How to Fix Stone Chips in your Car (Prep Work)
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- How to Fix stone chips in your car.
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I picked up that razor blade trick from a mate a few years back. I usually scrape the corners off a fresh blade on the concrete floor to stop them digging in.
That works well too
loving this mini series. thanks for sharing some new techniques. cheers
Thanks again for watching mate, did you end up getting a Supernova?
@@TheGunmanChannel not yet, brother. It's a tad expensive and I'm still making payments on my pro lite and an okay primer gun I found online 😅. I'm also waiting to see if they come out with any limited edition DV1 guns.
I hear a little birdy say it'll be 3 years before DV1 gets any limited edition
If you haven’t tried it already, try to find a tube of SoCur “Chip Fix”. It’s a UV clear putty that dries in seconds with a small handheld UV light. The guy that makes it works for BASF, it works great. Zero shrinkage.
Thanks Mike I was looking for a better system for chips, I use the same system as the gun man with only small differences I clean the panel before filler, to see the chips better and any shiny bits, and after the razor I use the DA wet sand the filler, dry the panel and a quick 1000 dry, minor differences/personal preference other than that the same system, but I'm looking for a faster system so I might look into the soCur UV system
Never would have thought to sand stone chips with a razor blade let alone putting some base in the putty super awsome tip!!! I can't wait to try this at work thanks!!!!
When I drag a razor blade like that, I put a bend in it to "lift" the corners off the panel. You can "tune" it by leaning it forward to the panel to get a wider bite. Love the videos. :D
I actually do that one myself sometimes. Much better than the old block, then cut through, then high spots, then shrink back. I've seen people make an absolute mess out of a few stone chips.
Liking the filler skimming with a blade trick man 👍I will be doing that from now on,have a great weekend man.
Cheers mate 👊
Good to watch someone who’s on top of their game , mesmerising
Perfect timing Gunny, doing my GT P bonnet, guards and front bumper this Christmas break due to stone chips. Got the paint mixed up and ready, got all the other stuff, Santa is bringing me a new gun, on your recommendation, not looking forward to trying to get the blending into the front doors though.....
Merry Christmas Gunny.
Another great video gunner have a good weekend mate enjoy the sun it's freezing here in the uk
So I hear. It was 38° in the booth today when I was masking a car, that was only 10:30 am 😆
You rock gunman, no point in using PPF if you can just drive your car in and fix the rock chips in half a day!
The Gunman you make it look so stress free lol...I'd be stressed about sanding .. stressed about the razor blade marks...wouldn't have any 600 so then I'd be stressing about what grit to use lol....
I'd just be stressing mate 😜
Haha it's all experience I guess 😂
Cool down man, and enjoy the job.
Gunny you are a beast bro. Vids just keep commin. And i m lovin it. Great work as allways.
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Thanks gunman helpful tips
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Lovin that razor method to knock off the worst of the filler. Also the Beavis & Butthead impressions ;)
Oh man I’ve been researching how to fill and paint over rock chips thanks this helped a lot in trying to paint my car in my driveway … I will get alot of dirt but I details cars so I know how to wet sand and buff I always thought primer would fill most of them but after my first attempt the clear somehow fogged up
The razor blade method doing that for years on small holes use new razors always nice.
You can round off the corners and even the back edge of your razor blade with 600 -1200 paper with a few stroke on a flat bench or a window. Razor blades are great for filling small chips. Panel wipe speeds up the curing time of knifing putty so you can send almost right away. Nice idea the base coat colouring if you can't match with hardener.
I've got 5 cent piece sized spots on bonnet from bird droppings that have been poorly touched up with paint in the past. Can I some how sand back and refill, without doing the whole bonnet?? There's about 8 spots throughout bonnet. Thanks for your video mate super helpful!
Great video, after the prep work did you spray the whole hood with paint or just the repair area ?
Hello from Canada,..
Thanks for the awesome tutorial
Great video. to the point, few words and no silly music. THNX!
Teaching myself the hard way by watching you mate. Im learning the hard way also. Can I ask that give up that little extra info that a pro takes for granted. EG I sanded this clear with 400 grit ( which you stated) so that I can paint base coat straight over the clear.? Just remember that you know your shit. We all want to learn what you have to offer. Every detail. Well done.
I didnt realise it was possible to spray base straight onto fine filler even if only tiny chips 🤔. Love this guys videos
Thanks mate, as long as it's a fine filler then it's all good. Don't use standard body filler.
Your videos are a great help and very enjoyable to watch. Thanks for the reply 👍
Hello from Chicago. Great video, I’ve got an 03 Mustang with a load of rock chips in the hood. This is all great information.
Good luck with it mate!!
The Easycoat easysand you mention is that the rage product or the same brand but a fine filler. I use the rage filler and upol fine fill !!!
Great video. Interesting about using a razor blade
Good evening Gunny, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family. I hope 2019 is a very prosperous and good year for you. Thanks for a lot of great informational videos. You take care.
What paint did you put in your putty? Is it base coat? That's a cool tip
Yes, but only works with solvent based. Water based paint wouldn't mix.
Firstly gunman you are a legend but I think you may have a slight touch of OCD 😁 just a little bit because I couldn't see a thing wrong with the paint work on the bonnet of your car it looked like new
In case this is the last video before the holiday season thank you very much for all the wonderful content that you've put up throughout the years
I hope you and all your family have a nice relaxing holidays and a prosperous New year thank you again for all the great work 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks 🙏
also would dolphin glaze count as a fine filler glaze to be able to spray straight over have got about 2 -3 x as many chips as this bonnet
Thanks for the vid @The Gunman! I’m prepping my bonnet with a few rock chips and imperfections in the clear. I thought any fillers would eventually crack if I didn’t feather edge all the chips first! Is it actually overkill most of the time? (it would save me a lot of prep work! 😂)
Super glue is the bomb. I havent mixed soft nikki in years😉
Halfway through knock down of filler with razor I was trying to blow off flakes. Damn head cameras!
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Thanks mate. Happy New Year!!
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Hi Gunman.
I watched almost all videos I have learnt a lot from them many thanks for all the effort.
Just wondering if you selling some old second hand gun for clear coat??I just spraying as a hobby so cant afford for a new supernova..just had a thought I ask you..the best !
All the best.😊
Is it easy to repair stone chips on pearl paint? The paint code is 3L2 with blue pearls. The paint shops I went to said they couldn’t do it without repainting the whole Bonet. Any suggestions?
Well yeah, nobody would spray half a bonnet. This red car is a pearl too. You may even find lots of repairers quote for fender blends too, this will ensure no visible colour difference.
Great video Gunny. Perth boy too. What was the model of the Chicago air sander? Looking to get one for DYI. Thanks
Update - I believe it’s CP7255CVE. Chicago Pneumatic. Not Chicago Air. Different brand.
That razor blade had me scared but she’s in good hands!
Good stuff gunner im gonna adopt that
May i ask why just the bonnet was done ? did you do a bit of a blow in to avoid re coloring the edge / sides of bonnet to have it match the guards
Have you tried using dedicated denibber tools to umm flatten filler when it's only small chips? Works pretty good for touch-up blobs if you let them harden enough, so I guess it should work for this.
I have tried but doesn't seem to cut as fast as blades
great vid thanks for shareing
I just bought a little kit from Dr. Colorchip. I really can't do all of that. Just the thought of sanding down my cars paint terrifies me mate.
As always... GREAT JOB GUNNY!
Thanks 🙏
Very good job
I can only imagine what a customer would say if they seen you doing taking a razor blade to there new g wagon, hellcat etc. do you have videos on paint selection from local shops, clear coat differences, types of sand paper better for metal and car use. Does the low lower grits 80-400 that feels like normal paper
Matter as much as the finer grits that use that plastic type backing like 4m
Does 600-3,000
I would imagine it's like going to the dentist and seeing him grind the shit out of someone's teeth isn't it, he's got skills and experience so you don't even question it, I'd imagine most G-Wagon owners would be the same, "Well, he's the professional, I'll let him do his job and judge the end result."
The Gunman Bees shit lol...funny as fuck
Nice video Gunman, Can I ask what vacuum, palm Sander, And grit sandpaper you started with 600? all the way through.Thanks
Best and easiest way
sorry about my english ! i"m from europe ! but I know something !never mix a physical poly-ester(evercoat) with a pre oxydated binder (standox basecoat) can be a disaster for other painter"s
I have some stone chips in a fiberglass hood. Would you use the same method on that? using spot putty?
How much would a repair like this typically cost? I too have a red Corolla and the bonnet + front panels are driving me nuts!! Had a white car before this one and hardly noticed the imperfections.
How cools the razor blade trick, that was a great vid mate, I certainly learned something from it.
Thanks again for watching mate. 🤘
Mate I've learned a lot from watching you do your thing, thanks for showing us how.
Noted Gunny. Handy tip that.
Awesome thanks
Ballpark what you'd charge for this? Wanna get my bonnet done as well as my roof and boot lid for some peeling clear. Its a Biege metallic 97 lexus. Cheers!
$1,000 should cover it
Nice job
Nice video, what brand is ur sander?
Great work gun man, im in the us and i want to buy a tekna pro lite, just worried that it might be a fake, how can i know? CFT UK LTD ,BH11,9LH,UK is written on side , i dont know if that means anything but some guns i saw had ITW FINISHING, instead of CFT UK LTD, plz help
They are all made in UK, all pro lites, I'm not familiar with the numbers because I haven't looked at mine but I do know they are owned by a parent company called Carlisle Fluid Technologies this would fit with the CFT
How did your putty not dry quickly while you were filling those rock chips?
This is The Gunman's alternative to cutting cocaine with a razor.
I'm curious if this held up or if you get shrink or lack of adhesion?
@@robertfontaine3650 it definitely holds up mate, it's my car and still looking great 👍
Great videos mate. Can that filler be used on a plastic bumper in the same way for scuffs and chips?
Absolutely
@@TheGunmanChannel thanks sir. Appreciate the reply. You come accross as a likeable guy by the way. Greetings from ireland
The da that you are using right now what's the stroke like the numbers I want to buy me another one the one I have sands to fine it doesn't go downtown if you know what I mean
Can I do the same method if those chip holes got rust?
@The Gunman, just a question, I know you do painting, but I'd like to wrap my car, and I do have a lot of stone chips and one big key stripe, is it enough just to do prep as you did here, or do I need to do anything more in order to wrap my car?
Thanks
good question. it'd be awesome to have an answer, aye?
Great trick...👍🏽
I'm trying to understand why it wasn't necessary to thoroughly wipe off all of the dust after you used the orbital sander before you applied the filler to the stone chips.Wont the residue dust affect the filler's adhesion?
Nope, I've done it this way for years, even wiping the panel down probably wouldn't remove all the dust from the chips, I know this method works because this is my own car and I sprayed this about a year ago, I looked at it today and it still looks great, no shrinking or delamination
I clean the panel quickly with water and a microfibre quickly/ruffly first before filler, not for adhesion, but to see all the chips easier and any shiny paint bits to scotchy or get when sanding the filler, if for any reason the panel hasn't been cleaned like a work mate mixed up a batch of filler and it's about to go off, on it goes... it never has caused me any adhesion issues or job comebacks later on down the line, ...great video by the way💯♾️
Mate I wished you were based in Brisbane. Don’t suppose you know anyone on this side of the country that puts in as much effort as you do by any chance? My standards are high as fuck after watching your videos lol
I've actually only ever even been to Qld once. I have family there so went to visit them, however, I don't know any local painters sorry.
Hey mate just wondering, does the filler stick to the surface just as well if you havent cleaned it, or does it not matter?
You should clean it first, I always do. Follow this procedure for best results mate.
Subtitles lol I don't understand aussie through a mask over an air compressor 😂😂😂
Was that base coat color you used in you filler?
What brand of 600g paper are you using?
why did you use razor blade? how come you didn't just sand with orbiter?
The blade makes it flatter before sanding 🤘
Gunny what do you think about using a bit of fully catalysed hi fill with a brush, so foam 600 scuff the chip, brush fill small chip with hi fill then next day 600 random orbital ready for base or prime? Talking the home job here so time isn't a significant issue.
By rights it should work, only thing is that when built up it usually takes a bit longer than filler to fully cure, so it may shrink more over time, it could look ok until a month down the track when it is fully cured then it has sunk further into the chip, if that makes sense.
Yeah mate absolutely makes sense. I have like 100 + small super fine chips in my MPS bonnet through to primer lol so was thinking about a week in advance of sanding back giving it a go. There are a couple of larger chips that I'll skim coat. Plans may change, I may just go right back to metal. I have watched all of your vids and love em gunny, keep up the good work mate. As I said elsewhere. you inspired me to un retire my gear and have a crack at a complete re-spray... Velocity red eeeeeeek.
@@MarkSmith-dz6dj Yeah velocity red is a nice colour, coverage is the main issue you'll have. And to be honest if there's that many stone chips it could be worth filling the ones you can see like I did in this video, then actually spraying 2-3 even coats of primer on, that gives you a 2nd chance to get the ones you may have missed, obviously it's not necessary as you saw in this video series but I do this shit every day, so I'm confident I can do it but for someone learning I'd probably recommend what I just mentioned.
Thanks mate. I was just outside looking over the bonnet and think I'll take your advice and fill all I can see sand, then fully 2K prime. My velocity red is 10 years old now and it's like all the magenta in the main layer has faded out so it's gone an almost goldish tint on the pearl on all the upper surfaces. I went PPG on the ground and main and did a few test cards, 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5 coats and they are all way darker than whats on the car so full re-spray it is. Cheers mate. A lot may say why bother.... there is nothing quite like the satisfaction of off the gun fresh paint.
@@MarkSmith-dz6dj well, I'd say good luck but I think this trade is only a very small part about luck. It's mainly skills, knowledge and experience. May the force be with you 😂😂
600 grit over the panel would mean that the "low spot" that is the chip, didn't get sanded, neither did the edges of the chip, so would that mean It wouldn't adhere that well?
I filled the chips in with fine filler, then scraped the excess off with a razor, then used 600 which is more than enough for adhesion.
@@TheGunmanChannel the filler adhesion I meant
@@dogemcmoon9644 no way it's going anywhere. 6 years on and holding strong. If you really were concerned, strip all the paint off. Bit excessive if you ask me tho.
@@TheGunmanChannel hey gunman I tried it on a WRX hood. Turned out awesome!! You made it easy, man
@@dogemcmoon9644 awesome. I literally do it every day at work with people's stone chips 😉
Thanks Gunman. Perfect amount of detail
Going 2 rock chip again unless u going 2 keep it in the garage after u paint it.
Clear bra
Hi gunman next orbital sander review tri
So now you'd just spray base over it, then clear it?
By the book they recommend primer but as long as it's a fine filler yeah it's ok to paint over
@@TheGunmanChannel ah okay. Thanks for the video. Learned a lot. Going to try it on my old messed up hood at the shop and see how good i am with that razor 🤣
H! Can you tell me which white putty are you use? Where to buy? Thanks.
It's evercoat easy sand
Hey mate where abouts are you located if in Melbourne please let me know where cheers mate. Need some work done.
I'm in Perth mate
Are you using an interface pad or just the Da with the pad that it comes with
Interface pad
Is that a normal filler or a glassing putyy?
It's a fine filler (glazing putty) it's called Evercoat easy sand
What is the Brand name of the tape?
Colad
What name of the intro music
Pitiful would never put a da sander on pop can hood like dat would sand 500 dry buy hand 220 dry around rock chips polyester putty rock chips sand with 220 Finnish 320 prime and dat color definitely have to blend in fenders and bumper
What kind of filler?
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Mabey someone can answer me why my sealer (wet on wet primer) looks grainy after ive painted and cleared it. Any tips????
Maybe try slowing down your activator. I had the same issue when i was sealing bigger jobs and it would flash off as I was spraying so the overspray was landing on top and creating that sandpiling I think you're talking about. Also if you can feel or see that its gritty before you put color on just give it a quick scuff back and tack and you should be good👍 Hope that helps.
..or try lowering down your psi
What disc do you final prep with? Should be p240 grit minimum..p320 or p400...guess you already know that though eh?
I reckon Dylan's on to it. Slow the product down, try spraying outer surface first then do edges too, this helps minimise the overspray creating what I call a sandpit.
Aye!!! Thanks guys for all your feed back. What you guys are saying is the exact problem ive been having! Thanks again fellas!!!! "Get out there and paint sum shit"
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WHy not just fix the spots?
I did, then I sprayed over them 🤔
Old trick but there is easier tricks than this and faster 😉
Do you want to share your easier trick or just tell us there is one!
You know you not your job whence tho u watch people doing your job
Nice video brother looking good nice tip, do you have an email address? Thanks and GOD BLESS Happy Holidays
Your da sander in this job have 3 or 5 mm?
3mm for finish prep work 5 and 7mm for body mate
I use 5 for everything and never had an issue.
Thanks guys 👍👍👍
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