Great fix for car paint chips & scratches

[QueenElinor]

This isn't Disney-related but I'm so impressed with this I just had to share. I had the misfortune of getting behind a truck hauling pea gravel without a cover over the load. Consequently, I've been looking at little white paint chips on my brand new black car for about six months and finally decided to do something about it. I ordered a kit from Dr. Colorchip and it's amazing. The car finish is brilliant black and you can't even tell the chips were ever there.

Plus it's cheap. $48 shipped- WAY less than repainting the hood of the car.

 

[TheRatPack]

Hmm, sounds like something we should check out. Is it difficult to apply? And it's more than just a bottle of touchup paint?

 

[QueenElinor]

It's a bottle of paint, plus a few things that really make it work well.

First, their website helps you find the exact paint for your car.

You put a dab of paint by the chip, use your finger to smear it into the chip, then remove the excess paint with a soft cloth saturated with a different formula they provide. Then buff with a microfiber cloth (they don't provide that, but most people have one, I guess).

It took a little practice- I got carried away and did all the chips at once, (probably not a great way to do something to a new Audi, but it worked out). They also give you a surgical glove to wear so you don't get your hands dirty. And, they give you a lot of paint, which they say has a shelf life of three years.

Honestly, so few things actually work as advertised, I just had to tell people about this. My car has a shiny black finish which shows every little freakin' thing, and I can't see these chips or any paint smears. At all.

 

[erincon23]

Thanks! I'll have to check this out -- I just noticed an hour ago that it looks like someone either keyed my car or scratched it somehow. I was not happy.

 

[girli565]

I always wondered if this worked. We watch Velocity channel a lot and I guess bc it's a car channel they show this commercial a lot.

 

[QueenElinor]

Thanks! I'll have to check this out -- I just noticed an hour ago that it looks like someone either keyed my car or scratched it somehow. I was not happy.

Oh, I'm sorry. That's really awful if it was intentional. I just don't get people sometimes.

What's funny is after I did this, my 8th grader came in and admitted he scratched the car with his French horn case, and showed me the scratch (which I had not noticed). I guess he felt he could come clean since it's so easily fixed now!