Dr. Colorchip or Langka?

[TS656577]

Hey everyone, tried to do some searching on this but I didn't really get any results. If there is already a thread, I apologize. I was curious what people prefer for filling slightly deeper rock chips. I'm looking to do this on my 05 STI

[Toonces]

I'm hoping you get some good responses because I'm wondering the same. I'd like to fill some deep chips in single stage black paint and am wondering if there's a system for that purpose. I don't know if factory touch-up paint is even available in my case, though it presumably is for your STI.

[PoorOwner]

here is one more to consider but I have not seen ANY reviews on this product.
I could definitely use the putty they supply in a couple of gouges in the plastic moulding that I have got.

Automotive Touch Up Paint | Deep Scratch Repair Kit | Bumper Repair (http://scratchwizard.net/)

[TS656577]

I have not heard of that one but if anyone has any thoughts on that product or any others, please feel free to throw it into the mix

[PoorOwner]

It seems to me the scratch wizard is a small tube of 3M glazing spot putty (same red color) and a touch up paint and small brush.

The only thing to find might be a leveler that wipes off the putty cleanly. So you can leave the putty in the chip without sanding.

[RTexasF]

From what I remember Langka is more for filling chips and Dr. Colorchip works best on road rash the leading edges (front) generally suffer from.

[Toonces]

here is one more to consider but I have not seen ANY reviews on this product.
I could definitely use the putty they supply in a couple of gouges in the plastic moulding that I have got.

Automotive Touch Up Paint | Deep Scratch Repair Kit | Bumper Repair (http://scratchwizard.net/)

Thanks for the link, PoorOwner. Just placed an order. Langka does not show anything for the single stage paint on my Ferrari and the Scratch Wizard kit is only $37 shipped (they don't even gouge you on shipping!), so it's cheaper than Dr. Colorchip. Considering I'm trying to repair fairly deep pigtails that go all the way into the primer which were left by an incompetent with a buffer at some point in the car's past, Scratch Wizard seems like a fairly inexpensive experiment.

I'll try to remember to post feedback but it won't be any time very soon since I have too many other projects on the table to rush on this one.

[AGOatemywallet]

Thanks for the link, PoorOwner. Just placed an order. Langka does not show anything for the single stage paint on my Ferrari and the Scratch Wizard kit is only $37 shipped (they don't even gouge you on shipping!), so it's cheaper than Dr. Colorchip. Considering I'm trying to repair fairly deep pigtails that go all the way into the primer which were left by an incompetent with a buffer at some point in the car's past, Scratch Wizard seems like a fairly inexpensive experiment.

I'll try to remember to post feedback but it won't be any time very soon since I have too many other projects on the table to rush on this one.

Pigtails are caused by improper sanding...NOT by buffing

Please post some pictures of the defects you are referring to

[Toonces]

Pigtails are caused by improper sanding...NOT by buffing

Please post some pictures of the defects you are referring to

From what I can tell, the car was buffed with an old style cotton bonnet with an exposed arbor, and it was the arbor that did the damage. Perhaps that is not called a pigtail in the detailing world, but that's what it looks like to me. In any case, I've found plenty of evidence that at some point the car was buffed by someone who had no clue what he was doing.

Not that any of this has any relevance to the original topic...

[d33p]

^^ I hope that didnt happen under your ownership! Id send a lynch mob to that detailer lol

[TS656577]

Haha heck yea I would.

So thanks for the response rtexasf. So you think langka is better for deeper scratches? Even with the squeegee version of Dr colorchip that AG sells? That seems like it'd be better for filling deeper defects.

[Toonces]

^^ I hope that didnt happen under your ownership! Id send a lynch mob to that detailer lol

No, not during my ownership. But I agree with you that whoever did it should be strung up by their toes.

It's taken some time, but the car actually looks very good now, with the exception of the places where the paint was scratched. Fortunately, the paint is pretty thick and it's single stage, so it corrects very nicely. The biggest hassle has been getting all of the compound residue out of all of the nooks and crannies. I'm not sure why they would do such a thing, but it looks like they removed the front trunk molding before "polishing", then replaced it without cleaning any of the residue from the lip. It took hours to clean the dried polish from inside that molding. I swear it looked like there was an entire bottle of dried polish inside the molding.

I can't imagine why anyone would perform such a poor work on any car, let alone a nice one. But apparently it's not as rare as we'd hope-- there's a recent thread here where someone hosed a Lamborghini in the process of "installing" clear film. It looked like a five year old had done the work. The pro who repaired the damage did an awesome job, but it probably cost the owner a fortune to fix something that should have never happened in the first place. Really frustrating to have to repair damage caused by incompetents who presumably charged for what basically amounts to vandalism.

Thanks for the opportunity to vent. Apologies to the OP for the hijack.

[TS656577]

Not a problem. We all understand that logic here I believe.

[DaveT435]

I have used quite a bit of Dr Colorchip. I have even used it ti repair a paint chip...wouldn't really call it a chip...about 3/4 an inch long and 1/2 an inch wide. You can get DC to completely fill in a scratch or chip. The only issues I've come across is sometimes the shine isn't quite as good as the paint around it. If you use a fine polish to polish the area it helps, also depends on LSP. A sealant or coating seems to help hide this more. For anything small, I would say any chip that is an 1/8 inch to a 1/4 inch from a couple feet away you wouldn't notice. I've got pictures of very large chips repaired. The only issue was the color match on the vehicle, 72 Beetle that had been repainted. With that one Dr Colorchip sent me a bottle of pure white (at no charge) so I could mix the paint myself and lighten the color.

[DaveT435]

Oh, and PoorOwner just a heads up, your not supposed to post links to competitors products...