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[Mr Tidy]

Hi guys I've recently bought a VX220 and am therefore a little skint this month!! There's the usual few chips and blemishes on the paintwork which I want to fix but, because of lack of funds at the moment, I'm looking into doing them myself as opposed to having them done professionally. I've found a product called 'ChipEx' which claims to give a professional looking finish by using an agent to blend and smooth the paint seamlessly and doesn't leave paint blobs like the usual chip repair kits. Has anyone used this kit before and was it as good as it claims to be?? The URL is www.chipex.co.uk Cheers Mr Tidy

[turbobob]

Curious first post. Advertising by any chance?

[Mr Tidy]

Curious first post. Advertising by any chance?

Ha ha, I thought that when I wrote it!! I'm a thousand percent not advertising, I just wondered if this product was any good or not before I bought it!!

[techieboy]

p*ss take price for the kit.

I've used a similar kit and frankly it was a waste of time. Unless you want to spend days on end filling each little chip and twatting about, it's easier to go to a body shop and get them to blow over it for a bit of cash in hand. I've got neither the time or the patience and the second you're back on the road, you'll get another stone chip.

If you want a better value option try the Scratchmaster or Scratch kits from here

[tim king]

Hi guys

I've recently bought a VX220 and am therefore a little skint this month!! There's the usual few chips and blemishes on the paintwork which I want to fix but, because of lack of funds at the moment, I'm looking into doing them myself as opposed to having them done professionally. I've found a product called 'ChipEx' which claims to give a professional looking finish by using an agent to blend and smooth the paint seamlessly and doesn't leave paint blobs like the usual chip repair kits. Has anyone used this kit before and was it as good as it claims to be??

The URL is www.chipex.co.uk

Cheers

Mr Tidy

I would wait till the frost has gone because the paint will come of in the cold
I tosh up my car in the spring by the winter in comes of
have asked on this sight if there is a primer that will stick to the jell coat but no look???????????

[Mr Tidy]

Yeah it's not the cheapest, I was just intrigued by how it says you can 'smooth' the paint to make it look seamless. I guess i wont know if it's marketing bullsh*t until I part with 50 notes or someone says they've used it and it's a waste of time on here!!

[Mr Tidy]

Hi guys

I've recently bought a VX220 and am therefore a little skint this month!! There's the usual few chips and blemishes on the paintwork which I want to fix but, because of lack of funds at the moment, I'm looking into doing them myself as opposed to having them done professionally. I've found a product called 'ChipEx' which claims to give a professional looking finish by using an agent to blend and smooth the paint seamlessly and doesn't leave paint blobs like the usual chip repair kits. Has anyone used this kit before and was it as good as it claims to be??

The URL is www.chipex.co.uk

Cheers

Mr Tidy

I would wait till the frost has gone because the paint will come of in the cold
I tosh up my car in the spring by the winter in comes of
have asked on this sight if there is a primer that will stick to the jell coat but no look???????????

Thanks for the advice. I'll speak to my old man about the primer – he's worked on fibre glass yachts all his life – if he comes up with anything good I'll let you know...

[turbobob]

I tosh up my car in the spring by the winter in comes of
have asked on this sight if there is a primer that will stick to the jell coat but no look???????????

I'm no expert and am not saying this is definite, but as far as I am aware, the gel coat is an epoxy based thin coat over the fibre glass, i.e. similar / compatible with the resin in the fibreglass itself. So I would wager that the standard primer used primer used for painting the car will be fine.

[tim king]

[Thanks for the advice. I'll speak to my old man about the primer – he's worked on fibre glass yachts all his life – if he comes up with anything good I'll let you know... [/quote] OK THANK'S

[techieboy]

Yeah it's not the cheapest, I was just intrigued by how it says you can 'smooth' the paint to make it look seamless. I guess i wont know if it's marketing bullsh*t until I part with 50 notes or someone says they've used it and it's a waste of time on here!!

Paints4u do the same style of kit for half the price. It's uses some form of cellulose thinner or similar to take off the "bubble" when you run the block across the surface. It's not some miraculous technology they've come up with. Search for Langka chip repair. It's exactly the same stuff.

[Mr Tidy]

Yeah it's not the cheapest, I was just intrigued by how it says you can 'smooth' the paint to make it look seamless. I guess i wont know if it's marketing bullsh*t until I part with 50 notes or someone says they've used it and it's a waste of time on here!!

Paints4u do the same style of kit for half the price. It's uses some form of cellulose thinner or similar to take off the "bubble" when you run the block across the surface. It's not some miraculous technology they've come up with. Search for Langka chip repair. It's exactly the same stuff.

Cheers, I'll look it up. Have you used it before?? I'm pretty fussy and would be happy to throw plenty of time at it but if it's just gonna look sh*t then I'll just save up and get them done professionally!!

[mandarinvx]

If you only want this as an interim solution then I guess the question you need to ask is more like will it look any better than it does now (and I imagine the answer will be yes) Having two different kinds of paint on the front could cause compatibility issues when you come to get it sprayed tho

[Mr Tidy]

Thanks for the advice everyone – I'll try the Paints4U kit and see how it goes!!