LANGKA Complete Paint Chip Repair Kit

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• ASIN: B000BAV602
  

By : Langka
Price : $39.99

Product Description

You may have read in our polishing section that if you can catch your fingernail in a scratch, it's too deep to be removed at home. This is still true, but you can repair deep scratches and chips yourself, saving you a lot of money at the body shop. The Langka Complete Paint Chip Repair Kit gives you all the products you need (minus the paint) to make chips and scratches disappear!

 

LANGKA Complete Paint Chip Repair Kit

 

Product Features

• 2 oz. bottle of Langka Prepaint
• 2 oz. bottle of The Blob Eliminator
• Plastic Card
• Langka Paint Sealant
• a Fine Tip Brush ; a Microfiber Towel

Customer Reviews

I have a 2005 Honda Element with a nice metallic Sunset Orange Pearl finish. I've had some chips on the front hood but nothing that really spurred me into action until some $% intentionally scratch the rear quarter panel of my car. Why Who knows why these jerks do what they do. I take pains to be considerate to others and things like this unfortunately still occur. I called several body shops and got quotes from $350 to $750 to repair this scratch. This led me to ask my car enthusiast friend and he recommended the Langka product. I did some research on the web and also browsed some car forums where the administrator detailed how the product is applied and the technique. I figured I had nothing to lose as $40 plus $8 for the dealer touch up paint was a whole heck better than even the cheapest body shop quote.
I started by applying the touch up paint on Friday afternoon and let it dry for over 12 hours until the next morning. I then used the blue flat card which comes with the kit which you wrap with a tightly woven cloth (in this case, I used an old bed sheet which I cut into a size which I could wrap tightly around the credit card size plastic.) I then applied the blob eliminator to the cloth closest to the edge of the plastic and began to use a back and forth action on the chips where I had applied the touch up paint. The trick is to apply enough so that the dried paint is above the surrounding surface. I learned that the touch up paint can shrink when it dries and that what may seem enough initially the next morning may turn out to be not enough and you can still see an indention. If you want a smooth finish, there really is no point in starting the process if the hole is not fully filled. I began on a variety of chips on the front hood and was successful for the most part. The one thing I noticed however is that on a few of the filled in chips, I noticed a darkened ring around the perimeter of the fill; just perceptible enough that you can notice the repair if you are looking closely. Overall, most casual car people will find this kit very useful as only a very detailed inspection will reveal where the chips have been repaired. You can also print out a very detailed step by step instruction guide from various web sites which carry the Langka product.
Now, you're probably wondering, didn't he say he bought this for the 5" scratch that $%; (may he burn in hell)left on his rear quarter panel? Yes...scratches are a different story and even the online guides warn that scratches require much more patience and may require several tries. I placed an ample amount of touch up paint on the scratch and waited overnight before tackling the scratch. The scratch was more difficult to tackle since it was on a vertical surface versus the chips on the hood which were on a horizontal surface. I worked very gingerly as to not pull the paint out of the scratch. Alas, whereas I was able to keep the touch up paint in the deep scratch, some of it did pull out enough so that you can still make out the scratch. The good news is that the primary mission of keeping the scratch from rusting and protecting the finish has been achieved. The bad news is that on my first go, the scratch is still visible though the color is matching now. The darkened ring around the scratch also reared its head on the scratch as it did on 2 of the chips. I am not quite sure if this is a byproduct of the blob eliminator or dust or some other impurity on the finish of the vehicle. I will probably at some time in the future have another go at the scratch since my priority was to get the car protected in time for my trip to snow country this upcoming week. All in all, I was pleased with the product. I feel it performs much better at chip repair rather than scratch repair; Hence the 3 stars rather than 4 stars. You can't beat the value of doing it yourself for under $50 rather than $350-$750 for a 5" scratch.
I will amend this review at a later date to update my progress on the scratch if I find time to have another go at it.
Happy repairing

I purchased Langka blob remover to try to fix the first chip on the hood of my 2011 BMW. I used the touch up paint and got the dreaded bubble. I felt that it looked worse than if I had just left the chip alone. I came across the blob remover add in a BMW magazine and figured that for $20 (2ox bottle) I would give it a try. What use to stand out at me is hardly noticeable anymore! I could not be happier! It does not work a miracle, but has made the touch-up job 95% better and 95% less noticeable. If you have touch-up work to do, give this a try. I am glad I did! There are youtube clips to help give better directions on how to use the product. Best of all... if you mess up, simply reapply touch-up and try it again. It will not damage factory paint!

 

LANGKA Complete Paint Chip Repair Kit