How to Fill Rock Chips

Rock chips are paint chips in a car, especially one frequently driven on roads with loose gravel that sends tiny stray rocks flying up off the road, where they hit the car and chip its paint. Neglected rock chips leads to unattractive nicks and chipped paint that can even rust over time. Filling your rock chips early on, however, saves your car's paint job. The task is relatively quick and easily and requires materials you probably have in your garage or that you can find at a hardware or home improvement store.

Sponge
Water
Soap
Cotton cloth
Automotive polish
Alcohol
Touch-up paint the color of your car
Fine sandpaper

Instructions

- 1
  Go to an auto parts shop and head to the paint section. Look up the year, model and make of your automobile using the booklet that catalogs paint colors utilized within each year each type of car was made. Locate the paint used for your car and ask the shop keeper if that paint is available. Purchase it in the smallest amount possible.
- 2
  Clean the chipped parts on your car using soap, water and a sponge to ensure there is no debris or dirt where you will be painting. Dry thoroughly using a cotton cloth.
- 3
  Rub auto polish over the chipped areas to soften the ragged edges of the chips. Rub about 10 times in each area in a circular movement. Avoid rubbing more than this, as this could hurt the existing paint coat.
- 4
  Pour denatured alcohol onto a soft cloth and wipe over in the chipped areas to remove remaining auto polish.
- 5
  Dip the butt end of a match stick in paint primer. Fill in each chip carefully with the primer. Let dry, which should take 30 minutes.
- 6
  Paint over top of the primer with using the paint that is the color of your car. There should be a brush inside the paint bottle. After applying the first coat, apply a second after one hour. Let the paint sit for two or three days.
- 7
  Sand the raised area of paint using fine sand paper.
- 8
  Polish the touched-up area to coalesce any edges.

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