Can modern paint be "blended in"?
Discussion
Some tw
t kindly scraped the corner of my bumper in a local supermarket on Thursday. I've polished away most of the paint the offending vehicle left on my car and it already looks a lot better, but it's going to need some paintwork to fix. There's no panel damage, just areas of paint scraped off the bumper. The car is flat (non-metallic) white.
I went to two local bodyshops yesterday for quotes. The first one quoted £110 saying he could paint the corner of the bumper (round to the wheelarch), blend it in towards the middle of the car, and do this with the bumper still in place. He said the repair wouldn't be visible. I was planning of booking it in here but passed another bodyshop on my way home so stopped for an second quote
The second bodyshop said it's not possible to blend in without it being visible. He said he bumper would need removing and painting completely. Quote was £340+ vat.
Both bodyshops have a good reputation, but who's right?
I should add that the car is practically new (5000 miles) and has no stonechips elsewhere on the front, so it's not like I'll have a mismatch of "age" against the rest of the paint on the bumper if only half is done.
t kindly scraped the corner of my bumper in a local supermarket on Thursday. I've polished away most of the paint the offending vehicle left on my car and it already looks a lot better, but it's going to need some paintwork to fix. There's no panel damage, just areas of paint scraped off the bumper. The car is flat (non-metallic) white.I went to two local bodyshops yesterday for quotes. The first one quoted £110 saying he could paint the corner of the bumper (round to the wheelarch), blend it in towards the middle of the car, and do this with the bumper still in place. He said the repair wouldn't be visible. I was planning of booking it in here but passed another bodyshop on my way home so stopped for an second quote
The second bodyshop said it's not possible to blend in without it being visible. He said he bumper would need removing and painting completely. Quote was £340+ vat.
Both bodyshops have a good reputation, but who's right?
I should add that the car is practically new (5000 miles) and has no stonechips elsewhere on the front, so it's not like I'll have a mismatch of "age" against the rest of the paint on the bumper if only half is done.
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