General TMA about 3rd Party (Non-OEM) auto touch-up paint...

71-year-old Uncle scraped the ever-loving shit out of the bottom of his front bumper on his '16 Camaro SS. Like, furrows that go for 6 inches. Deep too. He wanted to fix it himself. I (rather stupidly) offered to do it for him, since he just wanted to rattle-can it because he "can't really see it anyways".

The dealer only offers a fucking pen. Yeah... No.

So I was wondering if anyone had experience with any of the myriad of 3rd part offerings out there they would recommend/say to avoid.

Muchos thank-o's in advance.

sparkuri said:

Pics?

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He doesn't "do" smartphones. He has no camera at all, in fact. All this is being arranged over the phone.

b00ts said:

I've used plastidip on the skid area under a bumper if you're going for a cheaper fix. Just removed it and taped off just where the scrapes were and sprayed it matte black. You can't see it and if someone does happen to look, it just looks like some type of skid paint. If you do the right amount of coats, it'll fill in the damaged area as well.

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My plan is to mix up some bondo, fill the furrows, sand it smooth, and use a super-high grit paper to prep the surrounding areas, prime, paint, use a compound to blend, and the spray some clear. If he keeps cheesing me off about it, I may just rattle can the fucker anyways, but I owe to the man to at least try first.

My guess is that the furrows are too deep for something simple. He said he was putting it up on his ramps, but has other, smaller ramps he usually puts in front of those. Why, god only knows, he doesn't do any of his own maintenance so I have no fucking clue why he was lifting the front end anyways. Next time I'm down there to see him I'ma hide his keys.

sparkuri said:

Is he an aborigine?

@Vutulaki

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No, he fancies himself a 60's hippie. But he's the most materialistic hippie you'll ever meet. Truthfully, he always had my aunt to do anything remotely "tech" for him and he's not about to start learning any of it now that she's passed. He's also smoked himself half retarded, and he can't remember the most basic shit that he hasn't already done a million times before anyways, so teaching him is pissing in the wind.

Bump for day crew...

Yeah, he tried the pen on his Beetle that got a big chip out of it on the freeway. Looked like dogshit. That's why we're staying away from the pens for the time being. Thanks, though.

True.

I was thinking something like this, since it's the plastic bumper. And getting paint to stick to plastic is a bitch...

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