Rock chips and detailing...

[TBoomer]

I have several rock chips on my hood. I definately can not afford a respray, so what are my best options? I have a vial of SF paint from when I got my bumper replaced...should I use that for touch up (not sure if it has flex agent in it or not). What about clear coat?
I also want to polish my car to completely refurb my paint. Should I polish before or after touchup paint?

How would you pros go about this?

[Scooba Steve]

Silver is about the hardest color to use touchup paint with due to the metallic flakes in it. With that being said, I would suggst you check out the langka system http://www.autogeek.net/langka.html

The general rule of thumb is to wait at least 30 days to polish/wax after using touchup.

[Berkel]

http://www.guidetodetailing.com/articles.php?articleId=27

[TBoomer]

Thanks for the links. Interesting stuff there.