In 2001, Dan McCool and Bill McLean, friends and neighbors for years, created Dr. ColorChip Corporation. After working in the automotive detailing and touch-up industry for several years using various inferior methods to address paint chip repairs on local dealerships' used car inventory, they realized a need for a product that was simple in design, allowing for ease of use by relative novices to the business. With several months of old-fashioned garage chemistry under their belts, they finally devised a product and process that enabled them to produce high-quality chip repairs in a fraction of the time it took using the slower, more traditional methods.