc. I am, however, super OCD, so it probably took me longer, but I got great results (unfortunately I forgot to take before / after pictures). From certain angles you can still see there is a chip because the paint isn't perfectly flush, but the color is great and it just doesn't look as damaged.
A few things that worked well for me:
1. I bought the kit with the tiny squeegee. It worked better than finger smearing IMO (I practiced on an old bicycle to get the feel of the paint)
2. After I did the smear I immediately wiped as much excess around the chip as possible, since I didn't trust the removal liquid to not leave excess. I'm not sure if this was necessary, but it worked.
3. I did 5 repeats in 5 minute intervals. The first round was very disappointing, but from the second application forward it got better and better. This got me to about 80% of where I want to be. I think I'll do more tomorrow, but want to give it a day to see if that's even necessary.
I hope this helps people with light colored cars. Curious to hear any tips others may have.
01-18-2015, 01:17 PM
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Hmmm...methinks that you mean Dr. Colorchip and my experience mirrors yours as going slow and repeating the process many times over a few days is the best way to repair the chip, at least on light colored cars.
01-18-2015, 09:58 PM
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Thanks for the report.
I bought my Dr. Colorchip kit with Meteor Gray Metallic paint last week and plan to do my chip touch-up later this week.
I bought my Dr. Colorchip kit with Meteor Gray Metallic paint last week and plan to do my chip touch-up later this week.
01-19-2015, 12:59 PM
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