Small repair-Can I do this myself?
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I got reversed into the other day and was left with two scratches on my rear bumper. One quite large and one quite small.
Is this a simple repair that I could do myself? If so does anyone have any advise on how to do it? I have very little knowledge when it comes to things like this.
I have had a quote for 150 but as I am swapping my car next month I would rather keep the cost down.
Cheers...
Just to add there is no dents, it's just a deep scratch.
Is this a simple repair that I could do myself? If so does anyone have any advise on how to do it? I have very little knowledge when it comes to things like this.
I have had a quote for 150 but as I am swapping my car next month I would rather keep the cost down.
Cheers...
Just to add there is no dents, it's just a deep scratch.
Looks like a BMW E92 rear to me in Alpine White?
If so, you should have a little bottle of paint and lacquer in the glovebox / somewhere in the car. You'll therefore certainly be able to cover up the missing paint. You could then wet sand, machine polish etc. in an attempt to blend the new paint in however I'm not sure of you're ability?
I certainly wouldn't be able to. I'd struggle to use the paint and lacquer properly, let alone machine polishing or anything that adventurous.
If so, you should have a little bottle of paint and lacquer in the glovebox / somewhere in the car. You'll therefore certainly be able to cover up the missing paint. You could then wet sand, machine polish etc. in an attempt to blend the new paint in however I'm not sure of you're ability?
I certainly wouldn't be able to. I'd struggle to use the paint and lacquer properly, let alone machine polishing or anything that adventurous.
Edited by MrBarry123 on Sunday 25th May 19:55
The good thing with that scratch is it's on an edge rather than a flat panel so is far easier to rectify.
If you get a decent enough colour match touch in you should be able to do a half decent job; however you do need a steady hand and if you want to do a good job a bit of time too.
You need to layer the paint on in thin coats and within the scratch area only, trying not to get any on the surrounding paintwork, making sure that each coat dries completely before applying the next one, after building up a few coats that end up being very close to the thickness of the original paint, let it dry completely then lightly polish it to blend it in and to remove any rough bobbly bits and then go over it with the lacquer that should be supplied with the touch in stick.
The worst that you can do is to take the eye off it however you'd be surprised at how good a repair can be done doing the above.
If you get a decent enough colour match touch in you should be able to do a half decent job; however you do need a steady hand and if you want to do a good job a bit of time too.
You need to layer the paint on in thin coats and within the scratch area only, trying not to get any on the surrounding paintwork, making sure that each coat dries completely before applying the next one, after building up a few coats that end up being very close to the thickness of the original paint, let it dry completely then lightly polish it to blend it in and to remove any rough bobbly bits and then go over it with the lacquer that should be supplied with the touch in stick.
The worst that you can do is to take the eye off it however you'd be surprised at how good a repair can be done doing the above.
Edited by HTP99 on Sunday 25th May 20:07
I had two similar scratches on my PCP'd Clio a few years ago; bought a touch-up kit from Halfords, gave the area a good clean and applied the paint as per the instructions on the kit. Once dried you couldn't tell unless you were really staring at every inch of paintwork.
Saying all that, car companies will have seen a lot worse scratches than yours so don't sweat it too much.
Saying all that, car companies will have seen a lot worse scratches than yours so don't sweat it too much.
HTP99 said:
The good thing with that scratch is it's on an edge rather than a flat panel so is far easier to rectify.
If you get a decent enough colour match touch in you should be able to do a half decent job; however you do need a steady hand and if you want to do a good job a bit of time too.
You need to layer the paint on in thin coats and within the scratch area only, trying not to get any on the surrounding paintwork, making sure that each coat dries completely before applying the next one, after building up a few coats that end up being very close to the thickness of the original paint, let it dry completely then lightly polish it to blend it in and to remove any rough bobbly bits and then go over it with the lacquer that should be supplied with the touch in stick.
The worst that you can do is to take the eye off it however you'd be surprised at how good a repair can be done doing the above.
Thanks for that.. Will be giving this a go If you get a decent enough colour match touch in you should be able to do a half decent job; however you do need a steady hand and if you want to do a good job a bit of time too.
You need to layer the paint on in thin coats and within the scratch area only, trying not to get any on the surrounding paintwork, making sure that each coat dries completely before applying the next one, after building up a few coats that end up being very close to the thickness of the original paint, let it dry completely then lightly polish it to blend it in and to remove any rough bobbly bits and then go over it with the lacquer that should be supplied with the touch in stick.
The worst that you can do is to take the eye off it however you'd be surprised at how good a repair can be done doing the above.
Edited by HTP99 on Sunday 25th May 20:07
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