Chipex - any good, anyone used it?

[Telboy5]

Looking for honest feedback on the following, is it any good especially for candy white colour?

 

http://www.chipex.co.uk/?utm_expid=35337439-9.Ty1CvZF8S9uy-WY1kxZp2w.0

 

 

[Tim1631]

Never heard of it but it looks good!

[Black_Sheep]

Is this just a touch up paint or a touch up service like chips-away. Forgive my ignorance but I'm on my mobile on a poor connection.

If the former, then touch up paint from dealer using a cocktail stick rather than the brush is as good as anything I've used. Candy White is a solid colour so it is a single bottle. Metallics / Pearlescents have a clear coat too but the experts recommend using the colour coat only.

There is a good article on detailing world touching up bonnet chips on a BMW - a Google search should find the how to.

Edited 10 June, 2015 by Black_Sheep

[Scouse Dave]

Yes I have used it comes in a kit straight forward to use, can't say it's any better than a touch up pen but you don't have to put clear coat on.it has some very small brushes and you can build up the paint to fill up any chips and the paint is a perfect match

[octavia5]

Good stuff but it does have a use by date so only buy when you have enough chips to cover.

[TheWanderer]

Used it and thought it was cr4p. In the end just daubed it on, let it set hard then used T-Cut to bring it back, no faffing with the kit at all & definitely not worth the asking price. 

[ednmra]

Are any of those other so-called scratch removing "magic pens" any good?

[KBPhoto]

I've used Skoda touch up pens and the Chipex kit.

And the Chipex is better IMO.

The only issue I've had with it is getting the drying time right before cleaning off the excess. I initially tried to clean it off too soon resulting in most of the paint being removed.

I'm still playing around with it, but there is no sign of me running out of any of the bits supplied soon.

[Telboy5]

Cheers for the replys guys, at £37 I'm not 100% whether I'm going to order and as most have mentioned regular touch up pen just as good at fraction of the price.

 

Me thinks I need to think hard on this one :-)

[Bindinbear]

It does seem a lot when cocktail sticks and the skoda kit can be had for £16 ish. Try a fine artists paint brush but use a stanley blade to cut bristles off for a finer use ;-)

[--Doug--]

I recently bought a ChipEx kit to repair the damage to my front bumper caused the ONE TIME in three years when I decided to put my car in front facing the house on my driveway rather than reversing on. I misjudged the distance and crunched up against the riven block surrounding our garage.

 

The Octavia is Moon White metallic as is the replacement Kodiaq I'm getting in a few months so I though that it would be worth getting a kit. I've had a go at it and while it's certainly better (that wouldn't be difficult), I'm not satisfied with the result (yet). The ChipEx formulation seems to be like a combination of filler, quick drying paint and gloss lacquer. I strongly suspect that I'm going to have treat it like a filler and if I can't achieve a decent flat on it, I'll get a rattle can of Moon White and do it the traditional way.

 

It's a lease hire vehicle so some sort of repair was necessary to avoid a surcharge. I debated with just calling a local repairer then thought I'd take a punt on the ChipEx because I was curious about it.

 

The jury's out on it so far. I think it would benefit if the surface was horizontal but clearly that's not going to be possible for most in situ panel repairs. Hmm.

 

Doug

 

Edited 24 February, 2019 by --Doug--
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[MarkyG82]

Please let us know how you get on. The damage to the rear bumper on mine may have to be a DIY job if the quote is too high.

[Maggle]

I bought a similar kit from Paints4U and I have to say it's excellent IF you follow the instructions to the letter and don't attempt to fix it in five minutes. Build it up slowly with plenty of time between each coat etc.

[Plantman]

Down vote from me. A friend had this a while back and whilst you do get a LOT of paint it still seems very similar to just a touch up paint stick.

 

As mentioned the best way I find is to just build up layers of paint a small bit at a time. It takes a while to do, unless its a nice hot day.

finishing with a polish after normally provides a fairly good result.