Vegas Chips: Repairing Desert Sand Damage on a Luxury Audi

Rescuing an Audi A5 from Desert Storm Damage: A Paint Chip Repair Success Story When this pristine Audi A5 made its journey from Arizona to California, it encountered one of the desert’s most relentless adversaries – windblown sand. The result? Thousands of microscopic paint chips across the hood and front bumper, a common casualty of […]

20 Years of Expertise: Watch This Mercedes Get a $300 Makeover | PaintCraft

PaintCraft: Two Decades of Automotive Artistry In the world of automotive aesthetics, where precision meets passion, PaintCraft has been leaving its mark for an impressive 20 years. Founded and led by Steve Bode, a fine artist turned automotive craftsman, PaintCraft has transformed over 90,000 vehicles from daily drivers to exotic sports cars. The PaintCraft Difference […]

Paint chips and road rash all over this super nice MBZ AMG E63

The Art and Science of Paint Chip Repair: Insights from a 20-Year Expert As a professional with over two decades of experience in paint chip repair, I’ve been called the best touch-up specialist in the country. Today, I’d like to share some insights from my latest project and shed light on the intricacies of paint […]

Beyond Quick Fixes: A Pro’s Guide to Lasting Paint Touch-Ups

The Art of Quality Paint Chip Repair Recently, I had the chance to work on a BMW at Santa Monica BMW, showcasing why attention to detail matters in paint chip repair. As someone who’s been in this business 25 years, I’ve seen how rushed jobs can leave cars looking less than their best. Many dealerships, […]

Hey Car Dealership Managers! You’re paying too much for paint repair.

Hello fine people! This is post is focused more towards the car dealership industry.  Car dealership go through a lot (pun intended) to get their used car lot looking good. It is an intense and fast paced game of buying a lot of cars at a steeply discounted price, spending as little as possible on […]

Road rash – the bane of car lovers. Porsche GT4; hood chips are gone!

Say goodbye to paintchips

The bane of any car lover is getting those pesky little rock chips all over the front bumper and hood. The design of Porsche’s cars make them susceptible to rock chips. It’s the wind flows over the front of the car. Contrary to what most people believe, most paint chips come from your own car […]

When do I need a body shop, and when is touch up good enough?

I’ve made a few posts about this, and that’s because it comes up in the requests I get almost daily. Body shops can be very expensive, even if the damage is minor. If someone swings wide while pulling out of the parking spot next to you, even if their wheel barely scraps your car, it […]

Should I go to a body shop, or is touch-up gonna work well enough?

Body shop or touch up?

Minor damage to you car can be very expensive. Simply backing out of your driveway and rubbing up against the trash can cause thousands of dollars worth of damage. The worst thing to do is to take it back to the dealership where you bought it. Dealerships rarely have their own body shop. They generally […]