Stone Chip Repair! lots of pics!

dino · Post by **dino** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:53 pm

Been meaning to do this for months but only jsut got the balls to take wet and dry to the paint! Very daunting to begin with...

Last weekend i filled in the chips with paint i brought from VW applied with a toothpick allowing a blob of paint over it. Only managed to get a few pics of them but there was about 15 blobs around the bonnet.

Plus a scratch that has been on the car since i brought it got some attention.

To remove the sanding mark's i used 4" Light Cut pad with Menz IP. 2 set's using slow cut method followed by 1 pass of Menz FF over the whole bonnet.

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:07 am

Some good results there Dino, you're braver than me as well.

I don't think I'd have the bottle to wet and dry any of the car

dino · Post by **dino** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:08 am

Trust me it's taken me months to do it! I've been putting it off but thought i need to try it and if i f**k it up i'll just get someone to sort it!

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:12 am

That's the way to look at it I suppose, if it goes wrong then get it sorted, if it works you've saved a fair bit of money.

Randall · Post by **Randall** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:18 am

Your a brave one!

Top Results though

DanDiesel · Post by **DanDiesel** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:21 am

ur very brave mate!! at least you got the results that you wanted! top work!

mfa-polo · Post by **mfa-polo** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 1:32 pm

Excellent work Dean!

mfa-polo · Post by **mfa-polo** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 1:33 pm

Excellent work Dean!

adamvfr · Post by **adamvfr** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 2:54 pm

Excellent results there.

What wet and dry grade did you use? Got any links to the products that you have used.

Ive got a couple of light scratches that need sorting, would my best bet be something like meguiars scratch x?

Cheers

dino · Post by **dino** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:57 pm

P2000 wet and dry.

Products used were bought from Clean and Shiny and Polished Bliss.

adamvfr · Post by **adamvfr** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:41 pm

Cheers dino.

For the light scratch did you add any paint or just lightly sand down with the 2000 straight away? Then on to the Menz IP

Cheers for the info, you are some what of a detailing expert.

adamvfr · Post by **adamvfr** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:03 pm

Just relised i would need a Pc to use them products

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To get the best out of hand i guess i would use scratchx.

What type of pad should i use with it?

dino · Post by **dino** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:19 am

i added a little paint on the scratch before sanding.

With Scratch-X you would be there hours trying to remove sanding marks tbh.

bombertdi · Post by **bombertdi** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:08 pm

dino wrote:i added a little paint on the scratch before sanding.

With Scratch-X you would be there hours trying to remove sanding marks tbh.

Any suggestions on the best product for removing sanding marks by hand ??

Thanks

M7 · Post by M7 » Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:41 pm

i think i need to do that...one day i'l grow the balls to do it!