Okay- so I got ambitious and went down to a nissan dealership and grabbed one of their paint pens to touch up a number of paint chips. As so often happens with me, I must admit that while some chips actually don't look too bad, others look like I applied the paint with a cotton ball. Try as I might, just like picking at a zit before its prime, my efforts resulted in making them look worse instead of better.

Nothing throwing a little money around can't fix... if only I had some.

I figured a winter of driving would result in me needing to get some work done so I'd pretty much expected to do it.

I've looked around, and the best I've come across so far is "Chippy" car appearance from Micropaint systems in Calgary. Seemed like a genuinely good shop... but hey, that's what marketting people are for.

Anyone around town / nearby get some similar work done? Any wins? Any fails?

Thanks folks...

 

i actually fixed my paint chips yesterday and today with the nissan pen

it goes on pretty bad, but u need to let it dry for a day or 2

then take 2000 grit wetsand paper to it

then get quixx scratch remover

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows....jsp?locale=en

everything comes out flawless

 

As many of the DIYs that I see about it- the thought of going TOO deep on the wet sanding scares the hell out of me. I've seen and heard good things. I suppose I'd just need the reassurance of someone who knows what they're doing looking over my shoulder.

The ultimate question, I suppose, is would you trust a monkey to do YOUR car?

On an additional note- must admit I've gone out there and looked at it since and you're right- it does settle down a bit. Maybe you're right!

Thanks for the tip- but I'd still like a line on a good paint shop / detail shop that can be trusted to do the repair work lol

 

Touchup paint is almost entirely solvents; it will sink into the chip quite perceptibly in the first hour or so. You may actually find some of the big blobs need re-application to get them level again. I wish I knew someone in Calgary I could refer you to.

 

I had the same results when I did mine, covered the white paint but did not look the best. I got my car detailed after that it looked awesome. So either get your car detailed or try the above solution of wet sanding.

If your going to get it detailed make sure you get every chip covered prior too.

 

I'll keep my ear to the ground as well- As was said a lot of the really horrible ones settled quite a bit... but I think I'm going to run with this Chippy dealer and see what happens. At the very least I'll be able to pass or fail it for the benefit of the forum.

Admittedly, I was being impatient- I wanted it to look snuff for the meet in RD... which I didn't even attend as luck would have it. Every DIY says to be patient- which I wasn't. So I'll keep posting here as I progress as a glowing n008. With any luck the others will be reassured that even though it looks attrocious at first it can look fair if patience is adopted.

Thanks again guys

 

I have been able to repair paint chips myself using Langka. Simple to use, no risk of messing up royally as you might risk using sandpaper. It's recommended on many forums. I few years ago, Mother's was selling a "Paint Chip Repair Kit" that was a repackaged version of the Langka product.
http://www.langka.com/

I have also heard about Dr. Colorchip, but have not personally tried it myself.
http://www.drcolorchip.com/

 

I've got a few chips along the roof line that I have been meaning to get to. I noticed the other day that one of them is starting to bubble up with some rust.

I guess I better get on this before it becomes a bigger issue.

 

I just picked up a pen yesterday when I got my wiperblades to give it a try on some chips. I am very afraid though being IP and hope it matches fine, but I guess anything would look better than the chips. The drcolorchip looks very cool though, I will have to give that a try sometime as being able to do that many spots at once would be great, especially on the hood or bumper from all the gravel here.