Stone Chips

[ChillyWilly]

Hi,

I've got a year old race red ST-2 which is suffering from several stone chips on the bonnet and front spoiler. I was going to buy a touch up pen from a Ford dealer, but have just impulse bought a kit from Halfords. It contains red primer and the colour coat. There was no clear coat included though.

Will it need a clear coat on top or is it not necessary on small chips? Anyone used one of these Halfords kits before?

Cheers.

[Gary.J]

If its the standard race red then there is no laquer coating on top, hence the lack of a pen in the kit. Laquer coatings are usually only on cars with metallic or pearlescent paintwork as they are harder to repaint, and easier to degrade in weather, otherwise.

[Marcr1]

Chipex is the best for stone chips, I literally can't ever get a good finish with normal touch up pens

[roocat]

Would chipex work ok on a panther black?, and does anyone know the colour code?

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[Marcr1]

Chipex works on all colour cars, Your colour code will be on the inside of the door

[GingerFlame]

You can also get your paint code and name by visiting Ford ETIS and entering your reg

[roocat]

Brilliant, thanks both. Is the general consensus chipex is good?

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[ChillyWilly]

I got round to having a go at the stone chips earlier this week. i wasn't 100% happy about the colour of the Halfords paint. Although it looked ok on the brush, it just seemed a bit dull after application and a bit of drying time. I decided to get a touch-up brush from Ford, and have just been to collect it as they had to order it in.

I'm a bit confused now. As per my original post, the Halfords version had primer and colour coat, but no laquer. The Ford version has the colour coat, but also includes a laquer. Can anyone clarify for me if I should use the laquer or not? The fella in the parts department said I'd need to use it, but I don't know if he was guessing a bit.

Can anyone help with the best way do do touch-ups? The version I'm trying (from a Youtube video) is put primer on if down to metal, using a cocktail stick rather than a brush...let dry 24hrs...add layers of colour coat, again using a cocktail stick, until a little proud of surface...after drying a few days, carefully rub down with 2000 or 2500grit wet&dry, keeping wet, until level with surface...polish out.

I'm waiting to get the wet&dry which I'll stick on to a flat surface, maybe the end of a pencil. If fact, as I type, it's just dropped through the letterbox.

Can anyone comment on the technique or offer any advice?

Thanks!