How to remove the chip on the hood with your own hands?

Even the most accurate driver is not able to protect the paint from vehicle scratches and chips. From this, alas, no one is immune. Therefore, you can often hear the question of how to remove the chips on the hood with your own hands? Of course, the situation is not the most pleasant. Especially if on a smooth surface appears a lot of scratches, cracks, dents. In some cases, damage to the paintwork can be so deep that you can see the metal or the factory primer with the naked eye. If you do not repair this chip, corrosion may develop over time.

Varieties of chips

So how to remove the chip on the hood? First of all, it is necessary to understand what kind of damage refers to. This will greatly speed up the process. There are chips:

1. Shallow, when only the top layer of the coating is touched. At the same time, the base primer and paint remain intact.
2. Small cracks and scratches, when a layer of primer is visible through them.
3. Deep chips, through which the metal is visible.
4. Old damage or chips-dents, in which the body was covered with corrosion.

What to do if there are chips on the hood? How to remove them without damaging the body even more? The easiest option is to go to the car service. Here, the damage is removed qualitatively and quickly. They do not even leave a trace. But if you want, you can try to remove all signs of damage to the body yourself. And yet, how to remove the chip on the hood at home?

We get rid of shallow scratches and chips

How and how to remove the chip on the hood, which affected only the top layer of the coating? For these purposes, a special color pencil is usually used. It can be purchased at a specialized store, picking up the number of paint. The latter can be found by looking at a small plate under the hood. If this is not possible, then, if necessary, you can remove the hatch of the tank and provide it in the store.

A small crack or scratch is simply painted over with this pencil, and then the entire treated area of the body is covered with polish. In the future, it will protect the vehicle from minor damage.

If the chip is pulled to the metal or to the primer

Since removing the chip on the hood of the car (photo procedures are presented in the review) is not so simple, it is worth to prepare in advance. It should be noted that the process itself is quite laborious and requires a lot of time. A positive effect can be achieved only in the warm season. If the trouble happened in the winter, then remove the chip or scratch is in a well-heated garage or in a special box.

In general, for work it is required:

1. Auto enamel. It is sold in cans or in vials like female lacquer. You can buy an enamel in a specialized store that sells spare parts for cars. There is a chance to choose a coating that is ideal for a shade of the body. Choose the auto-enamel is recommended in the daytime. For comparison, the palette should be taken out to the street and compared with the shade of the vehicle.
2. Primer. This composition is required only in the presence of very deep chips, through which the metal is visible.
3. Lacquer. Make the surface perfectly smooth without this tool will be quite difficult. Therefore, the lacquer should be purchased necessarily.
4. Matches and a brush.
5. Painting Scotch. The width of the strip should be at least 3 cm.
6. Materials to be polished. In this case, it is worth using grinding paper, felt. Also it is worth buying a polish beforehand.

Preparation of the damaged area

So, how to remove the chip on the hood of the car? If the damage is very deep, then you have to work a little. The vehicle must be thoroughly cleaned before starting work. Can not all. But the place with damage must be cleaned of dirt. After washing the body is dried. It is recommended to degrease the damaged area before starting the treatment. To do this, you can use a solvent or acetone.

If the paintwork has cracked in the area of the damaged area or there are signs of corrosion, then all this must be cleaned using a "nulevku" grinding paper.

How to remove a chip on the hood

After the damaged site is prepared, you can proceed to the main stage of work:

1. On the cleavage site, a primer coat should be applied, carefully dried, and then sanded using a grinding paper. The procedure can be repeated if necessary.
2. The damaged area should be pasted with paint tape, leaving a gap slightly more than the chip itself or a crack. After that, the surface must be painted over with auto-enamel in the can. At the same time, care should be taken to ensure that no streaks occur. Before starting work, it is recommended to thoroughly study the instructions on the spray can.
3. When the first layer of auto enamel dries, the following should be applied.
4. It is recommended to clean the painted area gently with a "zero" grinding paper. Thanks to this, the place covered with fresh auto enamel will not be allocated.
5. In the end, it is worth covering the embedded chipped lacquer and polishing.

What to do if the chipped with a dent

It is much more difficult to eliminate such chips on the hood. How to remove? Such chips are formed as a result of hail or fall of large crushed rock. On the surface can be formed not only a crack, but also a small dent.

To remove the dent, it is recommended to attach a wooden block to it from the inside, and then knock on it with a kijan made of rubber. It should be noted that such work requires caution and considerable experience. If you do not know how to perform such filigree procedures, then you should ask for help from specialists. After the dent has been removed, the work described in the paragraph above is performed:

1. Apply a primer layer and sand.
2. Everything is covered neatly with enamel.
3. When the coating dries, everything is polished, and then polished.

If the base coat is damaged

How to remove chips on the hood on metallic paint and on the color coating? Each specialist offers his own method of dealing with damage to the hood. In some cases, when the chip has touched only the base layer of the paint, without getting it to the primer, you can use the usual auto enamel. It should be selected in accordance with the color of the body.

It is simply applied to the formed cavity with a wooden toothpick or a match. When the enamel is completely dry, the treated area is recommended to be polished, covered with a neatly lacquer, and then polished. This will completely hide the chip. The treated area will not stand out on the hood.