small stone chips...

[player.777]

...had a search but nothing conclusive- being black, my car shows every tiny stone chip there is- I have lots of 1mm-2mm tiny tiny stone chips all over the front and at the moment my solution is to:
1.  Wash car.
2.  Megs Paint Cleaner over the areas
3.  Small blob of Black board permanant marker over each chip (looks ridiculous). Let dry.
4.  wipe over with megs cleaner again- can take a long time coz marker is pretty good- wipes 'blob' off but leaves chip filled.

Looks ok and lasts a while (good few washes) but have to do this every month or so, or the white marks from chips show again.

Has anyone got any better ideas???

[Dan34]

buy a little pot of touch up paint in your car colour and dab it on the chips with a cocktail stick

Dan

[Dan J]

as above,(never heard of the cocktail stick method ) i use a really fine thin artist brush, fill the chips with the paint so the paint slightly blobs above the surface of the chip leave it a few days or longer if possible then get some really fine wet n dry paper dip in water and gently rub the blobs of paint till they are nearly flush with the surface then get some fine grade polish and gently polish the now rubbed down blobs of paint till it blends back in then seal and wax the finished area

could someone find the thread on detailing world please, i think it was a guy that owned a blue bm and did this to his bonnet and the results were amazing.

[player.777]

The thing with a touch up is I'm worried it will go on too much, and cause a small lump over what used to be the chip- does that make sense??  This way the white bit (that shows up) gets coloured in by the pen, and the top layer gets wiped away. With a touch-up i'm worred the top layer won't get wiped away if left to dry and will cause a lump/ hill over the chip.

[player.777]

Ah I posted as you wrote the above.  Well my worries are noted in what you've said, but the thought of taking wet and dry to my bonnet scares the sheet ut of me!! what grade of wet/ dry are we talking about??  nervous to do that to be honest!!

[Dan34]

as above,(never heard of the cocktail stick method ) i use a really fine thin artist brush, fill the chips with the paint so the paint slightly blobs above the surface of the chip leave it a few days or longer if possible then get some really fine wet n dry paper dip in water and gently rub the blobs of paint till they are nearly flush with the surface then get some fine grade polish and gently polish the now rubbed down blobs of paint till it blends back in then seal and wax the finished area

could someone find the thread on detailing world please, i think it was a guy that owned a blue bm and did this to his bonnet and the results were amazing.

lol i swear someone said a cocktail stick was good for it, it could have been the end of a match tho lol. But i can see cocktail stick working becuase you can just blob it on and then sand/polish flat and it shouldnt put too much paint on if you know what i mean  using a brush can sometimes put to much on

Dan

[Dan J]

Ah I posted as you wrote the above.  Well my worries are noted in what you've said, but the thought of taking wet and dry to my bonnet scares the sheet ut of me!! what grade of wet/ dry are we talking about??  nervous to do that to be honest!!

not sure on the numeral terminolagy but the finest grade you'll need for wet flatting, you dont need to rub hard you just need to gently rub the blob until its flush with the sureface then get the polish on it till its shiney and smooth again then wax to finish and protect it

[player.777]

oh ok will go to the hardware shop tomorrow and get the finest wet/dry I can find and give it a go then I suppose!!!

[Dan J]

just be carefull when your blobing the paint into the chips as too much and it will run and too little and it will shrink when dry and sit below the edge of the chip.

[eightyeightmph]

Warm the pre-cleaned paint with a hair dryer & leave the touch up pen/paint in a cup of warm water before you apply it.

Warm paint on a warm panel not only sticks better (ie. no runs etc) but adheres better in the long term.

Also a cocktail stick is perfect as your only dabbing the paint on, a brush can leave marks & is harder to control.

Post some before & after pics for good measure!