Quixx Stone Chip Repair Kit - Red

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We have previously been impressed with Hycote’s aerosol can paint, although the spray tins didn’t seem great value if you were trying to repair a big area. For stone chips the smaller amount of liquid in the container is unlikely to matter, unless you’ve been driving behind a gritter lorry. Our latest blog can help you remove chips and scratches from your vehicle with its top tips on removing scratches from your car paintwork. When Not To Try a DIY Stone Chip Repair?

To deal with chip damage, we’ve produced our own range of chip, and car scratch repair pens. You simply pop the cap and cover chips and heavier scratches. As the paint dries, it blends in with the finish of your car, making scratches and chips disappear. If your windscreen has become damaged at the same time, you can book a windscreen chip repairProtect your paint and body. While a chip repair kit is designed to restore areas of chipped vehicle paint, these kits can also offer two more significant benefits. They can seal your exterior paint and prevent the metal body underneath from developing rust. Every car features a layer of clear coat over its paint job, which helps protect the paint and keep rust from eating away at your car body. When paint starts to chip, the entire exterior of your vehicle is suddenly at an increased risk of these dangers. But when you apply a chip repair kit, you’ll also restore the lost clear coat and reinforce the protection your car needs. The process is fairly easy, and the color perfectly matches your car. There's a very large variety of color choices that 100 percent match the OEM finish. It's a three-step advanced touch-up kit that produces professional results, and it includes a solution that removes extra paint and corrects application mistakes.

The Ford paint looked cheap next to the Chipex though, which seemed like it offered a sophisticated selection of tools and fluids but actually didn’t make it any easier to get a decent finish. If you have a rare colour, it might be one of your only choices though. You dab the touch-up paint onto the chip, wait for it to dry and then wipe off excess to using a special blending liquid and cloth. Once you are happy with the result you can polish it using a supplied fluid and microfibre cloth. Using it is very satisfying, but deeper or larger chips need several coats to build up, with at least five minutes drying time in between applications. After five coats – each with a new swab and fresh pair of gloves – we gave up. The result was no better than the cheaper kits, which makes it impossible to justify the price unless your car is a very rare colour which no one else can match. Ford ServiceIf you've applied the Chipex system correctly, your stone chip repair should be a success, and you'll hardly notice where the ugly marks had been. You've also protected the area from rust and bubbling - brilliant!