pvmike1

I have a couple paint chips from someone scraping my GS rear bumper. (Friggin valet at some K club). So has anyone used any of CL's sponsors' products (Langka and Auto Visuals) or any other touch-up product on a bumper?

I'd just like to get some positive/negative feedback from anyone who has used any such product and maybe some suggestions on getting good results. I really don't want to paint my entire rear bumper for a few small scrapes, though I would if that is the only good solution.

btw, if it matters, millenium silver paint. i would think any imperfection would show even more on a light colored car.

LS4fun

You can never truly hide rock chips / scratches. Only way is to repaint. I have found a solution to this problem. I am buying another bumper and plan on rotating bumpers in and out of bodyshop!

EXE.UCF10

iTrader: (3)

Sorry this is off topic, but which K club did this happen at? Velvet room? Saga?

lexusk8

Depends on how good you want your bumper to look. If you don't mind a few slight imperfections to the paint, then a touch-up job should be the cheapest and less hassle option. I have a paint pen from Autovisuals for the body color (Black Onyx) of my 2001 ES 300. I used it a few times for rock/paint chips of different sizes, and to me, it does a fantastic job of hiding those chips. Of course the paint pen is not the solution to achieve the "perfect" repainted look on the car, but it works for me. Like GS4Fun mentioned, a full repaint is the way for the true clean look.

O. L. T.

iTrader: (17)

i figure it is going to keep happening to me, so i'm just going to go out instyle. everyone that's ever scratched my bumper is getting a custom imprint before i repaint

pvmike1

Brian, I went to a couple places that day. After giving it some thought, my bet is that it happened at the Bliss parking lot. My rear bumper was sticking out after they shoved it in some tiny spot.

lexusk8, so I guess you recommend the pen. The marks on my bumper are larger than your normal rock chips -- the largest one is about the size of half a penny. In your opinion, would you use the pen on this large of a chip?

EXE.UCF10

iTrader: (3)

I wouldn't be surprised if it was by their valet. That's why I always give them the couple bucks and tell them I'm going to park it myself.

lexusk8

I would still use the paint pen for that size of the chip. This pen product reduces the paint overflow often seen on dealer-supplied touch-up paint brush bottles, and gives you more control in touching up the affected areas. Therefore, you won't need to do any cleanup for paint spills or splatters since there won't be any. A large chip like the one you described obviously takes a little longer to fill in, but the key is you want to do one coating at a time, and let dry for 15 min before adding on another coating.

So if you have plenty of time on your hands to touch up your bumper yourself, go with the Autovisuals paint pen product. It's an awesome deal

Murph

I've been thinking about this topic and I'm going to try this first on my winter beater Jeep Grand Cherokee...

Place a thin pice of tape (scotch tape) over the chip area. Then with a razor blade cut the shape of the chip out of the tape by following the contour of the chip. I can then use the touch up to fill the chip and smear it a little to feather the edges over the tape. Then remove the tape when dry. This should (in theory) give a better touch up than the paint "blob" method. I'll let you know how it works this coming weekend. Or, if anyone tries the experiment first, please post the results.

This seems like it will work .

Murph

LS4fun

I think by countouring the chip shape with the razor blade you are scratching down into the primer into the metal. This can lead to much worst problems in the future....rust! I wouldn't try it...

Murph

I agree that if I cut into the paint that it's bad. However, I'm going to use the shape of the chip to only cut the tape. We'll see how it goes. Like I said, I'm going to try it on my winter vehicle first.

Murph