How do I repair this?

[sean]

A few weeks ago my brother pulled my mom's Mercedes into the garage, but not far enough. This is what happened when he closed the garage door.






Anyone have any suggestions on how I can repair this? I was thinking about using touch up paint then wet sanding. Would that work?

[rusty bumper]

I'm not the expert on this type of thing, but I would try and buff out what I could with a DA, or some ScratchX by hand. And then apply some touch up paint and rebuff later on.

[BlkBear]

The areas on the bumper, the black, is the bumper plastic showing (no paint), you can try buffing it and the using touch up paint AFTER you use a plastic primer (made for what you are putting it on). Remember that even if you have a bottle of touch up paint, it may not match, being a bit darker if the car is more than a year or so old (due to the original paint fading).

Otherwise it's time to get the bumper repainted. But if a quickie cover up will do, the use the touchup paint.

I have a rubbed spot on my rear bumper and all the estimates I have had are $250 to $400 to paint the bumper, might be more for your bumper may be less. For some reason no one will JUST cover the rubbed area, they want to do the entire bumper. So for me (on my car that is), it's going to have to be primer and touch up or air brushing.

[rusty bumper]

I wonder if comprehensive insurance would cover that?

[JG_Detailing]

It look's like it put a dent makr in the bumper. You can buff out the scratch, but you may need to take it to a auto body shop.

[Tim Lingor]

Hey,

I would suggest taking it to a body shop for the couple of reasons. First, being on the composite buffer, and through the paint, wet sanding will not help. Second, because of the color and location of the damage, any touch-up repair work will really show up and stand out. Using something like ScratchX may soften the edges, but where the paint is missing, it will still stand out.

Sorry, but the body shop is the only way to go in this case, IMHO.

Tim

[sean]

Thanks for the help. I'll try using scratch x and see what I can do. But as a few mentioned, I might have to take it in to the shop...