Do you think it's possible to fix this? It's about 1-2cm. I think it's only the top layer.

Edited 8 November, 20205 yr by Chibakun

I feel your pain. I found this last time I cleaned the car;

 

 

It’s on the lower crease line of the door which makes me question if it was road debris that caused it as opposed to another car door as I’d expect the damage to be high if it were the latter.

 

I know it’s only small but it bugs me all the same. I’ll most likely attempt to use some Chipex (used this on another car with good results) on it however there is the slightest of dents so may be a Chips Away job if it bugs me enough to justify the cost.

4 hours ago, Chibakun said:

Do you think it's possible to fix this? It's about 1-2cm. I think it's only the top layer.

Yes it’s certainly possible but cost and amount of work depends on where it is and how easy to blend paint on a smart repair or if body shop job. Best getting some smart repair quotes. I’ve just had a smart repair on a massive scratch on my door above the swage line on door. Cost £180 as a hard job to blend of which I was warned and took two goes to get right. Really it was a body shop job but I wanted to try smart repair first.

Edited 8 November, 20205 yr by ima

I would get a few quotes from some independent mobile paint repair company's.

 

First time I opened the boot on my Octavia I didn't realise how high the boot opens... Cue chip on the rear spoiler... I did think about attempting a repair myself, but I knew I would always be aware of it.

 

I got it fixed for £78 (Inc vat). Not sure how they did it, but it looks amazing!

 

Plus they left me some paint so I could touch up some chips on my bonnet by myself 😁

That looks like a paint adhesion problem and might be the start of many more such occurences.

 

If it were me, before spending a lot of money on repairs only to find similar eruptions occuring I would touch it in and wait and see what else develops, hopefully nothing but if they do then you are not going to appreciate the value of moey spent repairing one that would no longer be seen amongst the others.

 

Have repairs been carried out before on that area?

Edited 8 November, 20205 yr by J.R.

Thanks for the replies.

I bought the car used and it was already damaged so not sure how it happened. It's on the bonnet.

Mostly I'm just worried that is going to rust.

@Chibakun does the paint either side of the damage appear to be loose (i.e. not adhered to the bodywork below) and wanting to flake off like egg shell given the chance?

 

If not I’d recommend giving Chipex a go to start with.

 

I used this on a new A4 and was surprised with how good the results were.
 

Don’t get me wrong, it will never be as good as a respray but it gives a good finish and will protect from the elements.

 

As @J.R. said; may be a sign of further paint issues so for £30-40 for this stuff to see how it goes wouldn’t be a bad shout (plus you can touch up some stone chips too, assuming you have any).

 

 

 

Have you used the stuff and did it work?

 

Have you tried it on scratches?

 

My car is a solid colour blue with lacqueur coat like anything else these days, I did all the scratches & dings in my old school way with flatting as much out as I could, touch up, more flatting then the clear coat then flatting through all the grades, compounding, polishing etc, I'm well versed in it but in many places I need a lot more work to bring back the original surface finish.

 

That is to say that I may have well repaired the scratches & chips but have made the paintwork look worse over a greater area, I can get it 100% but it needs a lot more work that I dont have the enthusiasm for & I almost regret tackling some of the defects.

 

That video made me feel I have wasted a lot of time to save very little money.

 

Or is it like most promotional videos not a true representation?

@J.R. there are plenty of videos on YouTube of people giving it a go (not all are paid promotions) and like me, seem pleasantly surprised with the results.

 

As I said, it’ll never be as good as a respray from a body shop. Maybe a combination of this and a wet sand detail would give the best results.

 

I only used it on paint chips, some quite large ones on funny angles however I am going to order some to attempt to do a couple of scratches on my wife’s Renault.

 

I’d try it on my door too if it wasn’t for the crease line being slightly dented.

 

 

I tried a couple of the Youtube videos but once again lost the will to live, I should have followed my instinct and shut it down as soon as I was greeted by "HI GUYS!............" both of them were 18 minutes plus to impart a fraction of the information that the promotional videos do in less than 2 minutes.

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Re ChipEx. Like a lot of things in life, how satisfied you are with the result will entirely depend on your personal standards.  I know people who believe their car looks as good as mine does after a £5 hand wash compared to my decontamination, wash, wax and seal effort. I don’t believe it does. Horses for courses. 

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@SC03OTT I hope I haven’t given the impression that I’d be accepting of a half arsed job. Chipex is ideal for sorting chips. With the motorway miles I do I couldn’t justify the cost of respraying a bonnet only to drive down the motorway 10 minutes later to receive a couple more stone chips and be back to square one.

 

In this case it may be appropriate if there are other paint issues that come to light that would involve more expensive work later on down the line.

 

I too get the same reaction vs the £5 car wash customers. I cringed when I watched someone lean all over my mates car with his belt buckle rubbing all over the bodywork!

I've just ordered some Chipex for a couple of small chips on the bonnet of my car.

There is a 15% off code at the moment (15%SALE) - so still not cheap, but I only hear generally good things about the product.

Edited 10 November, 20205 yr by Stoofa