Hour old rock chips

[JakeJS]

Picked up my MY on Friday and unfortunately the highway was being repaired and loose rocks across all lanes. I now have chips in the plastic and one on the metal hood. Need to get this fixed ASAP but touch up paint is sold out. Any recommendations?

 

[N1L CO2]

There are other aftermarket companies that offer touchup paint.

Touch Up Paint, Pens, Paint Kits & Accessories
Touch Up Paint and repair | AutomotiveTouchup

 

[techMology]

Wow, that sucks! Glad I got my MY PPF'd as soon as I could.

Check out this video. He compares the Tesla kit with Dr. ColorChip. Some interesting results (TL;DR: he ultimately picks Dr. ColorChip).

 

[JakeJS]

Based on the size of my chips the pen looks interesting. Anyone have experience with the pens?

 

[Gizmotoy]

Based on the size of my chips the pen looks interesting. Anyone have experience with the pens?

I got the Tesla pen years ago for my Model S. It was awful. Maybe others can get good results out of a pen, but it never seems to go well for me. I ended up yanking the tip and getting the paint out with a brush. Later on I repaired some chips with Dr. Colorchip, and those look better. I've had mixed results with Langka, but want to try it again because theoretically it should be better for chips (and especially larger chips).

 

[Briggums]

When I got my model three I pulled into the Plaza across the street and put on some shelving wrap. I thought I was kinda nuts for doing it. It looks ugly as hell but it is only for the way home.

For touch up paint try Langka

 

[N1L CO2]

I got the Tesla pen years ago for my Model S. It was awful. Maybe others can get good results out of a pen, but it never seems to go well for me. I ended up yanking the tip and getting the paint out with a brush. Later on I repaired some chips with Dr. Colorchip, and those look better. I've had mixed results with Langka, but want to try it again because theoretically it should be better for chips (and especially larger chips).

Pens belong in the trash from the word go. Absolutely useless!! I have had better lucks with touchup sticks with tiny sponge tips. It gives you much better control over how much paint to dab on the surface. You MUST have very steady hands like a brain surgeon tho.

Fine Tip Touch-Up Applicators, 25 Count

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If you wanted to get really technical, you are supposed to "overfill" the chip so that there is a slight bump coming out of it. You then go back (after it's completely dry) to wet-sand it down with a 3000 grit "blending" it in with the surrounding surface. You can then use a paint-correction polish to remove the 3000 grit sanding marks back to shine.