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Finally got some time to try a DIY repair on my paintwork this afternoon, so took some pictures and thought some of you might appreciate a little write-up of my work. First time ever attempting it, so might be pants!
The damage happened a few weeks back when my lovely GF decided that resting the car door on a brick pillar was a good idea. Unfortunately it ended up chipping the paint
So, I bought some touch up paint, got my DA polish and had a go repairing the damage myself. It also gave me a good chance to try out my combination for general paint correction, which I plan to do when I get access to a good garage.
So the first two pics are the damage before I did anything. Too minor to justify a respray, too major to ignore it!
First step was to give the panel a good wipe down and then got rid of any jagged bits and flakey paint using a small bit of wet/dry paper. Then, using a microfibre cutting pad and a compound (CG V34), gave the area a good compounding. Did about 4 passes. I followed this up with a orange hex-logic pad and polish (V36), and finally 2 passes using a black hex-logic pad and Chemical Guys Blacklight. Blacklight is a glaze, but I find it works well as a last step polish with a light polishing pad. The results of that are in the third picture.
I then covered the area using a sealant and made sure the chip was left bare. Using a tiny brush i filled in the chip. I made sure that the paint was 'over-filled'. My plan is to wait for it to dry over night, and then tomorrow go over the area using my DA again and try to level the touchup paint with the rest. No idea if that will work..?!
Anyway, final results of my labour are the last pictures.
In terms of paint correction, the Audi clear-coat is definitely very hard! Took 4 passes with the compound, 3/4 passes with the polish, and 2 passes with a glaze thingy to get 90% of swirls out on my paint. See the results in the final two pics.
Cant wait to have my paint looking like that all over, but Im certainly not looking forward to doing the job itself. Took me a good while just to do that small section!!
The damage happened a few weeks back when my lovely GF decided that resting the car door on a brick pillar was a good idea. Unfortunately it ended up chipping the paint
So, I bought some touch up paint, got my DA polish and had a go repairing the damage myself. It also gave me a good chance to try out my combination for general paint correction, which I plan to do when I get access to a good garage.
So the first two pics are the damage before I did anything. Too minor to justify a respray, too major to ignore it!
First step was to give the panel a good wipe down and then got rid of any jagged bits and flakey paint using a small bit of wet/dry paper. Then, using a microfibre cutting pad and a compound (CG V34), gave the area a good compounding. Did about 4 passes. I followed this up with a orange hex-logic pad and polish (V36), and finally 2 passes using a black hex-logic pad and Chemical Guys Blacklight. Blacklight is a glaze, but I find it works well as a last step polish with a light polishing pad. The results of that are in the third picture.
I then covered the area using a sealant and made sure the chip was left bare. Using a tiny brush i filled in the chip. I made sure that the paint was 'over-filled'. My plan is to wait for it to dry over night, and then tomorrow go over the area using my DA again and try to level the touchup paint with the rest. No idea if that will work..?!
Anyway, final results of my labour are the last pictures.
In terms of paint correction, the Audi clear-coat is definitely very hard! Took 4 passes with the compound, 3/4 passes with the polish, and 2 passes with a glaze thingy to get 90% of swirls out on my paint. See the results in the final two pics.
Cant wait to have my paint looking like that all over, but Im certainly not looking forward to doing the job itself. Took me a good while just to do that small section!!
