Last Monday some a$$hole grazed my car and shaved the paint off the side of my bumper. It's a patch about 4 inch by 2.5 inch in size. I have kinda unusual custom paint, being it's metallic, I can't see it blending very well in a patch up painting. Any suggestions other that painting the whole freaking car??? CANNOT afford that right now. RRRRRR!!! -TS

 

I have the same problem, paint got shaved off front and rear bumper leaving a black material underneath, and quick fixes i can do

 

Unless you have some good painting skills I would suggest a body shop that you trust for an opinion. First make sure it's a scrape or scratch in "your" car. It may be part of "their" paint on the surface of your car. Where as you could compound it off or wetsand it of with 1200 then buff.

If it is definitely a scratch on your car. And it is custom paint. Here is what we would do depending on the paint match and circumstances. Worse case scenario listed first.

1. Have paint shop computer scan the color of your car.
2. Use PPG basecoat/clearcoat for the repairs.
3. Shoot color on the bumper and blend into fender.
4. Clearcoat bumper and fender. Color sand and buff.

This minimizes a really off color match. If the match were excellent we would probably remove the bumper .... shoot it and install it.

Patch repairs, as a rule, just don't work professionally. However consider this is a "bumper" which means you're probably gonna' get "bumped" again if it's your daily driver.

 

I agree with Mike....since you have custom paint, I would really suggest having it professionally repaired unless you have some serious paint experience. I guess I would first decide which is more important: Paying a few bucks and being satisfied with the work, or paying little bucks and possibly doing more damage. Good luck with which ever you decide!

 

I will send you a digital pic of it and you can tell me what you think. It looks like all my paint was scraped off right down to the primer, no other vehicle's paint on mine. Maybe it was a truck bumper or something... Anyways I need to find a reputable shop in town to have a look at it, see if they can scan the paint. Thanx for your input guys. -TS

 

Here is #1.

 

Shot #2.