Hello,
I have created this guide to help those who like me found out about Tesla paint weakness after purchasing the vehicle.
I purchased a used 2020 White Pearl Model 3 with Tesla directly and found out later after giving a manual and thorough wash that a lot of rock chips were present on the frunk of the car and front bumper mainly.
Having done a lot of research on the topic and finding out about the different kits offered, I was undecided between the Tesla Kit and Dr. Colorchip.
Then I watched this youtube video by Frugal Tesla guy and decided to go with Dr. Colorchip
So I followed all the instructions and this are the results I obtained. Let me tell you I was very impressed by the results. Take a look for yourself (note there are a couple of chips in the after pic that where not covered at the moment to take the picture):
Before / After
So how do I achieved these results? Let me explain you what are the steps I took and found out to be the best when applying the paint:
Se below a video of the process explained above:
Paint Application:
Blending:
Hope you liked the post and can help some out there. Let me know if you have any questions!
I have created this guide to help those who like me found out about Tesla paint weakness after purchasing the vehicle.
I purchased a used 2020 White Pearl Model 3 with Tesla directly and found out later after giving a manual and thorough wash that a lot of rock chips were present on the frunk of the car and front bumper mainly.
Having done a lot of research on the topic and finding out about the different kits offered, I was undecided between the Tesla Kit and Dr. Colorchip.
Then I watched this youtube video by Frugal Tesla guy and decided to go with Dr. Colorchip
So I followed all the instructions and this are the results I obtained. Let me tell you I was very impressed by the results. Take a look for yourself (note there are a couple of chips in the after pic that where not covered at the moment to take the picture):
Before / After
So how do I achieved these results? Let me explain you what are the steps I took and found out to be the best when applying the paint:
- Wash the car and clean the surfaces to treat very well. It is important to clean with alcohol the surfaces to cover
- The Kit recommends using a squeegee and using an excess of paint. That is NOT necessary. Cover only the paint chips. In order to do that I bought this fine line painting Pen. Found this from my research on another video (I don't remember the source). Here is the link from Amazon
- Work in sections. If your car has a lot of chips like mine had. Do not cover all of them at once. Work in 10"x10" sections or so. Finish each section completely and jump to the next one.
- Let 2-5min for the pain to dry. Do not wait for more than that for the next step, I found out to be better for the paint to not be let dry for a long time.
- Use the applicator solution. It is the second bottle it comes with the kit(the bigger one). Wet the cloth that comes in the kit with the blender solution and rub over the covered chips enough to level it off with the original paint. If you happen to rub too much and completely remove the paint uncovering the chip, repeat the process again, nothing to worry about.
- Once the blender solution has dried use a dry microfiber cloth to remove the excess of dry solution on the top and uncover the shine again.
- Repeat the process in all areas and Voila! You should have successfully covered all the chips and made them look way better than before.
Se below a video of the process explained above:
Paint Application:
Blending:
Hope you liked the post and can help some out there. Let me know if you have any questions!