Long story short. Was hit while in a store this summer. Didn't want to go the insurance route as it was deff leas then $500 and didn't want to take the time to take it in. Got the paint from the dealer and sprayed it on with an air brush. Looks ok from a few feet away but bad up close.
Could have probably blended it on the same panel. Btw white is the hardest color to "match." I put match in quotes because its pretty much impossible to match the color on the car. Too many variables. What is your question here?
Besides re-painting it yourself, not much you can do man. The pictures dont look too good on my phone, so I cant quite tell whats going on with it. I assume its blotchy and not a uniform color overall?
Thats probably why. Small spray pattern and it doesnt put enough material on. How big was the damaged area?
I have heard there is a guy in lino who is really good at matching paint. Apparently he painted some of my friends black wagon parts and I wouldnt even be able to tell. My advice from being a interior/exterior painter.... You did a touch up, it served its purpose, it looks good from far back but up close you can see the touch up. Basically the higher the sheen of the paint the harder it becomes to touch up (gloss, hi gloss, enamel, even sometimes satin paint cant be properly touched up). If I were you I would either leave it or pull and repaint the whole bumper. An entire repaint will be more uniform than a touch up, however it might not match 100% to the car. Also, did you give the spot you were painting a good scuff? and did you seal the paint in with clear coat?
The damaged area was 3 spots about the size of my finger nail. I scuffed it up with a wetsand in a area around it about the size of a silver dollar. Then over sprayed a bit trying to get everything to blend. Do you know the name of the guy in lino?
The paint was a 2 step paint. I laid down the primer/undercoat and then it had a top coat that had the sparkles and clear in it.
interesting. It should be okay to the elements then. I was thinking that you might not have sealed it in, which would cause the blotch, but now that i think about it, it would be much more noticeable. I wonder if they spray 2 coats of color over the primer of if they just do one. If the actual color is 2 coated that would make sense why the blotch looks a little grey. Still, that's a solid touch up you did. Ill let you know who the auto painter is when I hear back.
