Wow, that looks good! What was the savings?

 

I paid $275 with lifetime warranty again fading, chipping and color match. Body shops wanted $600-1000!

 

Good job. Personally I've used automotivetouchup paint and some 2k clear before. Works great - cost $40-$50. 1 spray base color match and 2k clear.

 

Its my wife's car. I would have done it myself if it was mine. But, if I did it myself and it was anything but perfect, I'd never hear the end of it.

The CWP is three stage paint so you have to match and fade the base color and then you have to match and fade the pearlescence. It's easy to overdo or underdo either one and the touch-up would be noticeable.

 

Looks great!

 

hmm... why not just buy a bumper cover? cheaper. maybe that's something I would've done and than spray and pray

 

hmm... why not just buy a bumper cover? cheaper

Paint may not match...different batch, different weathering, etc. That's why most OEM body/fascia parts are unpainted. But if you don't look too close, a take-off like that might work just fine.

 

Hmm....I wonder if I could do this myself with an airbrush. My kids put a small scratch on my pearl white.

 

'Lex, I think the real key here is that the operator described has skilz when it comes to color matching and something like CWP is "complicated".

 

Yeah, I'm sure this, as in many things, is very technique sensitive. I'm just wondering if I can buy a 3 component touch up kit and use my airbrush to repair. But maybe for a scratch a simple fine paint brush would be simpler.

 

The repair looks fantastic. Too bad they do not operate in Denver, Colorado. I could have used them.

 

The spray gun that was used was like a very large airbrush. Probably held only 2oz compared to the 8oz or more for full paint jobs.

For a scratch, you might want to try a touch-up pen and something like this www.langka.com The langka is used to flatten the inevitable ridge that the pens create. I've used it on other cars for scratches on less obvious visual locations. I knew where the touchups were but no one else saw them.

 

The spray gun that was used was like a very large airbrush. Probably held only 2oz compared to the 8oz or more for full paint jobs.

For a scratch, you might want to try a touch-up pen and something like this www.langka.com The langka is used to flatten the inevitable ridge that the pens create. I've used it on other cars for scratches on less obvious visual locations. I knew where the touchups were but no one else saw them.

Thanks for the link. The Langka is interesting. It's basically kind of what you'd do with an airbrush if you had the 3 components.