MK5 Golf GTI
General => Detailing => Topic started by: Snoopy on July 21, 2011, 06:56:27 pm
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Anyone here used chipex http://www.chipex.co.uk/ any good?
I have a few stone chips and thanks to a fiat driver this morning a nasty one on the rear quarter above the fuel flap down to the metal. I was wondering if this stuff actually worked as well as advertised?
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Hmm, looks good and seems to offer a much better finish than your usual touch up stick!
Would be good to get some feedback on anyone that has actually used it?
If not I might take the plunge and give it a go :smiley:
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I have used this product.
But would i recommend it? Its difficult to comment as eveyone has different expectation levels :laugh:
I think if your looking to fill in one big stone chip then you will always see it as your searching for it. However if your car has tiny little chips all over the car then this product is good at masking them, from 2 metres away my car looks great. Of course if you put your face right up to the bumper you will still see tiny imperfections, though they will be the colour of the car instead of primer :happy2: Of course chipex do recommend building up the paint in stages and then you can improve the imperfections further.
Its the same as using a touch up stick, with the right patience and practice of the technique you can get good results.
I did find that when you put the paint onto the chips, if you rub too hard with the remover fluid you can easily remove the excess, then all the paint that you have filled into the chip. You have to use the correct pressure, or it can be a case of letting the paint dry for longer. But with letting it dry for longer its still really easy to end up removing too much of the paint and your back to having a chip with no paint in it. I know it sounds obvious not to rub too hard, but the difference between getting a good result or being back to square one isnt alot of pressure difference.
By the time i got good at it i ended up running out of the remover fluid :sad1: Chipex give you loads of paint but not quite enough remover fluid for the job in my opinion, however more can be orderd separately.
Of course this review is my opinion of the product. Someone else may use it and have perfect results instantly. I just found it took a bit of practice :jumping:
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I agree with the above post. Leaving it too long and it is a pain to get off with the removing solvent and often ends up removing the paint from the chip. Leave it for too little time or rub the solvent in too much and it does the same thing. It took me a while to get the balance right.
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I used this previously on my Grey BMW which didn’t give very good results.
I think it would work better with darker colours… anyone tried it with Tornado red?