07-26-2013, 04:45 AM | #1 |
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Is Dr.ColorChip any good?
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I have found a few scrapes on the boot of my BMW X3 in mineral silver. And i would like to know if i could use Dr.colorchip to repair them. The scrapes are around 1 cm long (0.4 inch) and you can see the metal. Has anyone here used Dr.colorchip and did it do the trick? Thanks! |
07-26-2013, 11:54 AM | #2 |
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What is the "Boot?"
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07-26-2013, 11:59 AM | #4 |
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Dr color chip works well with small chips and scratches IME,
The only downside is that, people will notice the chip if their eye is literally 5-6 inches away from it From afar, they won't know the difference!
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07-27-2013, 07:31 AM | #5 |
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yes agreed. if you are patient and apply as directed, it does a reasonably good job at hiding small chips. At normal viewing distances, they wont really be noticeable.
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07-27-2013, 07:35 AM | #6 |
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It is ok for a quick fix and will look better, basically they just provide a solution that you put on a cloth and it helps remove the excess paint to flatten it to the surface, so looks better than a blob of paint, but is not as good as water sanding and buffing the excess paint off (but that is much more work). The only thing I have ever found that looks almost perfect is someone skilled with an airbrush, especially with metallic paint as it has to be sprayed for the metallic to really match well - on non metallic paint, you can do a pretty good job, but metallics are very difficult to get a good match.
Definitely put something on it to help protect it if the scratches are that deep though!
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07-28-2013, 08:54 AM | #8 |
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Here are the results on my M5. http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/e39...p-results.html
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