If I didn't see this process with my own eyes, I would have never believed that chip was fixed with a squeegee! If was the owner of that Ferrari, I would be ecstatic at that repair! So glad I found your channel!

There is a better faster way of doing this, instead of using a squeegee, use a paint brush to only build up the area where paint is missing and low. For a repair like this it takes a few applications to get enough build that is then followed by select sanding with a tiny block to minimise paint removal surrounding the repair area. Occasionally if the colour match isn't perfect, blending thinners can be applied and once polished you will not see the repair. When I owned my own repair business I often did these repairs for no charge in the process of doing other work because I could do them in a very short amount of time and it kept customers loyal to me.

Recently sold my Mini Cooper, it had a lot of small chips and surface scratches around the front and bonnet, being BRG metallic really showed up. Was quoted £650 to paint, i went to BMW and got three official touch up stick's, and spent over 3 hour's touching them all in. Left overnight, same procedure with laquer, and left again. Borrowed my friends machine polisher, lightly flatted the area's with 2000 wet n dry with lot's of fairy liquid, and buffed, the results were remarkable, sold the it to the first viewer at full asking price. Thanks for these videos that gave me the confidence to carry it out.

Even though I don't want to do any paint repairs this was one of the most enjoyable 16 minutes I've spent on KZfaq. It's always a joy to watch a true craftsman at work.

WELL DONE ! I'm a retired autobody repairman, did this type of reconditioning for years. You know your ropes !

Not many people would be brave enough to tackle the paintwork on a Ferrari. Well done this vid was a joy to watch. Content and skill level amazing. So pleased i found your channel. Just what i have been looking for. Top job.👍

I have to say you have the best tutorials on paint chip/scratch repair I've seen so far on KZfaq. I do like your advice in your other videos about tempering your expectations of these touch up repairs. Considering the time & expense of a respray, your methods & out comes are outstanding. Good show sir!

another method for small stone chips is to fill them with paint using a thin pointed stick, a cocktail stick is often just right, let it be higher than the painted surface so it is proud of the paintwork then let it dry for a few days and then lay a razor blade on the car's paintwork and slice the high spot off bringing it down to the right height, T-Cut and polish accordingly, the trick with stone chips is to not damage any undamaged paintwork, IE sanding it, making the stone chip bigger etc, people tend to remove paint hat doesn't need removing then they try to replace the paint they just removed,

I've been watching a ton of KZfaq videos lately on paint chip repairs, and I have to say that there isn't anyone out there better than you. Very impressive! Cheers!

Brilliant job. I just recently found your channel and I am loving your no nonsense approach to these repairs.

Nice job, one of the best instructional videos I've seen, no annoying background music

Thanks for sharing again. It's a treat to watch a professional at work. Nice work.

Impressive work sir. Having that amount of patience through the process has always been a struggle for me, but your results speak for themselves. Great work & I learned a lot watching. Thanks!

Thanks for this. Given me the courage to tackle a chip on the bonnet on my 6 week old car!

Excellent video, thank you. I have always been shy of trying to repair paint on quality cars, but this year I started to learn more about paint and finishing ready for tackling a small area on a Red Lotus. There was a good tip in here about the primer colour for Red, which I have now learnt, thank you. I wondered why it shows darker with the darker primer. There is always something to learn. The more you try working with paint the more you learn and gain confidence and also understand what grits and polishes to use when and how. The same method could be used for micro blisters I think.

Very impressive! Thanks for sharing this. I wish this type of service was more widely available.

You never cease to amaze me. I love your work!

Allways educating and impressive to see professionals at work🙏🏻

Nice! I bought a cheap Yaris MK1 long ago and practiced tons of painting techniques on it. The one you used was definitely one of the best I tried. However, working on a Ferrari is really different, I would expect the owner to go after a perfect or almost perfect repair! Your results are really great.

Nice job 👍 been doing this job for customers they were so happy to save original paint on classic car👌

Scratching on a Ferrari with a razor made my stomach turn, but you certainly did an astounding job on the repair!

So glad I found your channel. I recently bought a 15 yr old Lexus with several chips (a bit smaller) like this. I’ve been working on some but with less than stellar results. You given me some very valuable information here and I am very grateful. Thanks

Great job, I didn't even know this type of repair was possible until I watched a couple of your videos.

This is great to see this technique. I always wondered if something like that would work. Sure beats dabbing in multiple layers and having to sand off a high spot. Well done sir.

I really like watching these videos, I bought a paint gear kit for my skoda yeti, had about 30 stone chips on it mostly on the bonnet, leaving it over night to dry as it quite cold now, will buff tomorrow afternoon sometime, love it when you wipe away the compound to show the shine, hope mine comes out good tomorrow.

Great job . After using some of your other techniques on minor scratches with great results, this method had crossed my mind but wasn’t sure it would be successful. Great 👍🏻

FANTASTIC work my friend! You truly are an artisan.

Brilliant tutorial from a very skilled and confident bodywork professional.

Man that chip was SO deep !. Not deep enough that you could not fix it though. Brilliant repair once again, I love the longer video's - Thanks.

Wow - I was one of those kids that used to put too much car body filler on dints and spend 2 days sanding - I can't believe the finish you achieved - I thought it was going to look terrible - it is imperceptible - amazing skill.

Great technique. I have some scratches on a new to me Ford Expedition and asked a detailer how to fix and his answer was to mow it all down with a buffer. Much better to build up a layer or more. Thanks.

Its the kind of repair that nobody will see unless they knpw it is there! Well done mate, excellent blending and feathering. you are a skilled man, for sure!

Great upload no excess yadda yadda , clear commentary and instructions and lastly NO annoying overdub music just the soundtrack of the work and your voice thankyou for that a lot of youtube uploaders could learn from you about how to upload good content without annoying their audience . thanksan up vote and sub from me .

Super nice fix mate? I am going to work on the S550 immediately. Best Regards and thank you.

Been a subscriber I believe since shortly after you started your channel. I said it then and I'll say it again, one of the best in the business hands down. If I ever learn to make videos and edit, would do same style videos, excellent job.

Brilliant repair! You are a technician of the highest order! 🍻

Really love your work mate. A true professional and I'd say an artist too as these kind of jobs are easy to get wrong if, like me, you find it hard to know exactly when to stop. Watching your work up close as you do it has really helped me learn when to stop sanding, and is saving me a tonne of time having to re-apply all over again. Thanks for sharing your knowledge in such an honest and upfront way, and for being a champion in the comments sometimes too! 🍻

Nice work mate. We do the same sort of technique in the guitar repair world. Believe it or not, super glue is often used as the clear coat.

WOW that is an excellent repair job and who would have thought that it would end up like that, great work thanks.

Literally Amazing! You've made me realise that there is no way my Porsche needs a full respray now... My chips are nothing compared to what you've just concealed on that Ferrari! 😂 I helped out at a body shop for a year or so... and although I thought I'd learnt a lot... You made this look almost too easy! Great Work!

You Sir are a master, made that look dead easy just kinda wanging it on with a spreader like that. Fantastic end result 😎

VERY impressed the paint and clear coat was applied using just a squeegee. I'll adopt that method in future similar DIY repairs. (Previously, I would have spray-painted both the paint and clear.) I think one detail OP did not mention, WHY the white-filler should not fill the entire depth of the hole, but only fill 70%~80%: If the white filler was just slightly too thick, and actually rises above the back-layer of adjacent "good" areas, then the thickness of the new red layer is going to become thinner than adjacent areas by the end of the repair --> leading to a 'faded-red' look on that divot. Whereas, as long as there is a layer of white behind the new red, even if the new white is thinner than factory's white layer, one can keep adding more red layers to build-up the thickness until it's even with adjacent areas. By that point, the new red layer has a white behind it, so won't look like a 'darker red'.

Very nice! Been holding off on touching up a couple of chips on my hood but now I feel good about taking a go at it with your tutorial.

9:09 After the 1500 sanding the chip is still low and is why it’s a darker color. I would keep adding paint until it a tad higher than the surrounding area just because I’m too fussy. What I use to fill in a chip is a fine artist paint brush then I punch out circles of 2000 grit paper with a binder hole punch the stick it on a pencils eraser end and sand away at the chip.

I didn't know it was still legal to own blades in the UK 🤣 (great job btw)

Amazing to see how aggressive you were with the blade. Nice to see someone do it this way and see awesome results...confidence to do it myself. Thanks!

Great job! Very clear, step-by-step explanation. 😊

Glad I came across your videos I’m not a professional detailer but you are showing us that with some patience we can get a professional finish without any special tools. I think European car people are far better at maintaining cars than we are in the US. Great job mate!

Looks fantastic, but how do you not get a dry edge with the clear without fade-out thinners ?

Excellent work! Great workmanship!

That's an outstanding end result! Thinking about using this method to tackle my rock chip spots on my car too, thanks!

To the unitiated, just remember that this guy has tons of experience. If this is your first shot at this, you may want to go to your local self serve auto wreckers and get a scrap piece of painted sheet metal to practice on, otherwise, you probably will mess things up royally if you try to duplicate what he's doing without some practice.

I'm really impressed with the result of your work. Great work.

Great video, love the level of detail and information you've given, and as you mentioned paint gear products I've got to say the touch up kits I've had from them were brilliant, did my repair perfectly and the price was also great, I would highly recommend.

Great job 👍 as a former bodyshop painter it's always good to know that it can be fixed with awesome ideas..

Wow, the results were amazing! Thanks for the video!

Simply awesome. Such magnificent results. You are a master of your craft Sir. 👏

Been following for years your a boss taking smart repair to new heights

AMAZING repair. Fascinating. Thank you!

What a good way of treating chips, scratches, key marks etc. I'm used to using spray techniques and filler for this type of damage. I will try this on a blue fiesta with a key scratch soon and film the results. Thank you so much for shariung your experience

I've only worked with single step paints and would have bet money you'd still see that divot that was left in the red. Thanks for sharing.

I've always wondered about repairing like this! Amazing job! Need to try this on a couple of mild scratches.

Awesome work mate. Having spent many years detailing, paint chips have always been a thing that plagued me on my cars. I'll be using this. Thank you

You’re a proper artisan outstanding work as always.

Great video very informative and easy to follow I have now done my MI 16 405 Over 35 years old It has come up great looks like new Used a small artist brush a no 7 on some of the deep chips same system just brush not squeegee Thank you for the knowledge share saved me a fortune and the old girl is now safely back in garage for the winter 💯💯👍👍✅

Nicely done, squire - a delicate operation indeed! 👌🏻

That's some lovely work! Thank you so much for sharing this.

Awesome result - thanks for sharing!

Nice job, found this channel by accident but really enjoyed your vids. Thank you.

Very nice job, I will be using this process on my own car. Thanks so much for posting this excellent video.

Awesome work! Well done.

Absolutely brilliant. Fantastic. Well done. Cheers from Germany

WOW. Impressive fix!!!!🤩

amazing mate, I never knew this is how you do it, it seem simple but you are a true craftsman and the devil is in the detail but so well explained!

Nice repair ! My Mrs keeps me busy with her car, so always good to learn some new skills. Boy there’s some swirl marks in that Ferrari’s paint!

Well done mate!

massive improvement... great work sir.

I have a couple of nicks about this size on my burnt orange harley. It's a two stage paint that I also need to prime. I've held off even trying to tackle it but I like how this turned out and am going to give it a go. Thanks!

Excellent video, repair looks amazing … well done

Wow! It came out looking soo good

Absolutely, completely and utterly brilliant.

What an amazing job. Not sure I have the skills you do but worth a try. Thank you for this detailed video

Brilliant work - a man on a flying horse would never notice the repair 😊

Absolutely beautiful repair

That repair was superb!

Among other kind of repairs on all kinds of vehicles, I also do that sort of work as well, since years, and I can say, be proud, You're an absolute PRO M8 !!

Fantastic work!

Amazing repair. I need to do this to a few minor chips in my Aston Martin. Thanks!

Love your channel, you've inspired me that it's OK to make things worse before they are better. Your repair shows up the rest of the front still covered in swirl marks, looks like a good mop and polish of the whole car would have benefited the owner.

If you told me a chip was repaired, I would have never known. Perfect fix.

Sometimes the difference between entertaining and learning becomes blurred. Not a chance on this one, thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish and deserves getting a nudge up the money tree,

Truly an artistic skill to know when enough is just enough to get it right. And I call that an invisivble mend. A repair expert once told me that an invisible mend is when a person who doesn't know where the repair was made, cannot detect or notice it with the eyes at 6 feet away from the repair then that is an invisible repair. That maxim worked very well when doing furniture finishing and repairs to polished surfaces. This video was excellent.

Great, very detailed tutorial, many thanks!

Lovely repair, made it look so simple too fair play.

WOW!! I have a couple of rock chips on my Porsche but have been putting off getting a respray. Will try this method and if it doesn't work, I guess I an always let Porsche do it. Very informative and helpful video.

Well this is my first video from your channel but you earned my sub. I got paint chipped on the hood of my Miata that I need to get to eventually and this was a good lesson.

Very impressed. Great skills being shown. Thanks!

You are the Master. I bow to you sir. Excellent job!

Awesome job! I could not see it in the video and I paused the video to look! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

Brilliant work. Thank you for educating us.