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My idiot housemate managed to scrape his bmx against my Clubman's front guard the other morning (how I don't know, its not like there isnt a 4 foot gap between the fence and my car )

Anyway, my car appears to have stoneguard up to about half way up the doors, and its put a thick deep scratch in that, down to the metal.

How on earth do I fix this? In his long hair hippy wisdom he went and bought an el cheapo can of gloss white acrylic lacquer but theres no frigging way its going near my car. I did think of using brake fluid and a brush to write "watch what you're ****ing doing" on his car but I dont think that will fix mine


edit - photo duh lol

clean the area and remove all dirt and grease. make sure that there is NOTHING on it.

sand down the area using 400-600 grit sand paper..

it will take awhile... sand enough so that you have smooth transition between the scratched area and the untouched paint..

mask off the area where you have sanded and use a can of primer/filler to fill the scratch.

spray a couple of coats and fill it a bit. sand down the area between coats with the 1200 grit to smooth things out to get a good finish.

once you're happy with the layering of paint, use the white acrylic spray over the primer.

do a couple of coats and you should be good.

after the paint is all dry, feather the edges by sanding the newly painted area to match the old paint.

that should be a good enough touch up job costing about $40 including paints and sand paper.

I think i've left out details bnut its 1:15 am and i have work tomorrow... i sleep now..

Adam_NAclubman wrote:How on earth do I fix this?

Get a quote from a panel repair place and give it to your housemate.

JBT wrote:

Adam_NAclubman wrote:How on earth do I fix this?

Get a quote from a panel repair place and give it to your housemate.

Yeh like JBT said - he damaged he pays to fix it... and while your at it, tell your Housemate to buy a grown ups bike

Astro, wouldn't it be a bit harder than that? Not sire about the NAs, but the NBs have that soft "orange peel" typ paint with thin plastic(?) coating over the top of it. It's only on the bottom 6 inches though...

nah nah for a cheap touch up job thats fine.. wanna get it professionally fixed they'll rip of the panel and respray the whole area.. maybe even the whole panel.

Its on the orange peel plastic crap

Thanks for the replies, I think I'll make James fix it, I'll never get the money out of him to get a panel shop to do it but I think I could make him spend a couple of hours doing it himself

oh oh...

takes time to get it looking right

Adam_NAclubman wrote:I think I'll make James fix it

It may end up worse than you could have imagined

Well.... That was the other thing I was thinking, do I trust that retard to do it properly...

Bevan's correct, the lower door and guards are painted with a stoneguard or chassis deadener paint first, then top coated with body colour. the idea is that the soft 'tar' like undercoat will give a little when hit with small stones etc and not mark as easily. A panel shop would strip the are back to primer level and recoat with stoneguard then top coats. Check with an auto paint supplier - you can probably get the stuff in pressure pack cans these days and DIY.