Whilst washing and polishing the car this afternoon, I noticed quite a few scratches (mostly minor). Most a noticeably deep (i.e. you can feel them with a nail) and are whiteish underneath.

This to me means that they are too deep to polish out, so I'm looking at some other method to fill the scratch. Black colour magic? Any other suggestions?

Oh, I almost forgot, there are a few stone chips which are down to the metal.

There is a good guide to stone chip repairs on Detailing World here

Same technique can be used for scratches

Thanks for the link, this looks really good!

Anyone got any experience of the dealers touch up pens? Would it be better to let some of the paint out onto a plate or something and then use a small brush to apply it rather than use the pen?

There is a good guide to stone chip repairs on Detailing World here

Same technique can be used for scratches

The guy in the link doesn't mention applying lacquer. Is this because the paint already has it in? (If it has?)

Anyone got any experience of the dealers touch up pens? Would it be better to let some of the paint out onto a plate or something and then use a small brush to apply it rather than use the pen?

Skoda touch up sticks are definately much better than ordering paint elsewhere either a bodyshop or online etc, colour match is spot-on which you'd think is a given but in some cases it's not.

Little tip re application - cut off about an inch of masking tape from a roll, roll up tightly then cut one end into a V with scissors/craft knife then pick up some paint from the stick...steady hand and your away.

Cocktails sticks are effective

Little tip re application - cut off about an inch of masking tape from a roll, roll up tightly then cut one end into a V with scissors/craft knife then pick up some paint from the stick...steady hand and your away.

For a visual representation of Chris's method above have a look at the below:

As I had seen the Maserati before the detail, I knew of a few areas where some paint had been chipped off so Chris bought along a little touch up kit in the same colour:

Looking good:

Similar story on the other side:

And here is a top tip, folding some 3M 3434 Masking Tape to a tip, this can be used to fill stone chips:

This was carried out on a friends Maserati Gran Turismo..........

Do the touch up kits contains lacquer? Or do you blob two fine coats of touch up, then add lacquer and sand back using fine grade wet and dry?

Mix the the touch up paint with the lacquer. Go to Shinararma and they do a blob remover kit. It removes only the touch up paint and no the surrounding paint work. Saves using sanding paper and much safer.

Mix the the touch up paint with the lacquer. Go to Shinararma and they do a blob remover kit. It removes only the touch up paint and no the surrounding paint work. Saves using sanding paper and much safer.

Hi mate, any possibilities of a link to the blob remover kit?

Unfortunately my VRS has suffered numerous paint chips on the bonnet and front splitter already, and I am not overly confident in using sandpaper on a nearly new car, so this sounds ideal.

Thanks

http://www.shinearama.co.uk/product.php?id=LAN-BLOB2OZ

http://www.shinearama.co.uk/product.php?id=LAN-BLOB2OZ

How does that work then?

Is this as good as stone chip repairs get? I thought you would add the paint up in layers and then wet and dry back?

Is this as good as stone chip repairs get? I thought you would add the paint up in layers and then wet and dry back?

Maybe my reply was hasty, this was a touch up job and nothing more, we had spent all day on the car and had no time to do what I think your looking to do.

Ofcourse the job can be better given time and layering.

Maybe my reply was hasty, this was a touch up job and nothing more, we had spent all day on the car and had no time to do what I think your looking to do.

Ofcourse the job can be better given time and layering.

That's good, I thought so. What grade of wet and dry do use for this? I'm assuming that you start with one grade and finish with something finer? And what about the lacquer?

Thanks,

Martin.

That's good, I thought so. What grade of wet and dry do use for this? I'm assuming that you start with one grade and finish with something finer? And what about the lacquer?

Thanks,

Martin.

I would suggest doing a little more research but one of the better guides online is the following:

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=20127