small chip = full respray
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Hi all,
im after a bit of advice, i had my windscreen replaced by a franchise and they have damaged the paintwork on the wing, its small enough for a chip repair id imagine but when i told the garage they would foot the bill they went a bit overboard and did a quote for the bonnet, wing and door fully resprayed.
Now lets say the windscreen company accept this work would it be worth getting done or could a respray on one wing one door and a bonnet make the car mismatched, would it be worth just having a chip repair inatead? The plus side of getting the bonnet resprayed is it will get rid of all the other stone chips.
im after a bit of advice, i had my windscreen replaced by a franchise and they have damaged the paintwork on the wing, its small enough for a chip repair id imagine but when i told the garage they would foot the bill they went a bit overboard and did a quote for the bonnet, wing and door fully resprayed.
Now lets say the windscreen company accept this work would it be worth getting done or could a respray on one wing one door and a bonnet make the car mismatched, would it be worth just having a chip repair inatead? The plus side of getting the bonnet resprayed is it will get rid of all the other stone chips.
I think the first thing to do is determine who will foot the bill. This will be the deciding factor in what level of work to undertake. If the windscreen company agrees to put everything right, then go along with the advice of the other garage to have the surrounding area sprayed too for blending purpose.
I think the first thing to do is determine who will foot the bill. This will be the deciding factor in what level of work to undertake. If the windscreen company agrees to put everything right, then go along with the advice of the other garage to have the surrounding area sprayed too for blending purpose.
I mean my options are chip repair or full respray, if the windshield company would foot the bill i think i would go respray.
Im just not clued up having half the car sprayed, the bloke said he will do the door and bonnet to blend into the wing on one side, but not the other side and i wouldent notice it but surely if he has to blend it on one side its going to look a different colour on the other side? It all baffles me this blending in malarky.
Im just not clued up having half the car sprayed, the bloke said he will do the door and bonnet to blend into the wing on one side, but not the other side and i wouldent notice it but surely if he has to blend it on one side its going to look a different colour on the other side? It all baffles me this blending in malarky.
dieseluser07 said:
StottyEvo said:
There's a lot to it, the colour of your car makes a huge difference.
In what wayWhen I had my door blown in on my silver car the sprayer had to blend half of the rear door and some of the wing, for a small scratch. If he didn't the colour match wouldn't be un-noticeable.
dieseluser07 said:
underphil said:
some colours just seem to match up perfectly, others don't !
Hmm so one side sprayed should be ok if they do a proper job? Wouldent be able to notice?
You end up with a fully repainted damaged panel but the new paint is graduated across the adjacent panels. I.e. if a wing is painted then the paint colour is graduated across the 5ft width of the bonnet and 3~4ft length of the front door. You thus won't see any colour contrast because it's so gradual.
As above, a solid black car is very easy to colour match quite well even with a sudden join. A silver typically sticks out like a sore thumb and needs to be graduated quite a distance to blend in well.
HTH
jamieduff1981 said:
They will sand the shine off the lacquer on all affected panels. Once flat, they'll paint the damaged panel. The adjacent panels will be sprayed directly where they join the damaged panel but the painter will rotate his wrist as he moves away from that panel gap so less and less paint lands on the panel the further from the damaged panel. By the opposite side none lands. They whole lot then gets lacquered again.
You end up with a fully repainted damaged panel but the new paint is graduated across the adjacent panels. I.e. if a wing is painted then the paint colour is graduated across the 5ft width of the bonnet and 3~4ft length of the front door. You thus won't see any colour contrast because it's so gradual.
As above, a solid black car is very easy to colour match quite well even with a sudden join. A silver typically sticks out like a sore thumb and needs to be graduated quite a distance to blend in well.
HTH
so as the mark is on the wing spraying the bonnet and door is essential? The colour is burgandyYou end up with a fully repainted damaged panel but the new paint is graduated across the adjacent panels. I.e. if a wing is painted then the paint colour is graduated across the 5ft width of the bonnet and 3~4ft length of the front door. You thus won't see any colour contrast because it's so gradual.
As above, a solid black car is very easy to colour match quite well even with a sudden join. A silver typically sticks out like a sore thumb and needs to be graduated quite a distance to blend in well.
HTH
dieseluser07 said:
jamieduff1981 said:
They will sand the shine off the lacquer on all affected panels. Once flat, they'll paint the damaged panel. The adjacent panels will be sprayed directly where they join the damaged panel but the painter will rotate his wrist as he moves away from that panel gap so less and less paint lands on the panel the further from the damaged panel. By the opposite side none lands. They whole lot then gets lacquered again.
You end up with a fully repainted damaged panel but the new paint is graduated across the adjacent panels. I.e. if a wing is painted then the paint colour is graduated across the 5ft width of the bonnet and 3~4ft length of the front door. You thus won't see any colour contrast because it's so gradual.
As above, a solid black car is very easy to colour match quite well even with a sudden join. A silver typically sticks out like a sore thumb and needs to be graduated quite a distance to blend in well.
HTH
so as the mark is on the wing spraying the bonnet and door is essential? The colour is burgandyYou end up with a fully repainted damaged panel but the new paint is graduated across the adjacent panels. I.e. if a wing is painted then the paint colour is graduated across the 5ft width of the bonnet and 3~4ft length of the front door. You thus won't see any colour contrast because it's so gradual.
As above, a solid black car is very easy to colour match quite well even with a sudden join. A silver typically sticks out like a sore thumb and needs to be graduated quite a distance to blend in well.
HTH
What type of mark are we talking about? Someone good with a finely trimmed touchup pen could be your best answer
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