Topic: Dr. Colorchip
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Hello...
has anyone had personal experience or maybe first hand knowledge of the new product on the market called Dr.Colorchip? They advertise quite heavily on Mecum's auction on TV. They claim it's very easy and hell the Wall Street Journal gives it a great review(LOL)...just wondering if anyone has any input...I have a tiny road chip under front plate area(surprise, surprise)....
thanks in advance for any input!
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you should be able to get regular touch up paint forthat. i would think being that far down on the car the touch up paint should do the trick. never heard of that doctor.
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Just looked at their web site. Pretty impressive actually, I may have to give that a try.....
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i don't know if it is as easy as they make it out to be. there are a few things that would bother me such it says if the chip is further in than the paint it won't adhere and that they have what sounds something like a clearcoat that wont work with other paints. i have seen jobs that are done with the regular touch up paint and they look great. just my opinion.
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i got it and tried it on my 2011 chevy truck , it worked realy well for me. cost not as bad as you would think. i would reconmend it.
I have used Dr. Colorchip on my '94 Vette, my Ford SporTrac, my wife's BMW, and my Z3 BMW. It works well. It is very easy to use if you follow the directions and everything is included to do the job, even a rubber glove. It does not fill the chip but it does color match it and makes it very hard to spot. I have used it on light scratches also and it works well at that too. I would recommend it.
Bob - '94 Polo Green Coupe
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I've used Dr Colorchip on my 96 CE. It is expensive, however, it does work better than just plain touch up paint.
For small areas, it can blend in pretty well. Larger or deep chips, the paint chip is still noticeable. All in all, it does
work on small rock chips
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Darryl
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I've used Dr Colorchip on my 96 CE. It is expensive, however, it does work better than just plain touch up paint.
For small areas, it can blend in pretty well. Larger or deep chips, the paint chip is still noticeable. All in all, it does
work on small rock chips
Good Luck
Darryl
96 LT4 Collectors Edition
I have used it on my 2010 Cadillac CTS with a ChromaFlair paint color. The match on small rock chips is excellent. If you have a deep or large chip it will be noticible, but it will look better after you apply the Dr. Colorchip than it did before. I would consider the results very acceptable, but not as good as a new paint job! I have also used it on my 1986 Corvette, Bright Red. Works well there too. Looks better than seeing the black primer left after a rock chip in my opinion.
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1986 "Bright Red" COUPE - Aluminum Heads,
Sport Seats, Bose, Ultra-Flo Exhaust,
Automatic, Bilsteins - "Mostly Original" otherwise.
I've used it on all 4 of our cars (2 Toyotas, a Mercedes and of course the Vette). The color match is great and much, much better than factory Toyota touch up paint. You'd think the manufacturer could manage to match their own paint but that was not the case with either of our Toyota's. The DR colorchip was a spot on match for all 4.
Larger chips can be fixed to the point that they're almost impossible to see. I've applied multiple applications using a silicon squeegee to build up the paint in the chip. Using the included glove did not produce the desired results in larger chips as there is a tendency to remove too much paint from the chip leaving a divot which is fairly visable. I used the squeegee to build up the paint in the chip until it is flush with the rest of the paint job. The squeegee worked much better for me. There is a learning curve to achieve satisfactory results so be patient and don't be affraid of a do over. Once you get it figured out you'll be happy with the results.
By the way, I made my own squeegee using a goggles squeegee available for about a buck at any ski shop. Or you can buy DR's squeegee for much more than a buck.
Good luck!
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