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Old Aug 31, 2012 | 06:09 AM
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Im thinking "fat guy little coat" from Chirs Farely. Anyways what are my options that dont look like little black blobs of paint? Are there any good solutions to rock chips?
 
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Dr. Color Chip. It takes a little practice, but it does smooth out and does not look like the typical dab & blob touch-up paint.
 
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How do you get it flush? Seems everyone says its hard to get flush
 
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The key with this is to build up the chip slowly with paint...over many hours or a few days even. Then come back and knock it down with wet 2000 grit (test this on an old body panel from a junkyard to get your technique right if you've never done it). Tiny bit of wet 2000 grit, gentle strokes and keep it wet, back/forth until it's at the level of the surrounding paint.

Then come in with #2 or #3 machine polish to get any marks out of the existing/surrounding from the 2000 grit, then wax or Rejex. Inspect. If need be, go back with #2 (#1 may be too harsh) or 3M swirl remover for dark colors.

Rotary unit might help on these - done this a few times on various cars.

Dr Color Chip is good, can help you build up the chip if you are patient. But technique is most important.
 
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