Minor car paint scratches and chips are very easy to repair. These scratches damage the paint layer leaving the primer layer intact. Usually, these damages are caused by road debris, branches, or little stones from the driveway. Compared to small chips and scratches that can be easily fixed with some touch-up paint, long scratches require…
Taking your car to a body shop to repair deep paint scratches can cost anywhere from $500 – $1,000. Many people don’t know that this expensive repair can be done at home with very little time and money. With the right tools and a good amount of patience, your car will look like nothing ever…
Today, I wanted to share with you a two-part car paint repair video tutorial. It will show you how professionals at the body shop repair major car paint damage. The car had a deep scratch and a small dent. In part 1 you will learn how to prepare the area for primer and how to…
This article is part of my car scratch repair tutorials. Today, I will tell you how to repair a big bumper crack. As you can see from the picture above, the damage to this Volkswagen Passat was very extensive. The crack in the front bumper was about 2 inches long. It will take you a…
Here is a step-by-step process of repairing bumper holes and peeling paint on a Toyota Camry. It had a few very deep scratches on the front bumper below the right light, two holes from a license plate, and chipped paint on the back bumper. It would cost around $500 – $1,200 to get it fixed…
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to repair deep scratches on the front bumper of the Toyota RAV4. As you can see from the picture, the damage was on the right side of the bumper and on the panel above the right front tire. These scratches went through the clear coat, paint layer, and…
Taking your car to the body shop to repair a few scratches can be very costly. Usually, to fix a medium size scratch will run anywhere from $400 – $1,000. In this economy, not many people have extra cash lying around. The good news is you can save hundreds of dollars by fixing it yourself….
In this car paint repair tutorial, I will tell you how to fix deep car paint scratches and chips. Most deep scratches are the result of some sort of accident with another car or an object. Usually, it’s a combination of scuff marks, chipped paint, and log scratches. The photo on the right has a…
Most car scratches only go into the clear coat, but don’t gouge into the paint layer. These kinds of scratches can be caused by bushes, tree branches, keys, and fingernails around the door handle, drive-through car wash, etc. Light clear coat scratches can be easily fixed with some good quality rubbing compound. Medium to deep…
Not all scratches are the same. Some scratches are just marks raised above the paint that are left by another object. If the object that rubbed against your car is softer than the car’s paint, it will deposit material on the paint’s surface. That object could be a rubber bumper of the shopping cart, the…