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Dr. Color Chips is certainly not the end all be all. While I have used the product, I found that I can get perfect results from just touch-up paint sanding (2000 grit), DA w/compound, polishing, and buffing. Can’t see why airbrushing wouldn’t work if done by someone who is experienced. You’ll still have to polish and buff...
Just remember that chips are small craters, and paint is really thin. So you really need to fill the crater if you’re going to spray paint.
I would definitely not be doing it. Even with someone that is experienced with air brush painting, I would expect that it would look pretty strange --- particularly with metallic flaked paint like LBR metallic.
I just got one of these for the inevitable paint chip and it looks like it will work nicely when I need it.
You just fill the small reservoir with matching paint and place the needle like tip in the chip/crevices to fill it with paint.
The paint would have to be REALLY thin to work with this. Not thinking this would be an ideal tool for the job. Acetone will work to thin the touch-up paint, however.
Let us know how it goes. And don't lose the cleaning wire.
Not the best way but in a pinch old body shop trick you can use the end of a match using touch up paint - to do it right you would have to go the whole nine yards - repair - primer - base and then clear coat no way around it to do it right - would wait till its gotten worse before investing to do it correctly
I use one of those for watercolors/ink.
The paint would have to be REALLY thin to work with this. Not thinking this would be an ideal tool for the job. Acetone will work to thin the touch-up paint, however.
Let us know how it goes. And don't lose the cleaning wire.
Here's a restoration guy who seems to get good results with it.
You do have to thin the paint though to about ink consistency which is not difficult to do.
eta: you can get everything from there, anymore. I would also like to add (having used this tool for other purposes and dealt with plenty of touch up paint for cars using other tools) that alcohol will not clean this tool. You will need acetone or other type of paint thinner. The man in the video was using a touch up paint that was not the same as our cars use.
Thanks for the guidance and info! I might try it just to see how it works out --- but on some test plates first before I go after it for real.
I was thinking about this being a possibility at about the same time I was considering it as a possible way to refinish metal headed golf clubs. A guy can pick them up almost anywhere for very little --- and it seems like a neat way to bring them back to life.
In answer to the original question, many dealers and high end detail shops have people who "airbrush" minor paint repairs. When done by an experienced person, the results are excellent and nearly undetectable. I am not sure it would be cost effective for a single owner to buy the necessary equipment for personal use.
I just had a chip (2) happen on my GS, after pondering which method to use I chose Dr Color Chip again, color was spot on and the little squeegee they provide worked well. I used a broken round toothpick to apply the paint then pulled it into the chip as directed, did it a couple of times to fill it, followed their directions and very pleased with the result Not perfect, if any ever are, but perfectly acceptable to me. Good luck
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I've not had much luck with Dr Color Chip, but maybe I'm expecting too much. The color always matched perfect, but I felt as if it didn't fill in enough.
I've not had much luck with Dr Color Chip, but maybe I'm expecting too much. The color always matched perfect, but I felt as if it didn't fill in enough.
The product is designed to do in layers. Each layer is a very small gain, but keep at it, and you will eventually fill in the divot and will become perfectly level.
The product is designed to do in layers. Each layer is a very small gain, but keep at it, and you will eventually fill in the divot and will become perfectly level.
Dr.Colorchip is nothing more than THEIR Touchup paint with a couple Gimmicks to sell,Period.
You need to match and Fill to look right.
Some need glasses and think it looks good.Some got lucky with exact amount,in the hole of chip.
Key is,In the Hole..Probably do coats
Dr. Color chip works wonders and I always get a kit for every car I own. I have never been disappointed. Sometimes you have to go back to fill in deeper pits but still works wonders.
02-01-2018, 06:18 PM
Airbrush Paint Chips?
I would definitely not be doing it. Even with someone that is experienced with air brush painting, I would expect that it would look pretty strange --- particularly with metallic flaked paint like LBR metallic.
Not perfect, if any ever are, but perfectly acceptable to me. Good luck
