Dr. Colorchip - What went Wrong??

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Finished my hood correction this morning all in preparation for Dr. Colorchip. As you can see, the correction went well aside from the left over road rash/ bug etching:



As you can see, aside from the uncorrectable flaws, the correction went pretty well. Enter Dr. Colorchip:



This was the left corner of the hood, my "test spot". As you can see, it looks like nothing was done. The only thing I can figure is I was too thorough in the romoval step?? I did allow it to dry for 30 minutes and followed the instructions to the letter (not that they were all that involved). While correcting, I had a very good view of the smoothed blobs, and wiped until smooth.

Was this too much? Should I be leaving raised areas rather than wipe too much wiping the correction paint as well?? Otherwise this is REALLY dissapointing.
 
cmichael258 said:
Could be you rubbed too much. How did you prep the hood?
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IPA following 3 step. I may have rubbed too much, but I eyed up the level and stopped as soon as I saw the excess levelling. Only thing I can figure is I am supposed to leave a little left over on the excess?? Doesn't seem right though as it'd be noticeable, like trading one flaw for another.
 
You have to do it a couple of times to get the paint built up in the chip. You will still be able to see it because of the change in depth of the original clear and the one layer of paint. I've had to do the same with the OEM paint as well.
 
The Dr Color chip kit seems to be great at changing that primer "light" color chip to at least the same color as the rest of the paint but I had no luck at all making them disappear on my silver truck.

I may go back and do the multiple layers but after watching a demo video on line then trying it and getting nothing like those before/after results it was very frustrating so I had to stop before I went mad.
 
I fixed 80-100 chips on my black Marauder with the Dr kit. Had little luck with the smear technique so I used the fuzzy, toothpick type applicator in the kit. I applied the paint with the applicator leaving blobs just above the surface. Let dry for 3-4 hours and removed with a tee shirt backed with a plastic card to which I applied the solution. Worked very well, but I had to re-do a few where I didn't completely fill the chip. This process somewhat mars the surrounding surface, but nothing a light polish won't remove. Good luck!
 
2 more people to tally up the bad experience with dr. colorchip for a total of 3. as soon as i get money im getting the other kit thats out. shame i spent $60 on this though.
 
What a shame it didn't work for you guys. It worked amazingly well for my dark blue BMW. Best $60 bucks I've spent so far. The difference was night and day.
 
I'm not ready o say it didn't work yet, the only thing I've found is there is a lot more technique involved in application than I originally thought. I'm going to have to play with it a bit before I throw in the towel.

The other thing I'm having a problem with is cleaning the brushes. Acetone was recommended, but 2 out of my 3 brushes are unusable now as the acetone barely did anything to them durng clean up.
 
try the langka removal technique to level the blob (wrap a thin wiping cloth like the kind you get with glasses around a straight surface like a credit card) and level the blob with the surrounding paint that way
 
courtdale said:
I'm not ready o say it didn't work yet, the only thing I've found is there is a lot more technique involved in application than I originally thought. I'm going to have to play with it a bit before I throw in the towel.

The other thing I'm having a problem with is cleaning the brushes. Acetone was recommended, but 2 out of my 3 brushes are unusable now as the acetone barely did anything to them durng clean up.
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I was trying to repair road rash on my car so I used an old t-shirt to apply the paint and the included cloths to remove the excess. It reduced the appearance of chips, but it performed much better in correcting the road rash. My goal was to remove the road rash, so in that regard, it met my expectations.

Are you trying to reduce the appearance of road rash or are you trying to completely fix chips? The condition of your car's hood was similar to my car's, so it should work. You should try calling Dr. Colorchip directly and ask them for guidance.
 
kronos said:
I was trying to repair road rash on my car so I used an old t-shirt to apply the paint and the included cloths to remove the excess. It reduced the appearance of chips, but it performed much better in correcting the road rash. My goal was to remove the road rash, so in that regard, it met my expectations.

Are you trying to reduce the appearance of road rash or are you trying to completely fix chips? The condition of your car's hood was similar to my car's, so it should work. You should try calling Dr. Colorchip directly and ask them for guidance.
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Trying to do what you did. Going to try the mass fill method on the areas around the grill tonight and see how it goes. The blob smear method didn't work at all. Like I said, when I wiped it brought up everything, and whenI would try to smear, my thumb would catch and skip on the paint instead of smoothly smear.
 
im not even going to try repairing my roadrash cause my whole front end and part of my hood is covered, probably from going so fast. but aside from that, i wouldnt mind getting schooled if it works that good for everybody and not me and 2 other people.
 
It worked like a charm on my roadrash, but the again my SUV is lighter than your black.
 
I was not to impressed with Dr Color. The Ibis White didn't even come close to matching on my wife's A4. She had some chips in her hood and after filling them in it didn't look much better cause the paint didn't match very well. I like the way the systems works versus traditional touch up paint, but come on at least come close to matching the color doc.
 
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