Even though I don't want to do any paint repairs this was one of the most enjoyable 16 minutes I've spent on RUclips. It's always a joy to watch a true craftsman at work.
If I didn't see this process with my own eyes, I would have never believed that chip was fixed with a squeegee! If was the owner of that Ferrari, I would be ecstatic at that repair! So glad I found your channel!
That looks great! Looks like the key is patience, as it’s not something you knock out in 10 minutes like I think many do with touch-up paint. The car “normies” will never understand the pain of a rock ship or to what lengths enthusiasts will go to get their baby back to pristine condition!
@@cvrpov I've got almost the exact same stone chip in the same place on my bonnet. As well as a couple of touched up little places from the previous owner. Super confident now I can get these same results with a fraction of the effort I expected. Already have the professional touch up kit delivered last month, so looks like my weekend is set. Cheers mate.
Recently sold my Mini Cooper, it had a lot of small chips and surface scratches around the front and bonnet, being BRG metallic really showed up. Was quoted £650 to paint, i went to BMW and got three official touch up stick's, and spent over 3 hour's touching them all in. Left overnight, same procedure with laquer, and left again. Borrowed my friends machine polisher, lightly flatted the area's with 2000 wet n dry with lot's of fairy liquid, and buffed, the results were remarkable, sold the it to the first viewer at full asking price. Thanks for these videos that gave me the confidence to carry it out.
Also a retired auto body tech, over all a decent job! Although I am a little concerned about the amount of clear coat removed which is what is going to keep that basecoat from fading, perhaps go ahead and scuff that up a tad with the gray scotch bright and spray some more 2k clear about 4-5" out from center, then polish. FYI, didn't we retire laquer paint in the '60s?👍😎
There is a better faster way of doing this, instead of using a squeegee, use a paint brush to only build up the area where paint is missing and low. For a repair like this it takes a few applications to get enough build that is then followed by select sanding with a tiny block to minimise paint removal surrounding the repair area. Occasionally if the colour match isn't perfect, blending thinners can be applied and once polished you will not see the repair. When I owned my own repair business I often did these repairs for no charge in the process of doing other work because I could do them in a very short amount of time and it kept customers loyal to me.
@@cvrpov Yes it's the same thing essentially, it's just a better faster way of doing the same thing. Using the brush method, you use less material, you remove less material and you typically only sand once. What that means is I could do a number of chips in the amount of time the method shown here takes. And that's what I'd do if say for example I was already going to buff a whole car, I'd first mix up a small amount of paint and just walk around the car and build up all the chips, then I use a tiny square block to sand them flat often with the sanded area being no larger than a coin and then just polish the car as normal. The result to the customer often looked as though I had resprayed their entire car for what took me minutes of extra work and just a few dollars of material.
@@best4broken The brush is irrelevant. I typically use the cheapest artist brushes I can find. The goal is to get build but to keep that build only in the area that is low and not be adding paint to the surrounding area. For chips you will typically need a number of layers or touches with the brush but the idea is to get just enough build to be able to quickly sand it flat with a tiny block.I'd typically use a block that is about a half inch cube for a chip repair. Keep in mind this kind of repair is only suitable for solid colours.
Not many people would be brave enough to tackle the paintwork on a Ferrari. Well done this vid was a joy to watch. Content and skill level amazing. So pleased i found your channel. Just what i have been looking for. Top job.👍
Not really any different to any other car. The oooo it's a ferrari is in your head. Paint repair, respray its the same process regardless of the badge.
It's great watching a master in his trade. But it's easy to see where it becomes more cost effective to repair and respray the bonnet if there are a number of chips in the paint. I had a luxury car with a number of chips in the front where I had the front end resprayed. It made a huge difference in the appearance.
I've been watching a ton of RUclips videos lately on paint chip repairs, and I have to say that there isn't anyone out there better than you. Very impressive! Cheers!
I have to say you have the best tutorials on paint chip/scratch repair I've seen so far on RUclips. I do like your advice in your other videos about tempering your expectations of these touch up repairs. Considering the time & expense of a respray, your methods & out comes are outstanding. Good show sir!
another method for small stone chips is to fill them with paint using a thin pointed stick, a cocktail stick is often just right, let it be higher than the painted surface so it is proud of the paintwork then let it dry for a few days and then lay a razor blade on the car's paintwork and slice the high spot off bringing it down to the right height, T-Cut and polish accordingly, the trick with stone chips is to not damage any undamaged paintwork, IE sanding it, making the stone chip bigger etc, people tend to remove paint hat doesn't need removing then they try to replace the paint they just removed,
@@ovejeromdyou must’ve missed that part……. He put the clear on after the paint, once the clear dried, he wet sand it to level & then buff/polished. It’s cleared there’s nothing else left to do(the clear is there).
Such good nonesense free content, keep it up! Best chip repair video yet, straight to the point in simple step by step for the DIY guy. Some channels act like people have a PHD in paint repair and they lose people's interest honestly. I plan to follow this process on my CTS-V and perhaps making a video on my channel about how easy this works as DIY repair.
Great upload no excess yadda yadda , clear commentary and instructions and lastly NO annoying overdub music just the soundtrack of the work and your voice thankyou for that a lot of youtube uploaders could learn from you about how to upload good content without annoying their audience . thanksan up vote and sub from me .
Impressive work sir. Having that amount of patience through the process has always been a struggle for me, but your results speak for themselves. Great work & I learned a lot watching. Thanks!
Not much patience required as I would be doing the repairs as a side job to doing other things the actual time spent. Might be an hour…but the "process" could take all day
Wow - I was one of those kids that used to put too much car body filler on dints and spend 2 days sanding - I can't believe the finish you achieved - I thought it was going to look terrible - it is imperceptible - amazing skill.
Great technique. I have some scratches on a new to me Ford Expedition and asked a detailer how to fix and his answer was to mow it all down with a buffer. Much better to build up a layer or more. Thanks.
Sometimes the difference between entertaining and learning becomes blurred. Not a chance on this one, thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish and deserves getting a nudge up the money tree,
I am looking forward to trying this. My wife rubbed my car against a stone wall so this could be a real money saver. The autobody guy said it would cost $1000.00 to get a new bumper and could see no alternative. I'll let you know how it turns out.
This is my favourite channel. I am a car bodywork enthusiast. I don't have a business but I'm very good at bodywork. I wish I'd have started my own business back in the day. Great channel content btw. 👌
Great job . After using some of your other techniques on minor scratches with great results, this method had crossed my mind but wasn’t sure it would be successful. Great 👍🏻
I work part-time in a Halfords store. I get asked by so many customers the best way to repair chips and scratches - I've now saved the link to this fine video on my phone ready for my next shift. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this video.
I really like watching these videos, I bought a paint gear kit for my skoda yeti, had about 30 stone chips on it mostly on the bonnet, leaving it over night to dry as it quite cold now, will buff tomorrow afternoon sometime, love it when you wipe away the compound to show the shine, hope mine comes out good tomorrow.
VERY impressed the paint and clear coat was applied using just a squeegee. I'll adopt that method in future similar DIY repairs. (Previously, I would have spray-painted both the paint and clear.) I think one detail OP did not mention, WHY the white-filler should not fill the entire depth of the hole, but only fill 70%~80%: If the white filler was just slightly too thick, and actually rises above the back-layer of adjacent "good" areas, then the thickness of the new red layer is going to become thinner than adjacent areas by the end of the repair --> leading to a 'faded-red' look on that divot. Whereas, as long as there is a layer of white behind the new red, even if the new white is thinner than factory's white layer, one can keep adding more red layers to build-up the thickness until it's even with adjacent areas. By that point, the new red layer has a white behind it, so won't look like a 'darker red'.
The white was just to replicate the factory undercoat below the red and clearcoat layers. It defo helps with the coverage on red cars that require a coloured undercoat to cover nicely
Old mate quickly ascended to GOAT level applying clear coat with the squeegee! As someone who has made some horrible repairs to surfboards over the years really appreciate the skill level here.
Amazing to see how aggressive you were with the blade. Nice to see someone do it this way and see awesome results...confidence to do it myself. Thanks!
Top job. I teach this to people all the time, I have a detailing business, and I also hire and teach to less fortunate or people who could not afford to bring to a repair shop.
I would suggest using a bit of body filler or spot putty to fill the majority of the hole. You could start with the spot putty or use a dot of primer, let dry thoroughly, then apply the spot putty. That will get you much closer to level before applying the paint. I was amazed at you applying the clear coat with the same squeegee technique.
Glad I came across your videos I’m not a professional detailer but you are showing us that with some patience we can get a professional finish without any special tools. I think European car people are far better at maintaining cars than we are in the US. Great job mate!
Just came back from a trip to southeast England and Wales. Country roads mostly no shoulders just untrimmed hedges often taller than the SUV I rented. After a week my left side of car lots of scratches so I am not surprised they are skilled at buffing and scratch repair. I live in Michigan and thought our roads and drivers were crap ... after a few weeks in U.K. and I now think our roads are better, drivers are still crap :).
Truly an artistic skill to know when enough is just enough to get it right. And I call that an invisivble mend. A repair expert once told me that an invisible mend is when a person who doesn't know where the repair was made, cannot detect or notice it with the eyes at 6 feet away from the repair then that is an invisible repair. That maxim worked very well when doing furniture finishing and repairs to polished surfaces. This video was excellent.
LMAO. "NO NONSENSE REPAIRS?" Obviously you know nothing about auto repairs and painting. A little spot putty would have saved hours of nonsense. Building it up with layers of paint as he did is 'ABSURD". It will also not last long at all and will start chipping or peeling. I have painted cars for 4 decades and this is not how to do small repairs, quick repairs or easy repairs. HILARIOUS!
Really love your work mate. A true professional and I'd say an artist too as these kind of jobs are easy to get wrong if, like me, you find it hard to know exactly when to stop. Watching your work up close as you do it has really helped me learn when to stop sanding, and is saving me a tonne of time having to re-apply all over again. Thanks for sharing your knowledge in such an honest and upfront way, and for being a champion in the comments sometimes too! 🍻
Absolutely agree. I've tackled this kind of thing before and gone too far with sanding, ending up having to have a professional respray the entire panel. Watching this gives me renewed confidence to try it again.
9:09 After the 1500 sanding the chip is still low and is why it’s a darker color. I would keep adding paint until it a tad higher than the surrounding area just because I’m too fussy. What I use to fill in a chip is a fine artist paint brush then I punch out circles of 2000 grit paper with a binder hole punch the stick it on a pencils eraser end and sand away at the chip.
Just received G360 and wet and dry for first attempt at stone chip repairs over the weekend. Your videos have helped and have the confidence to do it now. Many thanks for your videos.
So glad I found your channel. I recently bought a 15 yr old Lexus with several chips (a bit smaller) like this. I’ve been working on some but with less than stellar results. You given me some very valuable information here and I am very grateful. Thanks
Literally Amazing! You've made me realise that there is no way my Porsche needs a full respray now... My chips are nothing compared to what you've just concealed on that Ferrari! 😂 I helped out at a body shop for a year or so... and although I thought I'd learnt a lot... You made this look almost too easy! Great Work!
To the unitiated, just remember that this guy has tons of experience. If this is your first shot at this, you may want to go to your local self serve auto wreckers and get a scrap piece of painted sheet metal to practice on, otherwise, you probably will mess things up royally if you try to duplicate what he's doing without some practice.
I have a couple of nicks about this size on my burnt orange harley. It's a two stage paint that I also need to prime. I've held off even trying to tackle it but I like how this turned out and am going to give it a go. Thanks!
Love your channel, you've inspired me that it's OK to make things worse before they are better. Your repair shows up the rest of the front still covered in swirl marks, looks like a good mop and polish of the whole car would have benefited the owner.
Exceptional result for relatively small effort and explained in a way that encourages us all to have a go ourselves. This sort of work is very therapeutic too! Thanks for sharing 👍
BTW, a friend of mine owned a chip repair business here in Kentucky and contracted with new car dealerships, Exclusively. Your squeegee method was the EXACT way that they repaired rock chips on Brand New cars fresh off of the transport truck with flaws from road debris.
What a good way of treating chips, scratches, key marks etc. I'm used to using spray techniques and filler for this type of damage. I will try this on a blue fiesta with a key scratch soon and film the results. Thank you so much for shariung your experience
Up to 75% of the way through this video i was doubting the process. Shouldn't have. Fantastic results. I have a few little stone chips on my bonnet that I've touched up with repair pens but the paint is sitting high. Gonna go get myself some sandpaper and have a go.
Absolutely incredible! What’s a total surprise to me as a non paint guy is how big an area you ended up wet sanding then buffing, to repair a stone chip just a few mill in diameter! But what a result, a no respray required!
Great comment. This is how its done. You try to limit your work area of course but at some point you need to swing your arm and you will go beyond the little spot, and you also want to blend your new surfacing with the existing surface.
that came out better than I thought it might, I've done these repairs and I could always tell where it was even when I thought it was good .. perhaps the guy who does the job can always tell
This is great to see this technique. I always wondered if something like that would work. Sure beats dabbing in multiple layers and having to sand off a high spot. Well done sir.
This is amazing - wish you were local to me. I just got my pre-owned X5M delivered, only to find a deep chip on the passenger front fender! I would love this repair done on my vehicle!
Its the kind of repair that nobody will see unless they knpw it is there! Well done mate, excellent blending and feathering. you are a skilled man, for sure!
Great video very informative and easy to follow I have now done my MI 16 405 Over 35 years old It has come up great looks like new Used a small artist brush a no 7 on some of the deep chips same system just brush not squeegee Thank you for the knowledge share saved me a fortune and the old girl is now safely back in garage for the winter 💯💯👍👍✅
Nice job. I've used Dr. Color chip on my car several times which I'm ok with but what I did not like was the paint would never completely fill in the chip. It looks fine until you look at an angle then you can see the chip but you did a great job here.
Among other kind of repairs on all kinds of vehicles, I also do that sort of work as well, since years, and I can say, be proud, You're an absolute PRO M8 !!
Been a subscriber I believe since shortly after you started your channel. I said it then and I'll say it again, one of the best in the business hands down. If I ever learn to make videos and edit, would do same style videos, excellent job.
I really enjoyed the video. I have seen lots of different techniques, in this particular one I would agree that the squeegee works really well. Thank you for posting
Since years i fix scratches with this easy method. Fill with paint and cover it witch transparent tape (tesa) and don't touch the tape surface when attached. I let it dry for about two days and then remove the tape and polish it after another few days when the paint hardened. Can be repeated if not good enough. Not perfect but almost invisible if you don't know where it was.
I've seen similar techniques while I worked at a body shop to fix small paint chips. This works best for solid colors. If its a pearl or metallic, chances are its gonna have to be repainted to the tiny reflective particles to lay down properly.
Excellent job, you make it look easy, tried to fix wifes new 250slk which got keyed along 2.5 body panels. Took it in for a respray on those panels in the end.☹️
Even though I don't want to do any paint repairs this was one of the most enjoyable 16 minutes I've spent on RUclips. It's always a joy to watch a true craftsman at work.
It is very admirable
If I didn't see this process with my own eyes, I would have never believed that chip was fixed with a squeegee! If was the owner of that Ferrari, I would be ecstatic at that repair! So glad I found your channel!
Thanks for the support bud
That looks great! Looks like the key is patience, as it’s not something you knock out in 10 minutes like I think many do with touch-up paint. The car “normies” will never understand the pain of a rock ship or to what lengths enthusiasts will go to get their baby back to pristine condition!
You didn't
@@cvrpov I've got almost the exact same stone chip in the same place on my bonnet. As well as a couple of touched up little places from the previous owner. Super confident now I can get these same results with a fraction of the effort I expected. Already have the professional touch up kit delivered last month, so looks like my weekend is set. Cheers mate.
i’m glad i watched this i learned something today that i never knew about before nice job
Recently sold my Mini Cooper, it had a lot of small chips and surface scratches around the front and bonnet, being BRG metallic really showed up. Was quoted £650 to paint, i went to BMW and got three official touch up stick's, and spent over 3 hour's touching them all in. Left overnight, same procedure with laquer, and left again. Borrowed my friends machine polisher, lightly flatted the area's with 2000 wet n dry with lot's of fairy liquid, and buffed, the results were remarkable, sold the it to the first viewer at full asking price. Thanks for these videos that gave me the confidence to carry it out.
Well worth the effort isn't it
That repair must have made the owner's day. Always nice to watch a craftsman at work
In all honesty it's not that difficult, just takes a bit of patience. Hardest part would be matching the colour.
WELL DONE ! I'm a retired autobody repairman, did this type of reconditioning for years. You know your ropes !
Appreciate that
Also a retired auto body tech, over all a decent job! Although I am a little concerned about the amount of clear coat removed which is what is going to keep that basecoat from fading, perhaps go ahead and scuff that up a tad with the gray scotch bright and spray some more 2k clear about 4-5" out from center, then polish.
FYI, didn't we retire laquer paint in the '60s?👍😎
Same here, started doing this when I was 19 years old, i'm 62 now and bolloxed.
@@whatsit2ya247 Lacquer lived well into the late 80's early 90's.
@@Look_What_You_Did it might have "lived" but nobody that I knew was using it, polyurethane and enamel, then came base/clear
There is a better faster way of doing this, instead of using a squeegee, use a paint brush to only build up the area where paint is missing and low. For a repair like this it takes a few applications to get enough build that is then followed by select sanding with a tiny block to minimise paint removal surrounding the repair area. Occasionally if the colour match isn't perfect, blending thinners can be applied and once polished you will not see the repair. When I owned my own repair business I often did these repairs for no charge in the process of doing other work because I could do them in a very short amount of time and it kept customers loyal to me.
Sounds very similar though really
@@cvrpov Yes it's the same thing essentially, it's just a better faster way of doing the same thing. Using the brush method, you use less material, you remove less material and you typically only sand once. What that means is I could do a number of chips in the amount of time the method shown here takes. And that's what I'd do if say for example I was already going to buff a whole car, I'd first mix up a small amount of paint and just walk around the car and build up all the chips, then I use a tiny square block to sand them flat often with the sanded area being no larger than a coin and then just polish the car as normal. The result to the customer often looked as though I had resprayed their entire car for what took me minutes of extra work and just a few dollars of material.
@@Civic.do you mind sharing what kind of brush you use for this, i would like to purchase one but don’t wanna waste time with the wrong ones lol
@@best4broken The brush is irrelevant. I typically use the cheapest artist brushes I can find. The goal is to get build but to keep that build only in the area that is low and not be adding paint to the surrounding area. For chips you will typically need a number of layers or touches with the brush but the idea is to get just enough build to be able to quickly sand it flat with a tiny block.I'd typically use a block that is about a half inch cube for a chip repair. Keep in mind this kind of repair is only suitable for solid colours.
@@Civic. when you say only suitable for solid colors, does that mean not for metallic paint?
Not many people would be brave enough to tackle the paintwork on a Ferrari. Well done this vid was a joy to watch. Content and skill level amazing. So pleased i found your channel. Just what i have been looking for. Top job.👍
It was either that or full respray of the bumper !
Not really any different to any other car. The oooo it's a ferrari is in your head.
Paint repair, respray its the same process regardless of the badge.
It's great watching a master in his trade. But it's easy to see where it becomes more cost effective to repair and respray the bonnet if there are a number of chips in the paint. I had a luxury car with a number of chips in the front where I had the front end resprayed. It made a huge difference in the appearance.
Cars a car & paint is paint
@@sahhull apart from some older models when paint is significantly worse than most cars.
I've been doing paint repair for car dealerships for 25 years, so many good procedures to fix paint damage and save the dealership thousands a month.
Definatley. Totally agree
Scratching on a Ferrari with a razor made my stomach turn, but you certainly did an astounding job on the repair!
Gotta get worse before it gets better
My thoughts exactly!
I've been watching a ton of RUclips videos lately on paint chip repairs, and I have to say that there isn't anyone out there better than you. Very impressive! Cheers!
Nice job, one of the best instructional videos I've seen, no annoying background music
Thanks for this. Given me the courage to tackle a chip on the bonnet on my 6 week old car!
Thanks for watching. Take your time and good luck. Let the paint dry accordingly.
I have to say you have the best tutorials on paint chip/scratch repair I've seen so far on RUclips. I do like your advice in your other videos about tempering your expectations of these touch up repairs. Considering the time & expense of a respray, your methods & out comes are outstanding. Good show sir!
Much better than a respray.
another method for small stone chips is to fill them with paint using a thin pointed stick, a cocktail stick is often just right, let it be higher than the painted surface so it is proud of the paintwork then let it dry for a few days and then lay a razor blade on the car's paintwork and slice the high spot off bringing it down to the right height, T-Cut and polish accordingly, the trick with stone chips is to not damage any undamaged paintwork, IE sanding it, making the stone chip bigger etc, people tend to remove paint hat doesn't need removing then they try to replace the paint they just removed,
Yep. Loads of ways to skin a cat mate thanks for the point
how is the clearcoat replaced with the method shown in this video? What happens after the compound wears off??
@@ovejeromdyou must’ve missed that part……. He put the clear on after the paint, once the clear dried, he wet sand it to level & then buff/polished. It’s cleared there’s nothing else left to do(the clear is there).
@@thomasharris5151 Ty bro I did miss that
Gotta try this out my bonnet is covered in stone chips 👍
Such good nonesense free content, keep it up! Best chip repair video yet, straight to the point in simple step by step for the DIY guy.
Some channels act like people have a PHD in paint repair and they lose people's interest honestly.
I plan to follow this process on my CTS-V and perhaps making a video on my channel about how easy this works as DIY repair.
Kind words thanks
Great upload no excess yadda yadda , clear commentary and instructions and lastly NO annoying overdub music just the soundtrack of the work and your voice thankyou for that a lot of youtube uploaders could learn from you about how to upload good content without annoying their audience .
thanksan up vote and sub from me .
appreciated thanks
Impressive work sir. Having that amount of patience through the process has always been a struggle for me, but your results speak for themselves. Great work & I learned a lot watching. Thanks!
A bit of patient and time spent can get some great results
Not much patience required as I would be doing the repairs as a side job to doing other things the actual time spent. Might be an hour…but the "process" could take all day
Wow - I was one of those kids that used to put too much car body filler on dints and spend 2 days sanding - I can't believe the finish you achieved - I thought it was going to look terrible - it is imperceptible - amazing skill.
Thanks
Great technique. I have some scratches on a new to me Ford Expedition and asked a detailer how to fix and his answer was to mow it all down with a buffer. Much better to build up a layer or more. Thanks.
Nice job 👍 been doing this job for customers they were so happy to save original paint on classic car👌
Sometimes the difference between entertaining and learning becomes blurred. Not a chance on this one, thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish and deserves getting a nudge up the money tree,
Thanks mate 👍🏻
I am looking forward to trying this. My wife rubbed my car against a stone wall so this could be a real money saver. The autobody guy said it would cost $1000.00 to get a new bumper and could see no alternative. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Good luck
This is my favourite channel. I am a car bodywork enthusiast. I don't have a business but I'm very good at bodywork. I wish I'd have started my own business back in the day.
Great channel content btw. 👌
Cheers fella welcome aboard
Some of the most helpful and practical content I've seen. Sod the haters and keep up the good work👍🏻
If you told me a chip was repaired, I would have never known. Perfect fix.
Cheers pal
Nice work mate. We do the same sort of technique in the guitar repair world. Believe it or not, super glue is often used as the clear coat.
That's pretty cool mate. Used super glue before myself actually
Doesn’t Super Glue yellow over time.
Thanks for sharing again. It's a treat to watch a professional at work. Nice work.
Great job . After using some of your other techniques on minor scratches with great results, this method had crossed my mind but wasn’t sure it would be successful. Great 👍🏻
I've got plenty of content to come. Just need you guys liking and sharing my stuff to keep things going. Cheers
That's got to be the best chip repair I've ever seen very impressed.
I work part-time in a Halfords store. I get asked by so many customers the best way to repair chips and scratches - I've now saved the link to this fine video on my phone ready for my next shift. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this video.
I really like watching these videos, I bought a paint gear kit for my skoda yeti, had about 30 stone chips on it mostly on the bonnet, leaving it over night to dry as it quite cold now, will buff tomorrow afternoon sometime, love it when you wipe away the compound to show the shine, hope mine comes out good tomorrow.
Good luck mate and just take your time and enjoy yourself
@@cvrpov Thanks mate
Great job, I didn't even know this type of repair was possible until I watched a couple of your videos.
VERY impressed the paint and clear coat was applied using just a squeegee. I'll adopt that method in future similar DIY repairs. (Previously, I would have spray-painted both the paint and clear.)
I think one detail OP did not mention, WHY the white-filler should not fill the entire depth of the hole, but only fill 70%~80%:
If the white filler was just slightly too thick, and actually rises above the back-layer of adjacent "good" areas, then the thickness of the new red layer is going to become thinner than adjacent areas by the end of the repair --> leading to a 'faded-red' look on that divot.
Whereas, as long as there is a layer of white behind the new red, even if the new white is thinner than factory's white layer, one can keep adding more red layers to build-up the thickness until it's even with adjacent areas.
By that point, the new red layer has a white behind it, so won't look like a 'darker red'.
The white was just to replicate the factory undercoat below the red and clearcoat layers. It defo helps with the coverage on red cars that require a coloured undercoat to cover nicely
What kind of paint are you using? Single stage 2k?
Old mate quickly ascended to GOAT level applying clear coat with the squeegee! As someone who has made some horrible repairs to surfboards over the years really appreciate the skill level here.
Amazing to see how aggressive you were with the blade. Nice to see someone do it this way and see awesome results...confidence to do it myself. Thanks!
It's all about the angle of the blade. Glad you enjoyed jt
t 12 minutes in I thought" I can still see the mark". 2 minutes later. "What mark?" Brilliant.
Ha, cheers for watching
Top job.
I teach this to people all the time, I have a detailing business, and I also hire and teach to less fortunate or people who could not afford to bring to a repair shop.
Nice one mate. Like that
Man that chip was SO deep !.
Not deep enough that you could not fix it though.
Brilliant repair once again, I love the longer video's - Thanks.
Defo a very tricky one this. Good as an example for everyone though
I would suggest using a bit of body filler or spot putty to fill the majority of the hole. You could start with the spot putty or use a dot of primer, let dry thoroughly, then apply the spot putty. That will get you much closer to level before applying the paint. I was amazed at you applying the clear coat with the same squeegee technique.
Glad I came across your videos I’m not a professional detailer but you are showing us that with some patience we can get a professional finish without any special tools. I think European car people are far better at maintaining cars than we are in the US. Great job mate!
Appreciate the feedback friend. From the uk 🇬🇧
Nice video
BWA HAHAHA.
Just came back from a trip to southeast England and Wales. Country roads mostly no shoulders just untrimmed hedges often taller than the SUV I rented. After a week my left side of car lots of scratches so I am not surprised they are skilled at buffing and scratch repair.
I live in Michigan and thought our roads and drivers were crap ... after a few weeks in U.K. and I now think our roads are better, drivers are still crap :).
Truly an artistic skill to know when enough is just enough to get it right. And I call that an invisivble mend. A repair expert once told me that an invisible mend is when a person who doesn't know where the repair was made, cannot detect or notice it with the eyes at 6 feet away from the repair then that is an invisible repair. That maxim worked very well when doing furniture finishing and repairs to polished surfaces. This video was excellent.
Cheers, it's been called the 6 ft rule for some time
Brilliant job. I just recently found your channel and I am loving your no nonsense approach to these repairs.
That's what it's all about here
LMAO. "NO NONSENSE REPAIRS?" Obviously you know nothing about auto repairs and painting. A little spot putty would have saved hours of nonsense. Building it up with layers of paint as he did is 'ABSURD". It will also not last long at all and will start chipping or peeling. I have painted cars for 4 decades and this is not how to do small repairs, quick repairs or easy repairs. HILARIOUS!
Don’t know whether you still read comments, but I have just cast a vote for the small business awards. Good luck.
I try and answer as many as possible mate yes, although alot get lost as its Hard to keep on top of it. Thanks for the vote, really appreciate it
Really love your work mate. A true professional and I'd say an artist too as these kind of jobs are easy to get wrong if, like me, you find it hard to know exactly when to stop. Watching your work up close as you do it has really helped me learn when to stop sanding, and is saving me a tonne of time having to re-apply all over again.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge in such an honest and upfront way, and for being a champion in the comments sometimes too! 🍻
Absolutely agree. I've tackled this kind of thing before and gone too far with sanding, ending up having to have a professional respray the entire panel. Watching this gives me renewed confidence to try it again.
Your fingers make much better "eyes" for this than your actual eyes. Run a finger over it as you go to feel the imperfections.
9:09 After the 1500 sanding the chip is still low and is why it’s a darker color. I would keep adding paint until it a tad higher than the surrounding area just because I’m too fussy. What I use to fill in a chip is a fine artist paint brush then I punch out circles of 2000 grit paper with a binder hole punch the stick it on a pencils eraser end and sand away at the chip.
Yes different ways of skinning the cat cheers
The best chip repair Ive seen on youtube
Allways educating and impressive to see professionals at work🙏🏻
Cheers
I refused to believe until the end, impressive!
All truth on this channel 🙏🏼
You never cease to amaze me. I love your work!
Thanks for the feedback 👍🏻
Just received G360 and wet and dry for first attempt at stone chip repairs over the weekend. Your videos have helped and have the confidence to do it now. Many thanks for your videos.
Super nice fix mate? I am going to work on the S550 immediately. Best Regards and thank you.
No problem 👍
I've only worked with single step paints and would have bet money you'd still see that divot that was left in the red. Thanks for sharing.
So glad I found your channel. I recently bought a 15 yr old Lexus with several chips (a bit smaller) like this. I’ve been working on some but with less than stellar results. You given me some very valuable information here and I am very grateful. Thanks
Nice repair ! My Mrs keeps me busy with her car, so always good to learn some new skills. Boy there’s some swirl marks in that Ferrari’s paint!
Looks fantastic, but how do you not get a dry edge with the clear without fade-out thinners ?
You dont/shouldn't need fade out thinners on this kind of repair. The wet sanding levels out the edges
Literally Amazing! You've made me realise that there is no way my Porsche needs a full respray now... My chips are nothing compared to what you've just concealed on that Ferrari! 😂
I helped out at a body shop for a year or so... and although I thought I'd learnt a lot... You made this look almost too easy! Great Work!
I didn't know it was still legal to own blades in the UK 🤣 (great job btw)
Yeah we love them here
Very impressive! Thanks for sharing this. I wish this type of service was more widely available.
You Sir are a master, made that look dead easy just kinda wanging it on with a spreader like that. Fantastic end result 😎
Thanks for the feedback mate
I love how modest he is , in english accent "is not perfect" i cant see shit, thats a real good job....
To the unitiated, just remember that this guy has tons of experience. If this is your first shot at this, you may want to go to your local self serve auto wreckers and get a scrap piece of painted sheet metal to practice on, otherwise, you probably will mess things up royally if you try to duplicate what he's doing without some practice.
I have a couple of nicks about this size on my burnt orange harley. It's a two stage paint that I also need to prime. I've held off even trying to tackle it but I like how this turned out and am going to give it a go. Thanks!
Nicely done!
Thank you! Cheers!
Love your channel, you've inspired me that it's OK to make things worse before they are better. Your repair shows up the rest of the front still covered in swirl marks, looks like a good mop and polish of the whole car would have benefited the owner.
Exceptional result for relatively small effort and explained in a way that encourages us all to have a go ourselves.
This sort of work is very therapeutic too!
Thanks for sharing 👍
Mate, what a transformation! When I thought you ruined the Ferrari, you just had couple of steps more to go…. Great job and explanation, thanks!
BTW, a friend of mine owned a chip repair business here in Kentucky and contracted with new car dealerships, Exclusively. Your squeegee method was the EXACT way that they repaired rock chips on Brand New cars fresh off of the transport truck with flaws from road debris.
It works well
What a good way of treating chips, scratches, key marks etc. I'm used to using spray techniques and filler for this type of damage. I will try this on a blue fiesta with a key scratch soon and film the results. Thank you so much for shariung your experience
Brilliant tutorial from a very skilled and confident bodywork professional.
Up to 75% of the way through this video i was doubting the process. Shouldn't have. Fantastic results. I have a few little stone chips on my bonnet that I've touched up with repair pens but the paint is sitting high. Gonna go get myself some sandpaper and have a go.
Absolutely incredible! What’s a total surprise to me as a non paint guy is how big an area you ended up wet sanding then buffing, to repair a stone chip just a few mill in diameter! But what a result, a no respray required!
Great comment. This is how its done. You try to limit your work area of course but at some point you need to swing your arm and you will go beyond the little spot, and you also want to blend your new surfacing with the existing surface.
that came out better than I thought it might, I've done these repairs and I could always tell where it was even when I thought it was good .. perhaps the guy who does the job can always tell
Always aim for improvement rather than perfection
This is great to see this technique. I always wondered if something like that would work. Sure beats dabbing in multiple layers and having to sand off a high spot. Well done sir.
Awesome work mate. Having spent many years detailing, paint chips have always been a thing that plagued me on my cars. I'll be using this. Thank you
That's what this channel is all about
This is amazing - wish you were local to me. I just got my pre-owned X5M delivered, only to find a deep chip on the passenger front fender! I would love this repair done on my vehicle!
Its the kind of repair that nobody will see unless they knpw it is there!
Well done mate, excellent blending and feathering. you are a skilled man, for sure!
Unless you’re eye level with this scratch you would never notice the work. Even then I’m sure many would miss it unless it’s in the sun
Great video very informative and easy to follow I have now done my MI 16 405
Over 35 years old
It has come up great looks like new
Used a small artist brush a no 7 on some of the deep chips same system just brush not squeegee
Thank you for the knowledge share saved me a fortune and the old girl is now safely back in garage for the winter
💯💯👍👍✅
Great work my friend. So much better especially on a vintage car like this.
I agree!
Nice job. I've used Dr. Color chip on my car several times which I'm ok with but what I did not like was the paint would never completely fill in the chip. It looks fine until you look at an angle then you can see the chip but you did a great job here.
Maybe more layers needed..the paint loses body as the solvents dry out and evaporate
Been following for years your a boss taking smart repair to new heights
Appreciate the support
Really excellent thanks! I thought about trying it, but I quickly realised I could not afford the ingredients... like a Ferrari for instance. 😜
Man, I was nervous hitting my clouded headlights with 2000 sandpaper. To fix a Red Ferrari chip, you deserve a medal.........
Great job 👍 as a former bodyshop painter it's always good to know that it can be fixed with awesome ideas..
Top skilled artisan...Imprecable work. The Ferrari owner would have been over the moon...Very well done, a joy to watch. :)
Brilliant repair! You are a technician of the highest order! 🍻
Provides solid proof for using PPF. Great work.
Glad you like it!
Wet sanding and patiently paint sealing made a lot differences. Thanks!
Great to hear!
Among other kind of repairs on all kinds of vehicles, I also do that sort of work as well, since years, and I can say, be proud, You're an absolute PRO M8 !!
Been a subscriber I believe since shortly after you started your channel. I said it then and I'll say it again, one of the best in the business hands down.
If I ever learn to make videos and edit, would do same style videos, excellent job.
I really enjoyed the video.
I have seen lots of different techniques, in this particular one I would agree that the squeegee works really well.
Thank you for posting
It is so fascinating watching these videos. You’re a wizard at this.
Brilliant work - a man on a flying horse would never notice the repair 😊
Since years i fix scratches with this easy method. Fill with paint and cover it witch transparent tape (tesa) and don't touch the tape surface when attached. I let it dry for about two days and then remove the tape and polish it after another few days when the paint hardened. Can be repeated if not good enough.
Not perfect but almost invisible if you don't know where it was.
Ok thanks for the tip
I've seen similar techniques while I worked at a body shop to fix small paint chips. This works best for solid colors. If its a pearl or metallic, chances are its gonna have to be repainted to the tiny reflective particles to lay down properly.
It can be done on metallics. Maybe the results aren't always as good but definitely worth doing
Wow, dude! That was a great repair! I could not see where the chip was after you finished.
A great watch, my efforts have always been 90% whereas this is 100% better.
Simply awesome. Such magnificent results. You are a master of your craft Sir. 👏
Thank you! Cheers!
Excellent job, you make it look easy, tried to fix wifes new 250slk which got keyed along 2.5 body panels. Took it in for a respray on those panels in the end.☹️
Was worth a go mate
You’re a proper artisan outstanding work as always.
Appreciate the kind comments
WOW that is an excellent repair job and who would have thought that it would end up like that, great work thanks.
Excellent, I am impressed. No doubt there may be different methods, still it gives direction to DIY like me. Keep up the good work 🎉