Paintbug

67 Black nice paint job. Working under the hood and put a scratch on the fender. Can it be fixed without having the front clip repainted?

stingrayl76

Paintbug,

The answer to your question will depend on what type of paint is on the car and how deep the scratch is.

justatoy

do you have a picture of it ?

Paintbug

No picture. the scratch is about one inch long and down to the fiberglass.

Nowhere Man

what type of paint?

ironarms

no it can not be fixed , you have to scrap the car now...Or i could take it off your hands ,if you reimburse me gas milage to pick it up

justatoy

you can blend the fender if you have a good painter there are many shades of black

sedowney

I had to do that to mine, step ladder fell on it, $453.00. Looks great though.

Paintbug

LOL You made my day!!

Kensmith

There are guys out there that can fix it a couple different ways. If it is 2 stage, you can mix the base and clear together and with a fine line brush try and fill the scratch. Then block sand down to the existing paint but this takes a good experienced person to do it. Works well with chips. If not 2 stage, you may have someone spot-blend the color and polish and hope a halo effect doesn't appear. Good luck, it can be fixed with the right person doing the job!

Chrisintampa

same thing happened to me. was pulling down xmas decorations of a shelf and i had something fall off the shelf, and thru the cover put in a nice small chip. broke my heart. now i'm trying to find someone to do the base coat/clear coat fill / buff deal.

Seaside63

It's easy to touch up a scratch like that.

And black is probably the easiest.

Simply clean the scratch, lightly sand the edges clean (leave the trough though) and fill with several coats of black touch up in the bottle.

You want to build it up higher than the surrounding surface.

After it has dried real good (maybe a week), take a single sided razor blade and put a slight bend in it. The bend is to avoid scratching the surrounding paint by lifting the corners of the blade.

Then very carefuly scrape the raised paint until it is almost level with the surrounding paint. Don't carve it out.

Then get some 1200, 1500 and 2000 grit wet sand paper. Starting with the 1200, lightly sand the repair being careful not to create a depression. The idea is to get a flat, even surface. Use a little water and even a drop of dish soap for a lubricant.

Wash the sanded area and sand again with the 1500, just enough to replace the scratches with finer scratches.

Wash again and repeat the process with the 2000 grit. By now it should be almost polished but still hazy.

Then get some Meguiar's #83 or #2 polish and hand polish or machine polish all the remaining haze. You can use 3M Perfect It II or other fine polish.

By now all that's left is to wax the area and it should be undetectable from more than 1" away.

Total cost, $10 to $25 depending on what polishing stuff you already have on hand.

DansYellow66

I agree with the difficulty in matching black after having many black cars over the years - but others seem to disagree. But in this case I think I would give touch up a try along with careful, light sanding with microfine sandpaper to level the surface and polishing. Nothing much to lose.

Dan

dkleather

I used Seaside 63's method when he responded to a post of mine last March after I put a quarter inch chip on the edge of my front fender by dropping an air rachet on it. It came out great and is not noticeable at all. Mine is Riverside Red but Seaside's advice was right on the money!! Thanks Seaside! dave

Seaside63