The other day I was driving home from work talking on my cell (meaning I'm not paying a whole lot of attention to driving). All of a sudden, I hear a very loud metal *smack*. I really couldn't tell where it hit, but what ever it was, it was *big*.

Today, I looked the car over, and the only major chip taken out was on the roof of the car near the sunroof. It's a good couple of millimeters in diamter. Normally, I wouldn't worry about it, but this chip is pretty big, and it sits facing the sun. I have matching touch-up paiint but have never used it. Anyone have suggestions on what i should do? I really would like to seal the chip even if it looks a little ghetto.

Thanks,
-scott

 

i have heard good things about langka, never used it tho, you can find some feedback on it, in the detailing section.

 

Is it down to the metal? Can you see basecoat or primer or metal? The most important thing is to make sure IF it has broken through to the metal, that you remove any rust that has started (if any) and apply a primer first.

Here's the drill;

Use a sanding pencil or some ~600 grit to scuff the chip, primer it, allow to dry and LIGHTLY scuff again, then fill it with paint in a few THIN layers, (and allow each coat to dry THOROUGHLY ) till it's just slightly higher than the surrounding paint. If you see primer in the chip already, and no metal showing, then simply scuff that and apply your paint.

Wait a couple days and then wetsand with 2000 git wetsandpaper, then compound & polish. If you need to know about which products to do this with, let us know. It's not mandatory to wetsand and compound it, but it will be more noticeable if you don't. You can do a compromise of just using a compound & p[olish on it after it's dry, and skipping the wetsanding if you're uneasy about that, and that's at least better than nothing.

Good luck!

 

As usual, the forum delivers.

Thanks guys... All your suggestions make sense. In fact, the previous owner of my car had used touch-up paint on some dented areas where paint had been removed. I took the car to a dent removal specialist, and I was stunned to see that he not only removed the dent but sanded and buffed the touch-up paint perfectly with the existing paint.

Thanks again!
-scott