[big-kev]

washed my car yesterday and there is a stone chip smack in the middle of my bonnet do MINI sell touch up pens ?? are they any good?? its right down to metal so it needs doin!

[Golowys]

Hi
I touched up a few chips a week ago
You will find lots of tips if you do a search

You can get a touch up pen from the dealer (£11) which contains paint and laquer
I used a fine number 1 artists brush to put a tiny amount of paint in the chip and repeated several times to build up layers waiting for the paint to dry in between.
Do not use the brush which comes with the paint as it is too big.

I then rubbed off any excess using langka - do an internet search - it removes any excess paint reducing the filled chip to the level of surrounding paint.

laquer is not usually needed for small chips

If you are through to metal you should probably use primer 1st

I have not filled in stone chips before but it was quite easy, just dont rush

The chips look a lot better now that the primer is no longer visible. Good luck

[MINIAC]

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