Unless I'm mixing Ezchiprepair with another brand, you get something like watery paint and a few other items. You fill the chip with paint then wipe off the excess with something like a a paper towel or... If I'm correct, the chip is still there, but it is now the paint color.

Uncle_Al, which color matched paint do you use? Is it water based, lacquer, or single stage paint.?

My hood should be repainted, but I'm fairly good at touching up chips, and generally it's on cars that have either been painted with single stage paint or two stage ones but the base coat is not water based.

I have some black single stage paint, but I have no idea as to how it would react to the surrounding water base black.

Sorry to slightly steal this post, but if the best touch-up paint to use on the chips is found, that is what to use.

If someone is really into doing it correctly you have a pint of your XF's color base matched, and the smallest clear coat amount they will sell along with the hardener. The water base should dry in ten to fifteen minutes, but give the clear a couple of days. Then use 2500 or 3000 to smooth it out, then polish.

I think I've just talked myself into have my hood painted.