Instructions for touch up pencil set please !

[Carbon VW]

Im just after receiving my carbon grey touch up pencil kit with a base colour and a clear coat. Can anyone shed light on the best way to apply this without making a total balls of it. I have 4 stone chips on my bonnet right down to the metal and 2 on the roof. To say I am not beat pleased is an understatement. My mk6 had 1 stone chip in 4 years!! It does seem to be a bit of a stone magnet. But back to the post . I would greatly appreciate any of you guys input on restoring my belowed GTI back to her original glory. Ps my gti is only 2 months old with 3500 km covered. Thanks guys. !!

[Saha]

Hello
I use artists brushes to touch up stone chips you can get a set of brushes off eBay for £2 by using the artist brush you can build up the paint to fill the chip in when the paint is slightly standing proud I use  polish to finish it off so the paint is flush to the body .

[monkeyhanger]

I have a stone chip above the blade-shaped GTD badge on the wing. It has only taken the top colour coat off and it is absolutely tiny, but I am shocked how thin the colour coat is.

Halfords do a kit with lots of rubbing pads that help rub down.

I always used to use a model brush with a very fine tip (or maybe even a slightly sharpened matchstick on a tiny chip) and make a small pool of paint diluted with a tiny amount of ethanol to get the thin layers on rather than a splodged thick siingle layer that needs rubbing down. Easier to do with the solid colours - it's too easy for the metallic/mica particles to fall out of solution on thinned metallic/pearl paint.

If you do have to do a thick splodge with the base colour then I would leave it to harden a few days and shrink back as the solvents evaporate. Then i'd be rubbing it down with one of those abrasive pads from the Halfords set until it is noticably lower than the surrounding paint. Clean up the rubbings with some water and dry off, then apply the top lacquer layer. Another few days to harden and then lightly rub down the lacquer layer flush with a very mildly abrasive polish like Mer.

I'm no pro, but I get decent results on stonechips doing it my way. Someone probably has a better (and quicker) way of doing it to a good standard.

[mk7gti]

A great video http://youtu.be/6xi3xmeO6C4

[CraigW]

Best thing it use to apply touch up is a cocktail stick. Make sure you warm the paint first as it's easier to apply then apply a layer of paint to the chip. Ideally you want the paint to be fractionally above the surface as it will settle down into the chip. I don't tend to bother with the laquer as it never looks quite right. Be sure to polish the area once dry and then a sealant to protect.

[Carbon VW]

Thanks for the replys guys ! Much appreciated. Will let ye know how I get on (if it ever stops raining!!)