I saved this customer about $2500 and having to leave his car at a body shop for a week or more.
Diary of a Paint Chip Repair Craftsman: 12/22/23 I saved this customer about $2500 and having to leave his car at a body shop for a week or more. In all fairness, you probably wouldn’t take your car to a body shop to fix these things. There are several small issues. A body shop would […]
I saved this customer about $900 and having to leave his car at a body shop for a week or more.
Diary of a Paint Chip Repair Craftsman: 12/12/23 I saved this customer about $900 and having to leave his car at a body shop for a week or more. The car’s front bumper was peppered with tiny paint chips. Most of them are from high-speed freeway driving – probably around 70-75mph. It’s typical damage here […]
Daily Diary – I fixed this car today!
Diary of a Paint Chip Repair Craftsman: 12/2/23 I saved this customer a couple thousand dollars, assuming he would have gone to a body shop. Someone backed into him. The damage was fairly high up on his right rear quarter panel, so I’m assuming it was a truck. There’s a big dent where the metal […]
Expectations vs. Reality: Car Paint Touch-Up
We try our best to make sure our customers’ expectations for touch-up results are as close to reality as possible before we begin. We want you to be happy when the job is done, not disappointed. This can be a tough task since everyone has different opinions, and touch-up can be quite subjective. Just as […]
Repairing That Unsightly Bumper Scrape
The First Step: Accepting the Bumper Scrape It’s always disappointing when you hear that awful noise of car on cement. You look around hoping it wasn’t you, but you felt the impact – you know it was you. If you drive regularly, it’s bound to happen to you at least once. If you’re not the […]
Bumper Scrape Repair: DIY
Curb Check Bumper scrapes are the most common paint damage I see, mostly from drivers hitting high curbs. With a push over the years for MPG, manufacturers have been lowering front bumpers closer and closer to the ground. Unfortunately, it takes very little to damage your car’s paint. You are, in essence, driving your car […]
Car Paint Damage and What to Do About It
Over the last decade, I’ve seen every type of car paint damage there is. Here’s my advice for how to approach car paint damage repair on everything from key scratches to road rash. I’ll give my opinion on whether it’s worth it or not, but really, that’s up to you! Peeling or Cracked Paint Eventually, […]