You didn’t mess up… there’s no way you could have repaired that with anything on the level of what you tried.
The pro guys are going to match the paint manually and paint the whole panel.
this is why I buy black cars. > what colour do you need? I have lots of singapore sunset saffron for a 1977 volare > no, I need black. > midnight star garden? > no, just black.
Step 1: Sand and filler the panel so it's flat
Step 2: Clean the fricking car
Step 3: Mask off everything around the entire panel
Step 4: Airbrush paint then clear-coat the entire panel
The shop quoted me over $2k wtf. Said they had to blend both adjacent panels. I can live with the small marks. I’m going to polish and buff the section to try to blend in the matte paint I caused from sanding.
I polished it and it looks a little better. Going to grab some rubbing compound later today. Might try to sand and paint over my mistakes one more time. It’s hard to do because I always sand too much and hit the primer. Maybe it’s because it’s an aluminum body or I just suck ass?
Touched it up again with some paint. This time I used a small amount. When it dries I will lightly wet sand it, maybe add a thin layer of clear coat, polish and buff.
What the frick did you do, spackle it? Jesus frick.
Grind it down, and start over, or have a pro do it.
Just sanded and used touch up paint. I'm just going to take it to someone. I fricked up. Embarrassed to drive with this blob on my door.
you were never going to fix that giant scratch with touch up paint. even if you git good the color match would fail you.
you need to clean and prime
Sand it down and use body filler first. Then sand it down again and use proper color matched paint not that off brand crap you apparently used.
You didn’t mess up… there’s no way you could have repaired that with anything on the level of what you tried.
The pro guys are going to match the paint manually and paint the whole panel.
this is why I buy black cars.
> what colour do you need? I have lots of singapore sunset saffron for a 1977 volare
> no, I need black.
> midnight star garden?
> no, just black.
Step 1: Sand and filler the panel so it's flat
Step 2: Clean the fricking car
Step 3: Mask off everything around the entire panel
Step 4: Airbrush paint then clear-coat the entire panel
just live with the scratch
The shop quoted me over $2k wtf. Said they had to blend both adjacent panels. I can live with the small marks. I’m going to polish and buff the section to try to blend in the matte paint I caused from sanding.
>fix
So it looks like crap
You lack bondo skills
Why do you care?
Before pic
So it looked like crap
Why do you care?
I polished it and it looks a little better. Going to grab some rubbing compound later today. Might try to sand and paint over my mistakes one more time. It’s hard to do because I always sand too much and hit the primer. Maybe it’s because it’s an aluminum body or I just suck ass?
It's fine. What, is it a rental you're trying to return or something?
Well well well.. looks like OP didn't add a shot of black. Serves you right
Touched it up again with some paint. This time I used a small amount. When it dries I will lightly wet sand it, maybe add a thin layer of clear coat, polish and buff.