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Genre: Autos & Vehicles
Date of upload: Mar 8, 2019 ^^
Rating : 4.801 (1,441/27,510 LTDR)
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Some notes:
3:00 marking chip to be repaired with wax pen
5:00 wet sanding around area with, 1500 for hard paint or 2500 grit for soft paint. Until surface is smooth
5:25 Thinners to clean area
6:05 apply base colour with small brush or toothpick
7:40 clear coat
9:35 sanding
10:00 fine sanding 3000-4000 grit
10:45 polish/compound. for soft paint: medium compound on foam polishing pad
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Yeah man, this is how you do it. And its explained in a manner so that even a novice can get the same results (given the right tools and PATIENCE) I would like to stress that to "APPLY NO PRESSURE against the surface while sanding" is of utmost importance let the sandingpaper do ALL the work. You did mention it, but it cannot be stressed enough to the inexperienced.
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Great video. Based on your tutorials, I did my 17' Range Rover Sport, in Cassin Grey. Prepped 30 spots or so, and a couple door dings, in about four hours. Prepped paint with 4/6 Sonax compound, isopropyl wipe down. Marked spots with small post-it stickers, so as not to contaminate spots with wax pen. Sanded with 2000 grit paper initially. but only in 1/2" circles. Cleaned chips with "farmers reducer", a bodyshop thinner on q-tips. Applied 4 coats OEM touch up paint, and 4-6 coats of OEM clear, with a 1mm artists brush($2). Following weekend, sanded with 2500 & 4000 grit, wet paper. Iso wipe, Sonax 4/6, compound again, and then did entire car with Chemical Guys V38 final compound, two coats Jet Seal, and four coats Zymol Carbon paste. All machine applied with a Festool rotax 125 RO, Griots orange pads on compound, red pads for polish, black pads for wax. Distilled water rinse and microfiber hand buff.
All done, I spend about $300 on consumables and 20 hours over two weekends.
You'd be hard pressed to find the chips now, and I'm over the moon about the results. I caught my boss touching my car in the office parking lot. said it felt like "wet", lol.
Thanks so much for the videos. One of the only zero-hype, zero brand fan-boy channels on here, with solid techniques.
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Great video Sandro. This is without a doubt, the best "touch up" work on rock chips I have ever seen done outside of a professional respray. Also the most outstanding results in the end by any professional detailer. Thanks for sharing your many years of experience with us enthusiasts out here in the world. I have to fix about six or eight rock chips on my red Nissan 370Z which also has very soft paint. After viewing this video it gave me a more in depth understanding of how to approach doing a more professional job on my chips. If my repair looks half as good as yours, I would be totally thrilled. Fortunately I have a Flex PXE-80 which hopefully will assist in achieving some great finishing results. I just have to pick up a few of those small 1" sanding disc's and a few of those finger sanding blocks in various grades. Thanks again for this great information and demonstration/tutorial! I've said it before and I will say it again, you are one of the BEST expert/master detailers on this entire planet! They should give you an Honorary PHD in Automotive Detailing! Dr. Sandro. The Doctor is in! š
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@CarCraftAutoDetailing
3 years ago
This video is really all about trying to get the best possible results and outcome for a small stone chip, for those of you that have a little experience under youāre belt. However if youāve never touched up, sanded or corrected automotive paint in the past, this really isnāt the best starting paint, as there is a learning curve we all need to go through before getting to this stage. The best way to safely buildup your skill set is to grab a cheap car panel from a car wreckers and use that to practice on before attempting it on your beloved car!
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