Good body shop / paint correction NW. Liverpool / WigSkelmer

[rexwexford.]

Hi all

Some delightful toe rag has keyed both doors of my car with a fairly deep scratch.

Can anyone recommend anyone in the NW ? I'm in Skelmersdale but work in Manchester, Wigan and Liverpool so any recommendation within those areas are worth considering

Not sure if it's a paint correction or respray job just yet but would want some advice.

Thanks

[rexwexford.]

Terrible pic I know but it's night time and I'm fuming.

Wigan / Skelmersdale/ ormskirk bosyshops would be ideal thinking about the practicalities of it .

Edited by rexwexford. on Wednesday 14th January 00:15

[rexwexford.]

[DaveF-SkinnysAutos]

Hi mate,

No ideas of body shops in your area, I’m in the Midlands, but you will need to get the door resprayed, that is too deep for any correction work.

You would probably find a Smart repairer who would paint it up to the swage line above the door handle. I wouldnt say it needs blending in to any other panels which keeps it easier for you.

It’s not a tough paint job, I think you just need to contact some local body shops and see which ones you like the sound of.

[rexwexford.]

Hi

Thanks for the reply. But I'm being thick and reading your post in two ways, can't quite take what you mean from it.

Would you say that because of its location a smart repair would be as good as a traditional paint body shop ?

I had a quote today to paint to the swage line by a local body shop but I'm not sure if this qualifies as a "smart repair" or not

Thanks again

[rexwexford.]

Ah ! Are you saying you'd do the whole door from the base to the swage line , so no blending because you'd do the whole area ?

[DaveF-SkinnysAutos]

Hi,

So the correct way would be to paint the whole door, but that involves removing the trim at the top of the door/bottom of the window and involves sanding back the whole door etc, but thats the full job. The handle needs removing regardless as thats below the swage line.

In today s day and age you can now get away with sealing modern lacquers along a decent swage line and even blending them, something which was never possible years ago. However, its not quite such a good repair as running the lacquer all the way to the edge of a panel, and eventually the swage line could be a point where the paint could fail in the future, but its a small possibility and I ve never had anyone come back, but it is something a painter needs to highlight. But in return its a cheaper repair as there is less work involved and as I say, its the right choice in a number of cases for customers.

Smart repair simply means Small to medium area repair technology and is a modern way to keep repairs simple and cheaper. Either a bodyshop or a mobile Smart repairer can do that, however some mobile smart repairers prefer the smaller bumper corners etc rather than a full door. The mobile repairers tend to be cheaper than a traditional bodyshop as they dont have the overheads that I have running a unit.

Generally the technology means there isn t any difference in quality, but the quality of the painter can make a difference, outside they are dealing with weather and dust which can be controlled in a bodyshop but on small repairs there isn t much difference. But as the mobile repairers are dealing with this daily they learn to adapt.

When I talked about blending I meant that if you had a funky colour with lots of metallics or pearls then to make sure you cant see the repair you need to blend it across a much wider area, that would mean that as well as painting the damaged door you would also need the repair to stretch onto the adjacent door and rear quarter panel. However, in my opinion, from your photo, that isn t necessary in your case.

Does that now make sense?

Edited by DaveF-SkinnysAutos on Thursday 15th January 08:17

[rexwexford.]

Hi mate yes total sense. Thanks for the detailed response ! Much appreciated