Chipex Car Scratch Repair - Review from a first time user!
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Today I'm trying out the Chipex paint repair system on a scratch on my car. Overall, I'm very impressed! I didn't think it would come out this well - this looks a lot better than any repair I've attempted using an OEM paint touch-up kit.
Sorry for the poor sound quality in the video, guys. I'm going to get some new gear so I can record better videos with clearer sound and less background noise. If anyone can recommend any good audio kit and recording techniques it would be much appreciated!
Well done. Building up layers of paint will help fill the scratch as the solvents evaporate. If you can't see where the scratch is from about a metre away, then you've done well.
Good video. Ive used these kits on 3 previous cars with good results. As you say - not perfect, but once repaired you kind of have to know where the damage was in order to spot it.
@@malachijasper755 Dunno if you give a shit, but your girlfriend said to say hi.
Great video, many thanks for taking the time to produce and upload it. I'm ordering a kit for my Audi tomorrow based on your review!
A good honest review, I purchased after watching this video. Thank you
The edges are caused by the paint lifting around the edges of the damaged area, so it's best to give it a rub down with very fine sandpaper first. 2500 grit or something.
Don't worry about scratching it, once it's polished, it will be like new.
That’s what I was thinking sanding it and then polishing it for a better result
Would you wet the area 1st before sanding
@@ashsanders7487I did, yeah. I used wet and dry sandpaper.
@@mackinsvii9022 thanks, I think you should post a video lol
Great video - I’m looking forward to tackling a few stone chips when it arrives in the post. Very helpful.
Thanks mate. Perfect and fair review. Appreciate your contribution!
Let me know how you get on with Chipex if you try it yourself!
If you can't see the repair, then the jobs a 'good un'. Great video
Hi Jack, did you try layering the paint after the first application of paint?
I bought the kit as a friend (who is no longer with us 😁) keyed the car on the way out of the passenger side, leaving a 15mm scratch down to the primer.
I was getting good results initially but I found that the blending solution was taking the paint back out of the scratch, after 4 attempts I managed to work around it by only applying one coat of paint, while the primer is now completely covered, you can still see the surface difference in the light and is painfully obvious still.
I suspect that this may have been to down to technique as I was swiping the blending solution across the scratch, not lengthways. So I wondered if you ever gave yours a second attempt as your repair seems to be slightly under the surface?
It's a real shame, the car is only 4000 miles old and was pretty much mint until this scratch appeared, I'll give it another go Sunday.
EDIT: I gave this another go as mentioned and I got much much better results using the kit with particular methods.
1. I'd pull the hairs off the touch up sticks and just use the plastic to dab/push the paint in, you will get far better adhesion this way as the excess paint won't stick to the good paint too much. It is VITAL that you get as little touch up onto the undamaged paint as humanly possible, as this will either prove difficult to remove when leveling, or cause you to take too much touch up out of the repair, thus it will affect the end result. You can re-use the same stick again later if you wish.
2. I wiped the blending solution lengthways along the scratch, so it always stays level to the panel, therefore it doesn't pull the paint out.
Patience is key, the sooner you use the blending solution once applied to the cloth, the faster it will level, but remember, you can wait for it to dry a little bit if you want to take it down bit by bit when finishing.
3. I ignored using the bog standard Chipex polish and used a DA + Autoglym Rapid Renovator, the colour match is far far better.
I then used Super Resin Polish to finish, as this contains loads of filler agents, it helps disguise the touch up quite well.
Like your repair, there is an edge of paint that is still present, the MOP reduced this with each pass, but ultimately, 3000 grit is the only proper solution to this, but as I'm working with sub 25 microns of lacquer (Mazda paint is VERY thin and fragile) I don't want to run the risk of losing too much lacquer that the finish looks dull, so it's best left alone for the time being.
Either way, this was far better than ignoring the damage and losing sleep over it/going nuts and getting it filled and resprayed over a 15mm scratch, in turn may make things worse... it's by no means perfect, in offset light, you will never see it, but overhead you will only see it catch the light which only the perfectionist will spot from no more than 2m away.
For those interested:
imgur.com/a/SfULe6L
Great video - appreciate the time you took to make it. Great results - and a handsome redhead... what's not to like? :) Ordering a kit now.
Good video, I just used this product on my Suzuki Celerio for some deep stone chips on my roof that went rusty during lockdown. Found your video because the official ChipEX video was not working. You are bang on about the microbrushes...they are excellent and, as you said, a lot better than any regular touch-up paint supplied brush. Thanks pal.
Did your repair last due to the rust or did you remove to rust before hand?
@@ptrckmuir sorry for the late reply, I removed the rust beforehand
@@davidbarr5783 thank you for helping.
One paint colour has several shades so without matching the correct shade it might be darker or lighter , black colour is the easiest to match and most whites are aswell , silver and gold is normally the hardest to match
Next time you do this you need to press it in with your finger before stages 2/3. You’ll get better results.
thanks for uploading this
THIS VIDEO HELPED ME LOADS THANKS A LOT 😁👍🙏
Very helpful... especially as I have a red mini too!!
Good review - just ordered a chipex kit for my r53 Mini project, just to tidy it up until I get it fully resprayed.
Good luck! Let us know how you get on with it
Thanks any idea in a larger clip size of a thump nail . Thx
Where is he looking at?
I would drive 500 miles, and I would drive 500 more 😂
I’m Scottish born and bred only 10 miles away from Auchtermuchty , where the Proclaimers are from. But just couldn’t help myself with the wee dig at ginger baws 🤣🤣 all in good fun.
@@Swedefx God bless Henrik Larson 🇸🇪👍
Did you use the polisher and compound? What results did it achieve?
I did machine polish it afterwards and it didn't make a whole lot of difference. I was still really happy with the results, though!
Thanks for the info. I’m about to try and tidy up my car before selling it with this kit.
This product is a brilliant colour match is near perfect works well
Mate great video appreciate it but my experience was not the same outcome as yours
@@Jackster thank Sr and I appologies for my comment I will emediately delete it
@@mm-ct1to Sorry! I meant to send this reply to another comment haha. I'll delete my reply.
@@Jackster no worries Sr 🙏
I wonder, is it way differen stuf than the bmw touch up paint stick ?
Did you try it before ?
Great video. Thanks 😊👍
Useful video, did you machine polish it afterwards?
I did machine polish it afterwards and it actually made very little difference to the appearance. I’m still really happy with how it turned out, though.
Great Vid - thanks
Thanks for the vid.
Should have rubber at 90 degrees of the scratch.
Does it work with bigger marks like as long as your actual door?
It will work with bigger marks, but I don't think the result would be as good. With a scratch as long as the door I think you'd probably be better looking at getting that area resprayed.
It's only visible because the colour's wrong 😩
my paint is deep sky blue how do i blend this in few stone chips i did get your kit before thank you car astra j elite 13 reg
How did you find the kit worked with your car? It’s tricky to blend it in, but the paint colour should be a close enough match that extensive blending shouldn’t be needed. Remember, it won’t be perfect, but it should look OK.
@@Jackster very good kit well worth the money
Thanks 👍
Thanks for the informative video, it looks like a decent product. Any idea how it stands up to jet washing?
I didn't have any issues with jet washing thankfully. Once it sets it seems to set pretty well!
Do you think this would work with a rick chip aswell?
Just realised you said you’d try it on your rock chips on the bonnet. Please record and post this mate thanks
I haven’t got this car anymore unfortunately, but once I get some rock chips on my new car I’ll give it a go 👍🏻
@@Jackster good man cheers
Yeah bad color match. Too dark. But good work and prob needed more coats for fill the gouge.
10:53 man oh man that made me laugh 🤣
How could anyone be happy with chip repair system that has a completely different shade to the colour of the car? I purchased Chipex recently and it's absolute garbage. The colour doesn't match, it changes colour when polished and always has a clear halo around the touch-up paint. I complained and got a refund and I would suggest people stay away from it.
Thanks for your comment. I was really happy with how Chipex performed on my Mini Cooper S - the colour match was just about right and the final finish was much better than what I achieved using the OEM touch up paint.
I found it to perform less well on my new BMW Z4. My Mini had solid red paint whereas the BMW paint has a little bit of metallic flake in it and I think it's harder to get that right in a touch-up paint system. I'm still happy with the results, but it's not as good.
That's interesting you mention a clear halo - I never experienced that at all when I used this on my Mini but I've found something similar a few times when using Chipex on my BMW. I wonder if it's something you only get with certain paint codes.
@@Jackster possibly mate, mine is a Polar White Mercedes.
@@cb8491 hmmm, apparently that's a solid white rather than metallic so it should have been fine. That's a shame the colour wasn't a good match :-( At least you got a refund.
across the pond here. i had to wet sand the finished product after because the blending solution was as useless as water. then polish with #7 dupont compound. very dissapointed. color was way off after application.
@@stevennix8680 My car is metallic blue. I found the colour match to be good, but like you I found the blending solution to be useless as it kept changing the colour of the applied paint. I tried waiting longer so the solution had dried a little and it still changed it. I waited longer but then it had virtually dried and the block and cloth did nothing!
How did it look after the Ultimate compound?
It didn’t look that different really. It removed all of the scratches put in by rubbing the blending solution on the paint, but it didn’t really do anything to help hide the edge around the repair.
Loved your video thank you!!!
That colour match is terrible.
Lol 100% color match guarantee they say...
Mine was absolutely perfect.
Wax on , Wax off Jimmy
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Please record videos away from noisy roads !!
I recorded this last year - my latest video has much better sound! Thanks for watching 😃
Sounds like he's in a warzone :)
This worked like a charm for me I can’t even see the rock chip anymore on my car! It’s like magic 🪄