04-10-2021, 11:17 AM | #1 |
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Paint Damage Repair
Long story short, I damaged my trunk lid yesterday when I was trying to remove the old wing on my car. The scratch is noticeable, especially when you are walking near the car. I know it’s not going to look 100%, but how would you guys tackle this repair? Will it blend well with the surrounding paint? Btw it’s too deep to buff
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04-10-2021, 11:39 AM | #2 |
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I have something called Liquid Ebony. Its old... from the 70s. But its a final finishing step from commercial body shop supplies.
Im sure its no longer available but there has to be a product used now to remove swirl marks. The finest grit available. Much of that looks to be in the clearcoat. It may be possible to polish the visibility of it right out. Or take it to a paint shop for actual repair. I think it depends how pristine your car is or how perfect you need it to be. Ive done chip repairs that were to the metal using touch up paint and raising the level of paint above the existing paint. Then polishing it down level again. Its possible to make it disappear completely. But if your car is perfect... and the scratches go down to metal. You might be more satisfied taking it to a specialist.
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04-10-2021, 11:48 AM | #3 |
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By the way. Liquid Ebony is kind of like a super light weight oil with powdered graphite in it. You need to shake it because it separates.... Then as you polish it just sort of disappears. Looking at the pics Im betting with some careful work you can make that invisible. You just need to shine the whiteness out of the scratches so they cant be seen.
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04-10-2021, 12:35 PM | #4 |
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Looks like clear coat damage. I would look at the chemical guys you tube page, they have info on scratch removal.
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04-10-2021, 12:50 PM | #5 |
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Take it to a body shop. There is no fixing that with OTC products, depending the level of 'fix' you are after.
Repaint, sand and clear is required. Otherwise, your only real option is touch up paint which will just look like crap, but it will 'hide' it some. But I would assume a good body shop could do a small fix to that area or something. |
04-10-2021, 12:53 PM | #6 |
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If you can drip water on it and it disappears, then its only the clear. You could wet sand most of that if not all of that out, then buff it to near perfect. At the worst it would probably look like an oddly shaped water spot once done. Just start with 3000 grit, moving down to 2000 then 1500 if you need. Then back to 3000 and buff. There are plenty of ways to get this to be almost not visible. To make it perfect, you would need a re-clear from a body shop. Luckily the trunk lid has hard edges, and the new clear wont need to be blended all over the rear quarters or the bumper.
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04-10-2021, 04:54 PM | #7 |
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i would take it to a good detail shop and ask if it can be fixed without a respray.or possibly sand and spray a coat of clear and buff the area.some times an experienced hand can work wonders.
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04-11-2021, 06:27 PM | #8 |
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Honestly it all depends on depth of damage and how good you want the final result. If you want it be perfect take it to a professional. If you want it just barely noticable you can do it yourself. I just glue a piece of 800 and 4000 grit sandpaper to a ~1" piece of angle aluminum (anything flat that you can hold onto) I use the 800 to get rid of any high spots, use a paint pen to fix any paint damage, let dry, light sand, drop of clear coat, let dry, 800 grit to get the high spots of the clearcoat down flush, 4000 grit then compound and polish.
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04-11-2021, 07:52 PM | #9 |
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I would take it to a well known body shop and let them check it out and get their advice on repairing the scratch. Looks like to me from the pics the scratch might have gone down to the paint. Shouldn’t cost too much to repair. Good luck!
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04-12-2021, 06:50 AM | #11 |
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Fix the scratch, you will get more and repaint will possibly drive you more nuts. Trust me, painted cars for two years at a body shop while going to college
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04-12-2021, 06:54 AM | #12 |
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As others have said, I'd take it to a reputable detail shop and get their advice. If it needs to go to a body shop then take it in there and get it repaired. I'm not one who is going to take any type of sand paper or anything else to my Camaro as my first time experiment with body work.
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04-12-2021, 08:43 AM | #13 |
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i have wetsanded and buffed out minor scratches,but i used to work at a classic car restoration shop after my day job.being a new car,if youve never done this type of work paying a detailer would be your best bet.
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04-12-2021, 09:44 AM | #14 |
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Also, if you want to learn... Go to wrecking yard and buy a late model fender... Use that to learn about polishing, paint correction, scratch repair.... It's like art
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