Daily Diary – I fixed this car today!

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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 […]

Touch-up for Car Collectors

As a car collector, you’re probably very particular about even the tiniest bit of paint damage on your vehicles. You probably also know that having a panel resprayed at a body shop could drastically reduce the value of your car. Even though the respray may have been for a single rock-chip, that extra layer of […]

FAQ: Appointments with PaintCraft

Over the years, we’ve gotten hundreds of questions from our customers. We’ve compiled the most common ones to answer them for you right here! Many of them pertain to our services specifically. We’re an expert car paint touch-up company servicing LA and Orange Counties in Southern California. Here’s everything you might want to know before […]

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 […]

Is auto touch-up paint permanent?

If you’ve recently incurred a few chips or scratches in your car’s paint, you’re probably looking to make them disappear. You have a few different options depending on the extent of the damage and your unique situation. (We wrote another blog post on those options here.) If you’ve decided that touch-up is the way to […]

How much does car paint repair cost?

So you found a ding in your car’s paint. Maybe you put it there, maybe someone (or something) else did. It’s not the worst thing in the world, but it sure does make your nice, shiny toy feel a bit less magnificent. If you’ve never had to deal with this before now, you’re probably wondering, […]

When should you fix the paint chips on your car?

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Can paint chip repair wait? I fix paint chips and scratches on cars for a living. People tell me all kinds of reasons why they use my services: lease return, hate the way it looks, scratched dad’s car and need to fix it before he finds out, etc. It’s typically an emotional decision. But how […]

Car Paint Dos and Don’ts

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The Things I’ve Seen… Over the last 15 years, I’ve learned quite a bit about how to take care of car paint. I’ve also seen some terrible techniques go, well, terribly. I’d like to share my personal list of car paint dos and don’ts. The don’ts are more detrimental if not heeded, so I’ll start […]

Your Local Car Paint Repair Artist – Not Just Some Guy

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Meet Your Car Paint Repair Artist Hello! I’m your friendly neighborhood paint-chip repair guy, Steve. I’m the owner of PaintCraft Car Paint Repair. I’m a classically trained artist and have found my niche doing paint touch-up on cars. The Porsche Club of America, Mequires Wax, and the Vice President of Mazda North America have called […]

Car Paint Damage and What to Do About It

Chip repair is an art

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, […]