As we all are only too aware, the front of our cars are susceptable to stone chips, and after a recent trip to Normandy [
] with the Register, I'd picked up a few more, particularly noticeable on the bonnet and the wing[]
I know a couple of other guys were suffering as well so have tried out a product called Langka from the States, but available from www.frost.co.uk
I'm not sure the pictures are that good as the camera had trouble focussing on the chips rather than the reflections! Still, you'll have to take my word for it, they looked unsightly.
bonnet had three chips through to the primer
several on the bumper like this bad boy
There are four stages;
1 Clean the chips with their pre cleaner, rinse and dry
2 Touch up chips, making a 'blob' and leave for a couple of hours to dry
3 with a soft cloth (supplied) wrapped round a plastic card (also supplied) and gently rub the langka 'blob remover' over the blob.
After a while the fresh paint starts to rub off onto the cloth and you keep going 'till it feels/looks flat.
4 Clean off again and wipe some sealant over it, allow to haze and wipe with a micro fibre.
I then gave the whole area a wipe down with Meguirs Last Touch to make sure there was no residue.
Looks worrying but it only touches the recent paint!
Here's the product
This shows the areas afterwards, and I'm pretty pleased.
Yes, you can see where you've been, close up, but it's a lot, lot better than can be achieved with touch up paint on it's own.
You can just make out where the chips were on this one.
Cost was about £25 with p&p, but you hardly use any product. The other advantage is that it is isn't specific to any colour so can be used with past present and future cars, assuming it doesn't dry up in the tubes...
I'll be on the SW run so have a look at the result there if you're interested.
] with the Register, I'd picked up a few more, particularly noticeable on the bonnet and the wing[]I know a couple of other guys were suffering as well so have tried out a product called Langka from the States, but available from www.frost.co.uk
I'm not sure the pictures are that good as the camera had trouble focussing on the chips rather than the reflections! Still, you'll have to take my word for it, they looked unsightly.
bonnet had three chips through to the primer
several on the bumper like this bad boy
There are four stages;
1 Clean the chips with their pre cleaner, rinse and dry
2 Touch up chips, making a 'blob' and leave for a couple of hours to dry
3 with a soft cloth (supplied) wrapped round a plastic card (also supplied) and gently rub the langka 'blob remover' over the blob.
After a while the fresh paint starts to rub off onto the cloth and you keep going 'till it feels/looks flat.
4 Clean off again and wipe some sealant over it, allow to haze and wipe with a micro fibre.
I then gave the whole area a wipe down with Meguirs Last Touch to make sure there was no residue.
Looks worrying but it only touches the recent paint!
Here's the product
This shows the areas afterwards, and I'm pretty pleased.
Yes, you can see where you've been, close up, but it's a lot, lot better than can be achieved with touch up paint on it's own.
You can just make out where the chips were on this one.
Cost was about £25 with p&p, but you hardly use any product. The other advantage is that it is isn't specific to any colour so can be used with past present and future cars, assuming it doesn't dry up in the tubes...
I'll be on the SW run so have a look at the result there if you're interested.
