Stonechips on Carrara White

[AshGTS]

Hey all

I've got a decent number of stonechips on the front, sides, top (and probably bottom) of the car ;-)

On past cars, I've normally dealt with stone chips via SMART repair but my usual guy said it's not possible with any kind of pearl white as its a 3-layer paint and getting it to match and blend is very hard. He basically said its a bodyshop job and I'd be looking at spending thousands on getting panels resprayed (which seems like complete overkill to me). Anyone else out there with pearl white that have successfully had stonechips dealt with or is a respray the only option here?

Thanks
Ash

 

[Motorhead]

Hi Ash,

You could try using a Chipex kit to tackle your stone chips: https://chipex.co.uk/

Clearly the result won’t be as good as a respray/smart repair, but the result will be OK from a metre or so distance. The kit’s not cheap, but the great thing is that if you make a mess of the job the blending solution will remove all the paint and you can try again.

The only caveat is that from experience I’ve found that it works best on darker colours. It worked a treat on a previous red Mk5 Golf GTi and a friend’s dark blue Civic Type R but has been less successful on my Arctic Silver Cayman and perhaps more pertinently on my latest acquisition, a GR Yaris in Pearlescent White, which like your Carrara White is a 3-layer paint and for which the Chipex kit includes both a base white and a sparkly clear coat, making the application trickier.

Jeff

 

[ScottishSpyder]

I have a 13 year old Carrera White 987. The Porsche touch in paints are not great. I think we just have to live with chips and respray when unacceptable. sorry

 

[AshGTS]

Thanks a lot folks - I’ll try the Chipex kit and see how it goes!

Ash

 

[AshGTS]

Just a quick note that you can get 10% off if you use the promo code “FLASH10%” on Chipex kits from their website…

 

[stephentodd]

Hi Ash,

I have a Carrara white Macan, & the best touch up i have found can be bought off eBay, I have used this on the Macan, My Boxster, my wifes cars etc, always found the colour match very good. Here is a link to the item. https://www.ebay.co.uk/it...lpname%3Avlp_homepage.

 

[AshGTS]

Thanks, Stephen! Alas, I’ve already ordered the Chipex kit but will bear this in mind for next time!

Cheers

Ash

 

[Motorhead]

Ash,

I don’t think that colour match is the biggest problem with touch-in paints, it’s the paint blob that inevitably you end up with. With the application of paint to fill the chip [multi-layers if necessary] and careful subsequent use of the blending solution to remove excess paint you should be able to end up with a satisfactory covering when using your Chipex kit.

Jeff

 

[AshGTS]

Thanks a lot Jeff, appreciate the comments. I’m actually getting the car detailed with a ceramic treatment and my detailer has kindly offered to take care of my stonechips when I bring the car in. I’ll keep you posted on the outcome. (Won’t be for a few weeks).

Cheers

Ash