Small Scratch Repair - metallic

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 2:33 pm
Looking for advice on a bumper cover scratch repair, down to the base material of the bumper. The car is Blue Ray Metallic (2014 GM Camaro). The scratch is about 1 1/2" long and 1/4" wide.

I had a parking lot casualty recently. Someone hit my 2014 Camaro and took off. Fortunately, it wasn't too bad. They hit the right rear of the bumper cover. It pushed it out of the clips on the quarter panel, but it snapped back in place easily. The car was coated in a ceramic nano coating but the bumper has a light scuff line which appears will buff out.

I'm no pro, but I have some paint and body experience. I disassembled my El Camino 20 years ago, DA sanded off 3 layers of paint, re-did the body work, and painted it with PPG poly. The car came out exceptional and the paint layed down so well, I never wet sanded and buffed. So, some old experience. Also have some plastic modeling experience with an Iwata art airbrush.

Any advice on techniques and materials is appreciated.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 6:05 pm
Well, Chris, our commander-in-chief, around here did a nice "sticky" up at the top of this forum. viewtopic.php?f=13&t=24768
Only thing a little different is the nano but I would think you'd just be using regular stuff to repair it anyway. Maybe PainterDave can comment on that.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 6:57 pm
so hard giving repair advice in a situation like this,

to do it right you spend maybe double or triple the amount a shope could do it for.

good advice in the link above.

if it was me id probably let a mobile paint guy take care of it.

are you wanting to do this yourself >?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 1:13 am
PainterDave wrote:so hard giving repair advice in a situation like this,

to do it right you spend maybe double or triple the amount a shope could do it for.

good advice in the link above.

if it was me id probably let a mobile paint guy take care of it.

are you wanting to do this yourself >?



Yeah, I’m thinking I don’t want find out what someone else thinks is good enough.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 1:18 am
for that spot id probably just wet sand that bad area with 400,
sand the rest of the bumper with 800
get a plastic adhesion wipe, wipe the plastic with the wipe,
prime it and when dry sand primer with 800,
blend it out and clear the whole bumper.

thats a cheap fix
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:27 pm
Thanks much Dave.

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