Got my bumper touched up!
04-15-2009, 04:42 PM
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Got my bumper touched up!
So in preparation for trading my car in.. I've been putting it back to stock, and had to take care of a "cosmetic" issue. This happened the day AFTER I lowered my car, and I just got it fixed last Friday.
Before:
After Luis worked his magic:
(the lines are a reflection, not scratches)
Was done in about 3 hours.. Luis did an AMAZING job. Sorry for the out of focus picture
Aaron
Before:
After Luis worked his magic:
(the lines are a reflection, not scratches)
Was done in about 3 hours.. Luis did an AMAZING job. Sorry for the out of focus picture
Aaron
04-15-2009, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by SquirtleS2K,Apr 15 2009, 06:20 PM
Where is Luis? Im in the bay 
PM approx price for what you woulda paid without homie hookup
PM approx price for what you woulda paid without homie hookupNo homie hookup either way.. I posted his website on the BA forums..
04-15-2009, 08:14 PM
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Aaron, was this some sort of bumper restoration specialist guy? 4 hours is no time at all, and it looks perfect. I'm really impressed.
You know...guys like us could make a heck of a lot of money if we knew how to do light paint repair. Hmm...
You know...guys like us could make a heck of a lot of money if we knew how to do light paint repair. Hmm...
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He's been in the business for 17 years.. I watched him do it and this is how it went:
He took an electric DA with a certain grit dry sand paper.. and sanded everything down to be as level as possibly. Laid body filler down.. more DA sanding to reshape it. Then wet sanded down.. 3 coats of color and one coat of clear.. then a coat of the special blending clear they use so the overspray around the blend.. blends in!
I was thinking about doing airbrush touch-up.. but with someone like him in my area, I'm just building a working relationship with him. So hopefully I'll get clients from him.. I've already sent him two people haha. It'd take just as much time/effort to learn this as it is for detailing at a high level, so I think it's more about picking your poison.
He took an electric DA with a certain grit dry sand paper.. and sanded everything down to be as level as possibly. Laid body filler down.. more DA sanding to reshape it. Then wet sanded down.. 3 coats of color and one coat of clear.. then a coat of the special blending clear they use so the overspray around the blend.. blends in!
I was thinking about doing airbrush touch-up.. but with someone like him in my area, I'm just building a working relationship with him. So hopefully I'll get clients from him.. I've already sent him two people haha. It'd take just as much time/effort to learn this as it is for detailing at a high level, so I think it's more about picking your poison.
