Standard Chip Repair vs Dr. Colorchip

[DaveT435]

No...put if you want to remove excess Dr Colorchip faster you can add a little mineral spirits to the solution and it will speed things right up.

[AustrianOak82]

How do you guys charge for chip repair services for both options? I never know how much labor it will take or anything, plus the kit or paint has to be ordered in advance.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk

[98LowRanger]

From my experience Dr. Colorchip works great for small chips and "road rash" (many very tiny chips), but not for large chips.

[Jeremy.Hoffman]

At what point do you bite your tongue and say... I'm sorry but I'd have so many hours in chip repair you could have the hood painted.

I know chips exist other places, I hunt, my jeep sees a lot of rock roads. Me doing chip work on my ride, if it takes a week so what.

[Mike Phillips]

So of course I didn't see this post and tried it.

Epic fail, whipped out the plastic razor to get it off.

Now I know why we have to pay $59. Worth every penny.

Do NOT try the OEM and step 2 as it will NOT work.

Thanks for sharing your experience, this will help others into the future....

[AustrianOak82]

Thanks for sharing your experience, this will help others into the future....

Mike I appreciate your input so far. How would you suggest charging for chip repair (both methods)?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk

[medicscott]

One could argue that road rash can be taken care of in under 30 min with Dr. Colorchip. Once you have purchased a bunch of kits you can order the individual pieces at a much cheaper price. I hope AutoGeek will start to offer the full line of Dr. Colorchip products in the future.

My costs range from $30-$65 depending on supplies needed from Dr. Colorchip and for road rash I find its so easy with the squeege method, I can charge $125 for the front and for chips themselves on the hood and grille I charge around $100 because it only takes 30 min with this system. I do not sand anymore. It's all about setting proper expectations.

At what point do you bite your tongue and say... I'm sorry but I'd have so many hours in chip repair you could have the hood painted.

I know chips exist other places, I hunt, my jeep sees a lot of rock roads. Me doing chip work on my ride, if it takes a week so what.

[medicscott]

And I'll only do the repairs off a piggy back on a full detail package not alone.

[builthatch]

for those looking to do the Colorchip process with OE paint, you mean with base or with OE touch up paint? what about Langka? i'm sure that's still around.

anyway, i've done my fair share of chip repairs using the old methods (18/0 brush or Ez-Dabber, custom mixed base, clear) and i've found that particularly with metallics, once you put clear over it, the repair will change color. it looks better than an untreated chip and the spot is protected, but i've found that 99% of the time, the color will change so the spot will still be evident. with metallics it seems to usually darken up quite a bit.

for chips that don't go all the way to the primer, where it's just a light spot on the paint, a lot of times you can just precisely fill the spot with clear and it will look better than if you tried to fill with base and then touch up, since again the clear would darken the base.

i am currently looking into mixing base with clear on a repair by repair basis. i am not sure of the ratio, probably 50/50 to start, but i am curious if that will give the best of both worlds between base/clear and OE touchup without having the color changing issue. i've read about it but never tried it on a repair, only a test card.

[98LowRanger]

Not meaning to hijack this thread, but why can't you mix touchup with some clear?