Chipex UK Automotive Blog

Getting paint chips and scratches on your car's most priceless bodywork seems to be a fact of life. It's unavoidable, yet is still a pain in the ba...

Painting a car is a lot harder than it looks. It's by no means the same as spray painting a wall. On a car, if you get just one coat or layer of pa...

It's hard not to dread the moment when you've realised that there's an unsightly ding on your car's paint. The thought of "what and how could this ...

Automotive paint is quite a surprisingly complex art and alchemy, more so than just mixing together colours into a bucket and spraying it over. It ...

There's nothing like a clean, shiny, and gleaming car to make you feel that everything's right in the world. Naturally, we can't not love that show...

Right, let's picture the scene... You just arrived home from work, excited to have that big family reunion party tomorrow. But as you park up your ...

Tricolour, or tri-coat paint is one of the most complex, and arguably among the most beautiful forms of paintwork that you can apply to any vehicle...

Automotive paints have a complex degree of chemistry about them, which some might say that people who aren't in the industry truly understand or ap...

Your car's VIN, or Vehicle Identification Number, tells a lot more about itself and how it was made than it might seem. It's by no means some rando...

How to get rid of small scuffs on your car Small scuffs on your car can be an absolute nightmare. Even the tiniest scratch can really bug someo...

Spraying your car can seem like a mammoth task that involves risk. However, since car manufacturers use a car spraying technique to spray the car i...

Finding your car colour code is one of the most important parts of fixing a scratch on your paintwork. Luckily, with Chipex it couldn’t be easier t...

When you own a luxury car like a BMW, any scratch or mark that appears on your paintwork can be a real annoyance, especially if it’s a stone chip t...

What is Road Rash? Road rash is the bane of every car-lovers life. The term road rash is usually used to refer to the scratches and chips that appe...

Imagine the scenario: you’re returned to your car after leaving it parked all day, only to find that someone has bumped into you and left you with ...

Deep scratches on your car can be caused by anything from someone hitting their car door into you, to being hit by debris as you drive along. No ma...

The Ford Fiesta is a firm favourite for reliability, affordability and it’s sleek aesthetic. In 2018, the Ford Fiesta topped the charts for the mos...

There’s nothing worse than pulling into your drive, or parking your car on the road and doing a double take to realise that your paint has been chi...

We’ve all experienced that sinking feeling when you see a great big scratch ruining the paintwork on your beloved car. And if you’ve ever wonder...

How to protect your car paint from scratches and chips Paint chips and scratches make your car look ugly, they de-valuate it, and they can lead to ...

Why repair car bumper damage? Scratch or chip damage anywhere on your car is ugly, and front and rear bumpers are the most susceptible to damage. ...

Walking out to my newly-purchased Lexus LS 400 one morning, it wasn't until I was a feet away that I realised someone had run a knife edge across t...

Car paint codes - not the most exciting topic, I'll grant you, but an important necessity when you're in need of painting an area of your vehicle o...

Henry Ford once wrote in his autobiography of the Ford Model T: "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black...

Which is best: paint chip repairs or car respray? If you're proud of your car, and those ugly paint chips up front are really starting to bug you, ...

What are stone chips? Stone chips are the blight of any car owner who regularly uses the motorway. Flung at already-high speeds, your car then hurt...

Sometimes, a scratch or scuff on your car's bodywork is just too deep and wide to be able to use a paint repair kit, and the panel may need respray...

The car touch-up paint pen has its uses, certainly, but at the same time it's always better to go with a more permanent and better fix for car pain...

Here on the Chipex blog, we often refer to ‘road rash’ when we’re talking about car paint chips and what causes them. If you haven’t been afflicted...

The Chipex paint chip repair system is a brilliant one. It is quick, simple and easy to use, and highly cost-effective in comparison to other chip ...

We all hate those annoying stone chips on our cars, and it's especially bad when you like to keep your paintwork looking its best. That dreaded 'WH...