Awesome chip repair tip man! You are helping car enthusiasts in keeping their vehicle’s cosmetic nice & neat without spending too much money. Cheers from NYC 🗽👊🏻
Tried this Technique on a pretty peppered side panel today. I was sceptic at first, but it did work well - I’d say 70% less rockchips visible. Thank you!
A massive thanks to you for posting this - I tried this for the first time on my Missano red MK1 Audi TT earlier today on the bonnet and front bumper. Was initially terrified but it’s worked a treat! I used G3 and Menzerna compounds and a ceramic Hybrid Solutions Polish. Am extremely grateful to you and will now tackle a few other imperfections the same way 👍🏼
Great video, simple snd concise steps. It gave me the confidence to do some significant road rash repair work to my front bumper and bonnet. It has made such a visual difference.
Thanks for this upload, I tried this on my Boxster as it was peppered with stone chips. It now looks like new, I can’t believe how good the results are.
Great work geez! Already subbed! Dyou think this is pretty safe in terms of not taking too much off your clear coat as youre pretty much just buffing the fresh coat of paint off and probably barely taking any off the factory clear. What you reckon? Could this be done a fair few times? Reason I ask is Ive used some of your other videos to fill up, wet sand and buff a couple deep chips and I can still see a little bit of a dip in the paint where the chips were so I thought I could use this tekkers to level off that last bit. But obviously I've already wet sanded and compounded the area so dont want to risk taking off too much clear coat! Appreciate your help mate! Keep up the good work! Best paint technician on youtube! 💪
Great video as usual. Don't know if I was seeing things but were you painting over PPF? Ahh should have watched the whole vid before commenting! Great job.
That's crazy...like I've a high powered Merc & the sides of the car are immaculate,that looks like a bad flaw in that car's design..is it an Aston ?.. Anyway fair play to you, great job 💚
Wow! I wouldn't have ever thought to do this on the PPF. I've picked up a lot of great tips and new methods from your videos. Thanks. I just wonder if we should use a solvent-type cleaners after the first cutting , before adding more paint... ?
2:32 as you start to apply the solvent based paint I question what is that white line running up the right edge of that panel you're working on? Is that a respray paint line or is the panel you're working on have a vinyl layer on it? Edit: ah, it was a PPF.
Great work as always on your channel. You have quite short videos that cover the topic of the day. Subscribed about 3 months ago. You explained greatly that a rotating tool is better than a DA. But as I'm not living in UK and are not very fond of the new shipping/import fees - I have to buy paint kit from elsewhere. Would it not be better to mix with the paint with a hardener? Otherwise wouldn't the paint go off when using a degreaser? (I use alkaline but also petroleum based degreaser during winter).
Hi Martin thanks for the comments. Maintenance wise it might be a good idea to seal the area with a ceramic or something similar. Wiping solvents over any touched in area 'could' lead to some tarnishing of the paint as you mention. The paint being base alone seems to hold up to general washing and pressure washing in my experience
Hi, not sure if youll see this comment due to age of the video. But from what ive recently learnt, A DA polisher will give better cut than a Rotary and a rotary will give a better finish than a DA. Enjoyed the video and sub'd
Sorry ummm what now? I could be wrong mate but you kinda strike me as a younger lad so I'll go easy on you this one and only time, you just starting out in the Automotive industry mate? You might not want to hear this at first, but trust me if you have a decent head on your shoulders your smart enough to know when to shut up and listen to the advice someone who knows is telling you (Automotive career spanning 30+ years Ive seen it all) 1. If you truly value a long and successful career working within the automotive industry, until you have an airtight relationship with your employer Do yourself a HUGE FAVOUR and NEVER EVER tell an industry veteran who has been working his ass off and perfecting his area of expertise LONGER THAN YOU'VE BEEN ALIVE it's not only extremely unwise but it's also out an out disrespectful (even if you mean well) as an apprentice have the sheer audacity to correct or Re educate a highly qualified/experienced tradesman on some industry fact whilst he is trying to teach you something new but this apparent "Technically Superior" information you sourced from a RUclips video?!?!? 😬 Yeah Nah I wouldn't be so inclined young fella. Trust me on that.
You also did this method on a black bumper except you wet sanded it before you buffed, Is that just to speed up the process or is it better not to wet sand it? Thanks!
@@cvrpov I tried your technique for the first time today, scratch on the door actually turned out really well, is it normal to see your finger strokes in the clear coat when you look at it on an angle when done buffing?, I do what you do but I'm in the USA ,wish I could work with you for a week to learn more tricks!
Your videos are very good. Can I just ask - it looks like the area your repaired has PPF on it (there's a fine line around the wheel arch). Is that right? Thanks again!
Just seen this video and you've saved me hundreds, as I was about to get my front bumper resprayed as its black with terrible road rash. Is it better if I use clearcoat on the chips once filled with Paint before cutting?
Could you say more about the paint? What type of paint did you use? Where was it obtained (e.g. a big box store or a specialist automotive paint supplier)?
I don’t understand the terminology you’re employing here, perhaps it is the difference between how the words are used in US versus the UK. I’ve only seen house paint sold in the manner that appears in your video.
I am confused by the number of terms/types of paint. Would a solvent based based paint be epoxy, enamel, acrylic or urethane? Or non or any of the above? I would order from paintgear, but I am in Canada, so no go on the shipping.
Is there any laqcure or gloss enhancer mixed in the solvent paint? I have the base colour for my vehicle, solvent based, no laqcure added, woild this work the same?
Can you explain how the stone chips came through the ppf as a few comments on here last similar similar to this question.. did the stone chips go through your ppf into the body paintwork
I thought PPF was supposed to be "self healing" like they get a little heat on it and it heals the rash right away? But if not, then it's like, what's the point of PPF? So when the PPF installers replace the damaged area, isn't that covered under the "10 year" or whatever warranties they give you? And how many times will they do this? In any case - what you did seems a lot easier and less expensive than dealing with PPF or detailers. Could do this on your own. Thanks!
At 4:32 it looks very poor. All of the lower area chips are as bad as before anything was done. Poor solvent paint adhesion is 100% from poor surface prep and poor application, not the diameter of the chips. Allowing the paint to cure would make the polishing easier without fouling the polishing pad.
not sure why you didn't say it had PPF on, spotted it right at the beginning then thought, 1 it's shite PPF, and 2, you're painting the PPF... very odd. you can heat the ppf also to get marks out of it.
Awesome chip repair tip man! You are helping car enthusiasts in keeping their vehicle’s cosmetic nice & neat without spending too much money.
Cheers from NYC 🗽👊🏻
That's exactly what I'm trying to do! Appreciate the feedback
Tried this Technique on a pretty peppered side panel today. I was sceptic at first, but it did work well - I’d say 70% less rockchips visible. Thank you!
A massive thanks to you for posting this - I tried this for the first time on my Missano red MK1 Audi TT earlier today on the bonnet and front bumper. Was initially terrified but it’s worked a treat! I used G3 and Menzerna compounds and a ceramic Hybrid Solutions Polish. Am extremely grateful to you and will now tackle a few other imperfections the same way 👍🏼
Fantastic, you really are changing the game with your videos 🙌🏽
Hope so mate. Subs are painfully slow!
Love all your videos. They give me the drive, confidence and know how to tackle stuff on my own car. Keep them coming and keep up the amazing work!
Great video, simple snd concise steps. It gave me the confidence to do some significant road rash repair work to my front bumper and bonnet. It has made such a visual difference.
Thanks Declan
the best paint repair channel on youtube. Easy to follow. thank you!!
great thanks... we just need more subs!
Thanks for this upload, I tried this on my Boxster as it was peppered with stone chips. It now looks like new, I can’t believe how good the results are.
Glad it helped mate thats awesome
First step remove polish that inevitably gets stuck inside the chips
Great work mate. Absolute quality customer must have been over the moon with the results🙌🙌
Yes there were. Perfect for reselling too
Another very good, easy to follow and understand instructional video. I’ve now got all the gear and, hopefully, some idea. Here goes………..
Thank you for showing how to do this, very helpful! Great work!
No problem Rick
Another great job.simple idea with stunning results. Thanx for the upload.
Thank you! Cheers!
Napa sells a mild solvent called Kleenzeasy , it will slowly remove the excess paint by softly rubbing and leaving the paint in the chips.
Looks amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Something I just never thought of doing I’m subscribed 👍🏻
Appreciate the sub Paul 👊🏻
Brilliant vid, honest & integral trade trick that can save the average punter a small fortune! Fair play mate, thank you 👍🏻
Thats exactly its intended purpose. Cheers
All your videos are so concise 👍 I've been subscribed for a few months and love this channel....as the saying goes "Keep it simple stupid".
Thanks for the support mate
Great work geez! Already subbed! Dyou think this is pretty safe in terms of not taking too much off your clear coat as youre pretty much just buffing the fresh coat of paint off and probably barely taking any off the factory clear. What you reckon? Could this be done a fair few times? Reason I ask is Ive used some of your other videos to fill up, wet sand and buff a couple deep chips and I can still see a little bit of a dip in the paint where the chips were so I thought I could use this tekkers to level off that last bit. But obviously I've already wet sanded and compounded the area so dont want to risk taking off too much clear coat! Appreciate your help mate! Keep up the good work! Best paint technician on youtube! 💪
stunning vid bro and great content az allways love the channel bro
Cheers pal
Great video as usual. Don't know if I was seeing things but were you painting over PPF? Ahh should have watched the whole vid before commenting! Great job.
Yeh it was the ppf that was shot up on this one
Looks great. Can this method be used on any area for example the bonnet? Thanks
Yes, absolutely
Yet again brilliant
Cheers mike
Great video and really useful. What would you do if you have bits of rust within the chips?
Clean those out 1st
This looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing 👍🏿
No probs
That's crazy...like I've a high powered Merc & the sides of the car are immaculate,that looks like a bad flaw in that car's design..is it an Aston ?..
Anyway fair play to you, great job 💚
Alot of cars suffer from this. Porsche and Aston are terrible
Bmw mines awful.
Hi Your method is most impressive. Will this method work if the existing car paint is cellulose paint.
Please keep doing videos mate there’s are amazing
Awesome job bud...
Thanks
I do the same in Syd with my coupe cheers great work.
Nice one mate 👌🏼
Wow! I wouldn't have ever thought to do this on the PPF. I've picked up a lot of great tips and new methods from your videos. Thanks. I just wonder if we should use a solvent-type cleaners after the first cutting , before adding more paint... ?
Made a BIG difference!!
Great result as always 👍🏻
Thanks 👍🏻
Thanks man
Great clips my friend love the work u do stay safe.
@@cvrpov appreciate it, thanks brother! ❤
Would this type of repair be acceptable on a lease vehicle prior to inspection and collection?
Yes I've done many. The idea of taking your eye off things works really well with lease returns
Very nice job!
Thank you! Cheers!
Spot on as usual 😊
Great tips! Going to try it soon.
2:32 as you start to apply the solvent based paint I question what is that white line running up the right edge of that panel you're working on? Is that a respray paint line or is the panel you're working on have a vinyl layer on it?
Edit: ah, it was a PPF.
Ppf yep 👍🏻
Now to try it!
Good luck
brilliant mate !
Thanks
Great work as always on your channel. You have quite short videos that cover the topic of the day. Subscribed about 3 months ago. You explained greatly that a rotating tool is better than a DA. But as I'm not living in UK and are not very fond of the new shipping/import fees - I have to buy paint kit from elsewhere. Would it not be better to mix with the paint with a hardener? Otherwise wouldn't the paint go off when using a degreaser? (I use alkaline but also petroleum based degreaser during winter).
Hi Martin thanks for the comments. Maintenance wise it might be a good idea to seal the area with a ceramic or something similar. Wiping solvents over any touched in area 'could' lead to some tarnishing of the paint as you mention. The paint being base alone seems to hold up to general washing and pressure washing in my experience
Fantastic ❤ really helped me.
Nice one
Can you use basic touch up lacquer as well?
How long do you have to wait between putting on the paint and buffing it off?
Do you prepare the varnish before starting the process? You're definitely washing it, but is there anything else?
Just solvent basecoat no varnish
Great job amazing what you could do how long do you think the paint would hold ?
Seems to hold up pretty well mate
Hi, not sure if youll see this comment due to age of the video. But from what ive recently learnt, A DA polisher will give better cut than a Rotary and a rotary will give a better finish than a DA.
Enjoyed the video and sub'd
Sorry ummm what now? I could be wrong mate but you kinda strike me as a younger lad so I'll go easy on you this one and only time, you just starting out in the Automotive industry mate? You might not want to hear this at first, but trust me if you have a decent head on your shoulders your smart enough to know when to shut up and listen to the advice someone who knows is telling you (Automotive career spanning 30+ years Ive seen it all)
1. If you truly value a long and successful career working within the automotive industry, until you have an airtight relationship with your employer Do yourself a HUGE FAVOUR and NEVER EVER tell an industry veteran who has been working his ass off and perfecting his area of expertise LONGER THAN YOU'VE BEEN ALIVE it's not only extremely unwise but it's also out an out disrespectful (even if you mean well) as an apprentice have the sheer audacity to correct or Re educate a highly qualified/experienced tradesman on some industry fact whilst he is trying to teach you something new but this apparent "Technically Superior" information you sourced from a RUclips video?!?!? 😬 Yeah Nah I wouldn't be so inclined young fella. Trust me on that.
Good one mate. Do you prep, clean with wax and grease before you start the the job ? Cheers from NZ
Yes. Clean the surface first. Less chance of creating scratches
Yeah its always a good idea to do this. The car had just been washes prior to me working on it
You also did this method on a black bumper except you wet sanded it before you buffed, Is that just to speed up the process or is it better not to wet sand it? Thanks!
I wanted to round off the jagged chips on the one I sanded
@@cvrpov I tried your technique for the first time today, scratch on the door actually turned out really well, is it normal to see your finger strokes in the clear coat when you look at it on an angle when done buffing?, I do what you do but I'm in the USA ,wish I could work with you for a week to learn more tricks!
Great stuff
Cheers
unbelievable ... love it.. just subscribed. I've been watching all your videos
Welcome aboard!
Your videos are very good. Can I just ask - it looks like the area your repaired has PPF on it (there's a fine line around the wheel arch). Is that right? Thanks again!
Thanks for watching. Yes it's ppf. It works on both ppf and non ppf arch areas
What’s “PPF”?
@@martynsamsom8237Paint Protection Film.
@@martynsamsom8237paint protection film
Paint protection film @@martynsamsom8237
Just seen this video and you've saved me hundreds, as I was about to get my front bumper resprayed as its black with terrible road rash.
Is it better if I use clearcoat on the chips once filled with Paint before cutting?
Glad you enjoyed the content. I personally don't clear coat after. Maybe a ceramic?
Top tip mate 👍 where would I get this paint from to do a quartz grey car? Cheers
Hi David a local paint supplier or my company www.paintgear.co.uk supply solvent paint and paint kits for UK customers. Thanks for watching
Top man 👍 great channel
Indeed great clip I do the same with my coupe in Syd great tips
I have a black car. Would this work using T Cut Colour fast with the black paint in instead of the solvent paint you’ve used in this video?
Nice. Works this on Silver?
Could you say more about the paint? What type of paint did you use? Where was it obtained (e.g. a big box store or a specialist automotive paint supplier)?
It was solvent paint from a local small paint supplier. Just normal solvent basecoat
My company www.paintgear.co.uk supply paint to the 🇬🇧
I don’t understand the terminology you’re employing here, perhaps it is the difference between how the words are used in US versus the UK. I’ve only seen house paint sold in the manner that appears in your video.
Solvent based paints are those are cleaned up using thinners (turpentine) as opposed to just water.
Very impressed 👀👌
I am confused by the number of terms/types of paint. Would a solvent based based paint be epoxy, enamel, acrylic or urethane? Or non or any of the above? I would order from paintgear, but I am in Canada, so no go on the shipping.
Theres 2 types of paint these days for cars. Solvent and waterbased. This is solvent paint
DUDE!! You can clearly see the seams of the PPF. This is not a paint chip removal. You are just polishing the PPF lol. Nice trick!
It works on paint too. Exactly the same. Check other videos
Great work
Is there any laqcure or gloss enhancer mixed in the solvent paint? I have the base colour for my vehicle, solvent based, no laqcure added, woild this work the same?
Yes just solvent paint on its own will work
I have a Vantage and it has exactly this issue. The paint seems to have no resistance to chips whatsoever.
Very easily chipped. I work on alot of astons
I’ve found a DA really doesn’t work for this. I can only guess the orbit drags the paint out where the rotary tends not to
I never use a Da on this method
Can you explain how the stone chips came through the ppf as a few comments on here last similar similar to this question.. did the stone chips go through your ppf into the body paintwork
I'm liking this a lot, so where can I get some solvent paint for a Orange Toyota code H8R?
www.paintgear.co.uk
@@cvrpov perfect, many thanks 👍
👍👍👍👍🇬🇧
So, that happened on an area with PPF?
I have used this technique on darker coloured cars, but always struggle to know how best to tackle silver due to the way it drys darker, any tips?
This method doesn't work well on silver. Silver cars are difficult to do any kinda work on
I thought the whole idea of PPF was so it prevented stone chips etc. Was thinking of getting my car done, might not now....🤔
Now stick some mudflaps on they help a lot!!
True.
Nice
Can same method be used on a front bumper, with alot of stone chips?
Yes, absolutely
Question hi my friend with the road rash would use Base coat add hardner yes or not then after that is fine use a cutting compound yes
i just used solvent base mate, unthinned
@@cvrpov cheers
Best
🙏🏼
Awesome ty
No problem
Would this work on magic black paint? Metallic
Yes
@@cvrpov would clear coat need to be applied on top?
@@richardpalmer4936 the base seems to hold up fine
@@cvrpov perfect, would this work on stone chipped front wings?
@@richardpalmer4936 yes 👍🏻
I thought PPF was supposed to be "self healing" like they get a little heat on it and it heals the rash right away?
But if not, then it's like, what's the point of PPF?
So when the PPF installers replace the damaged area, isn't that covered under the "10 year" or whatever warranties they give you? And how many times will they do this?
In any case - what you did seems a lot easier and less expensive than dealing with PPF or detailers. Could do this on your own.
Thanks!
🤩
I just realized he said the chips are in the PPF, the very film that is supposed to stop paint chips. lol
👏👏👏
You’re like a car version modern day Michelangelo
A set of mudflaps saves the problems, remember them. 😢😂
But look ugly
No they don't 😂😂
Sooner have mud flaps than paint damage, and rust no brainer
Hang on...
That had PPF on it? 🧐
It did
Was thinking the same. So he repaired over the installed PPF!?
🎉🎉🎉👌🏽✅
👊🏻
You do realise that has PPF on that panel?
He mentioned that on the video. Still works on PPF
@@marcosvaldes8910 just be easier to replace with new PPF and no chips.
At 4:32 it looks very poor. All of the lower area chips are as bad as before anything was done. Poor solvent paint adhesion is 100% from poor surface prep and poor application, not the diameter of the chips. Allowing the paint to cure would make the polishing easier without fouling the polishing pad.
Gonna have to disagree but thanks
Awesome work mate do you provide any courses or can you recommend any good place for a course
Online this channel mate. I have more content to come
not sure why you didn't say it had PPF on, spotted it right at the beginning then thought, 1 it's shite PPF, and 2, you're painting the PPF... very odd. you can heat the ppf also to get marks out of it.
It works with and without ppf