Such quality work mad to look so easy. Gave me confidence to do my own car and yes it looks nothing like your repairs but got there in the end. Love ya video keep up the good work
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Ok, there are lots of 'thumbs down' no doubt from people who are professionals or perfectionists. This was a simple repair job that came out very well. Anyone with a bit of craft experience could take this sort of repair on. If you took that to a pro body shop they would charge a lot of money. I think it was a good video and he explained what he was doing well.
for sure. and not all body shop "professionals" do a good job either. I've had paint flake off and panels rusting months after work in body shops covered by insurance. after they took large sums of money. I would prefer the work he did here than many body shops. i just did this job on my own bumper following this process and it turned out great. not perfect but great.
Bodyshop professionals hate this simple trick. 😆 Honestly. If everybody figures out how to do body repair and paint from TH-cam they'd be out of business soon so of course they will thumbs down.
Thanks mate for doing a "minimum job minimum effort" approach instead of most youtubers who would have taken the bumper , headlights, wheel and maybe the engine out while they're at it just to get to the scuff on the front. Car looks new..
Your videos are amazing, my wife has 09 civic the clear peeled off, rust started around the wheel and she scuffed the bumper, 550$ Bodyshop repair, thx to ur videos I got it all done under 100$ and one afternoon!!
Great video, my friend - you cut straight to the chase, none of the 10 minute introductions and shameless product promotions which are all too common in these videos.
Good to hear. My basic chevy cruz got swiped on the back bumper. Absolutely no damage to the actual body, but quite a lot of scratched paint. The car's...not really worth a huge paint bill, maybe this will work!
@@troybrown7523 Good question. I did it in parts. Day one was primer and sand (2 hours) and day 2 was paint and clear (3 hours). I did it outside on a non windy day. Really great results.
I did a similar repair on my car and found that the hardest thing is to make a soft edge between the new and old base coat without noticing. You can also see the edge in this repair. At 8:13 he is pointing at the tape to make a soft edge and at 11:35 you can clearly see the edge. The edge will be even more noticeable in sunlight.
@@rustycooper7684 I don't think it's a reflection. At 11:35 at the bottom, you can see a new shiny clear coat right next to an old beat-up clear coat where the tape was. The transition can be softened with buffing but at the right angle under the sunlight, the line is still noticeable. That is why you never repair the hood this way. You coat the entire hood. This car is probably no longer new, so such a repair makes sense.
this was a nice straight forward and honest video, not over complicated, exactly what the DIY guy needs. not overloaded with info, everything you said was valuable. thanks for taking the time to share this, you helped me a lot with my project.
A little tip when you're sanding the primer, spray a thin coat of black paint over the primer, that way you can see if there's any pumps or hollows when you're sanding it.
only if using a sanding block the entire time as it's flat. he used his fingers for some of the final sanding which will actually sand-in those dips and waves you're referring to. The tip is to always use a soft/flexible sanding block for an even finish
Guide coat, don’t know why I’ve rarely heard people use this technique. A show car painter told me about this technique and I use it every time I sand now... brilliant suggestion
Wow! Great results, I had a scuff mark on my '15 Camry similar to this for about 3 years and wanted to fix it up, but no clue on how to do it. You gave me the confidence to fix up my car! Thank you!
I’ve watched this video several times now and finally plucked up the courage to do some repair work on my own car. This video was a brilliant instructional aid explained in language that I could understand! While I made it look a lot more hard work than you did I am very pleased with the results and also the money saved from the garage quote (about six hundred pounds)! Thanks for a great video.
@@Mad4Motors_hi man, i'm just wondering when you applied 4 coats of paint to the repaired area did you also paint the entire panel as well or was the light sanding of the non damaged just preparation for adhesion of the clear coat. Thanks!
Omg, you are amazing! I am sad because I scratched and dented my car today. It bothered me so much that I phoned a repair shop. They want 600 Canadian dollars. I am a single mom of three kids. This gives me hope. I will build the courage to do it by myself. Thank you.
I just bought a 2013 journey se last month and single mom of three as well not experienced for car things literally I am impressed by your work thanks so much. I need help and if you charge economical I need help
Would highly recommend getting a plastic piece from a junkyard and practicing on it first. I did the video thing above on my bumper and caused all kinds of problems (I mean me causing the problems from lack of experience). Then worked on my daughter's car bumper the following week and it came out great, similar to the video. Little things you learn of when to push the spray button on the can; to put on 2-3 very light coats first of any spray, let dry 5 minutes between each...then put on the heavier "wet" spray for the last coat. But not too much or it runs. Better I thought to let each "wet" coat dry overnight. Buy the higher cost sprays also, don't use anything cheap: another lesson I learned. I wrote down each step also then followed it. Rather enjoy doing this work now, did a friends 3 months later and he could not believe it was not done by a professional shop. Further note: I just used 180 grit and higher. 80 grit seemed to abrasive where I was fixing those scratches I caused with the 80 grit.
I have used this video twice for different cars. I like the simplicity of how he shows the job. Just a few grades of sandpaper the Filler sand again and then the paint.
"Wow, this video is a lifesaver! Thomas not only showed us how to save a ton of money by repairing car scratches ourselves but also made it look so easy. The step-by-step instructions and materials list were incredibly helpful. Thanks, Thomas, for empowering us to take car maintenance into our own hands!"
Repaired a similar scuff like this today, this guide was absolutely excellent, really helped me with blending the repair into the rest of the car. The heat gun is the essential key to doing all 3 stages in one go.
It's very very hard and time consuming work especially the sanding / wet-sanding part. Spraying is fun but sanding isn't. I have done refinishing my front bumper (the entire bumper and requires removal) in the past and took me 2 months to sand the damn thing, before and after painting. Sanding time will take up 90% of the entire process. If you use professional tools such as sand grinder with various sizes cutting pads it can cut down man hours by 1/2 but still pain in the ass. If you use 2K clear coat then you don't have to wet-sand after clear coat because it does pretty good job laying the clear down nice and flat, but you gotta have skillful hands to do it right. If you use 1k lacquer clear coat man you are in for tough luck cause you have to sand it again and again and again till it gets smooth. And if the clear you put on is too thin then you'll lose all your clear from sanding so you have to apply plenty of clear so this problem can be prevented. Don't try to save a few bucks on clear coat by getting those cheap 1k clear stuff just go with the 2K clear and you'll save yourself a lot of work.
He did a great job. But problems I have had attempting this that were out of my control: Paint can sprayed evenly but the paint can tended to spatter. The physical paint layer was even, but being metallic, the color was uneven even after extended and vigorous mixing. Clearcoat nozzle developed clogs resulting in uneven spray patterns and blotchy finish. Even with a clean garage and a tacky wipedown before clearcoating, you cannot avoid trash in the finish. Lastly, even in this video, there is an obvious difference in color between the original paint color and the sprayed area.
The tip is to warm your paint cans up for 5mins in front of a hot air gun shaking every 30seconds till the tin is warm and warm paint cans have much better effect, no splatter either.
Works like a charm! I checked a lot of video’s and tutorials. This one made most sense to me. Did a whole bumper with lot of scratches and half a panel on the side. Perfect result. Glad I chose to follow this one. Cheers!
I check other video and it said that you shouldn't use body filler that use for a fender and apply it on a plastic bumper because it could crake. Bondo bumper filler is made for plastic only and to use on bumper only. Also to use adhesion promoter before putting on primer so the primer and the paint will stick to the bumper. What's your opinion. Great job. But confused.
Just a note for people attempting this, don't paint clear coat over an area that isn't scuffed, or try to minimise because it will not stick. Didn't for me anyways. Bits of clear coat were flaking off as i was sanding for buffing.
learned that the hard way. the clear coat were flaking off for my hood at areas that wasnt scuffed. now i had to sand down thr whole thing and redo. its a pain in the ass
I watched the video on the blue Passat I've never been able to do body work, I thought I'd the filler spot on 5 times I'd to re do it but I kept at it due to the video, I've went through several cans of high build primer and base coat only to see the repair again! I've stuck at it and eventually I'm 98% delighted with result more importantly I've learned, thanks for a great few videos and look forward to seeing and learning more cheers
Good job mate, you followed all steps correctly. The issue with cans is what it looks like 6 months later. Sinkage is the main problem with repairs like this. 4-1 high build primer has to be used over filler for Lifetime guarantee. Hs laquer as well. Your job looks good now but wont last the life of the car. Good diy job
superb work mate. watching these videos gave me the courage to finally fix the bumper on my truck and seeing this step by step made the whole process a lot easier. thanks for all the help, keep up the great work! cheers!
Subscribed! I really appreciate it when you take off the masking tape on camera so we can see that you haven’t secretly done anything to make it look better than it is. And it certainly doesn’t need it because this paint job is amazing. Thanks so much!
It seems to me that people bashing this video 1) are in the industry and are offended that it wasn't done to OE Spec - 2) Did not watch the video - 3) Feel that it is only going to last a year because it was not done according to a purists standard .... blah blah blah. In Short, this will work perfectly for this type of job and will last many years on bumper type surfaces. Much more economical than the $800 to $1200 job from a body shop. Their rates are horrendous. Good job on the video.
@@Julesvale - Not so fast there Jules ... That is dependent on many factors. There are lots of folks doing this online - just look at so you tubers and you will see. Check out B is for Build, Chrisfix, Ammo and Tavarish ... completely doable at home with aerosol. Anyone who says differently either works in the industry and is trying to protect the overpriced nature of "paint and body" shops in general or has some other bias. Show me proof.
@@gosh7001 well was lazy to explain but lets do this ofc if you run your car once in a while it will last ofc if your car is in a garage maybe it'll last more than one year but all that depend on many conditions like where you live etc the weather also like if you're near some salty water well you better dont do that. The reason is that first if it goes away you cant repair again and 2nd that if it's sanded with impuroities just as the video the last layer will go off pretty easily but not only where you have fixed it will expand to aln your car if done badly this is the problem
@@Julesvale That is very much correct ... I agree with you there ... it will last much longer in a more controlled working environment like a DIY paint booth, while also sanding and using tack at proper times. Warming the supplies and applying paint to a warm surface (80 - 100 F) will also go along way towards more longevity. Drying the surface area after, polishing and then protecting with a sealant will quadruple the lifespan. So there are many factors that increase the longevity of DIY Paint Jobs. It really is up to the individual to to their own due diligence that will yield the best results according to the region they live in.
Ok I am following this again. Just filled my bumper, rear pannel and undercoated it. Put the top coat and just sprayed the gloss coat on. All done in 2 days. I did the job over a couple of days due to time constraints
Thanks for this! I used your fender rust repair video to learn how to fix the rust spots on my GF's car, which she wants to sell. Now we've decided to make the bumpers look good, too. Cheers!
@@Mad4Motors_ Welllll... I messed up. I didn't notice in the video that you taped over the parking sensor, and I've painted over them. Do you know of a way to safely remove the paint so they'll work again? Cheers!
Thanks Mr. Motors, or can I call you Madfa? Love your videos: short and to the point, some drive me mad ,waffling. Decided to have a go and re-did my bumper. rattle cans these days have got a fairly good spray pattern. Lesson 101: BE PATIENT, don't spray too much at a time, and let it dry. I only had clear with 2k technology, not the real thing, so did 4 coats, let dry for 3-4 days, rubbed back with 1500 wet/dry till 'smood' (I'm Irish ancestory too), and then polished the crap out of it with Meguiars (not compound) and a DA sander. Came up brilliantly! Thanks again
Excellent video. The only thing I would add is a clear coat blender, also from a spray can, to avoid clear end lines where you take the paper off. Over time, that might cause peeling. Otherwise, a great tutorial.
I don't get the thumbs down for this! This is a better job than when an official main dealership body shop did my bumper! It was never the exact same colour nor as shiny. You could tell it was resprayed. This looks fantastic regardless of how / where it was done.
You inspired me to fix the hole my wife put on the car I bought 1 week earlier. Started today. Rain got me and I left the car with the body filler to cure. Will continue tomorrow with sanding and applying more body filler on the hole cause I don’t think 1 round is enough. But already, it looks like new!
This is a great guide and I wish I'd seen it before I did a repair on one of my cars a few months ago. The biggest mistake I made was starting off with 80 grit instead of 180 and I did not use a 2k clear! At least I know now thanks.
Great video! Easy to follow, concise and explanations along the way. Preparing to repair my BMW front bumper. Much smaller area than your repair. Your work looks great!
sorry m8, did u polished the area after applying the clear coat? Im feeling extremely safe of doing a repair myself after watching this tutorial, excellent job!
I was always told for diy work like this especially in colder damp climates like Ireland we were better waiting for minimum 72+ hours before compounding and at least a month for polish or wax as it takes way longer for the solvents to properly evaporate from the paint.
@@CARSMullingar Yeah i guess in colder climates you would want to wait longer for the paint to cure fully. Generally the longer you wait the safer youll be. Just if you drive after painting cover the area with some fabric with tape so you dont get any stoned from the road damaging that shiny paint.
Dear Friend, I use almost the same way but with the spraygun for motor boat. Your paintjob on this Audi was magnifisent , the gloss and how the color spread! congrats
I'm doing this as I txt, I've just finished sanding down the area I needed to work on. Tomoz will apply my body filler and sand that down. It's looking good so far
Thank you a lot. This was very educational and was quite fun to fix up your own car. For my first time, I am 95% satiesfied with my job. Thanks for the great help!
My friend owns body shop, some customer came and ask how much cost job like this fender. Customer thought it was too expensive and he tried it self. Few week later he came with horrible mess on fender and said "ok, you can do it now" only problem it was much harder now to fix it because of that mess and it cost more, still agreed that higher cost. So after all it ended being much more expensive, those stuff customer bought and all extra work to get rid of that messy DIY fix.
@Stanley Well that happened several years ago. These days he only paints cars that comes through from insurance companies because those works are better priced.
Thanks for this video. It's one of the most helpful I've found for my small RV repairs (although the RV doesn't have a clear coat it seems...body is fiberglass). I especially appreciate seeing your spray motion technique.
Looks so good for a diy job very impressed . All cars get messed up cheap or expensive it doesn't matter he puts just as much time and effort in the expensive audi vs the older black hundyi suv
Going through your video I knew Im not gonna go through steps on my car (rather leave the scrach there 😅) but kept watching as your job was so professional and satisfying to watch 😊
Really good video anyone commenting you should of done this and that are idiots as there’s many different ways to do things but the main thing is the job gets done and looks good and doesn’t cost the earth and take a week to compleat, I have used this trick many times and results always good 👍👍
Thanks Matt My oldest daughter's '17 A4 looks like iits front bumper area got keyed or something, over a larger area. I can't see it in person yet, because she does not live near me, but it looks deep. I told her that I'd fix it for her. She loves her car, and is upset. Every one tells me I can't fix it, and that I' m just wasting my time. I'm a little hesitant, but I enjoy proving people wrong when the doubt my abilities.
Looks top notch, thanks for posting dude. I just scraped the bottom of my bumper driving out of my local petrol station onto the road with a camber, I think that’s the word. So this will come in useful
Gotta ask: Since there was no apparent damage above the panel crease, why extend your sanding and painting into that area above the crease? You could have easily thumbed-off the body filler you got on that area and taped/papered-off that part of the panel. Natural crease would provide a less noticeable seam for paint matching, too.
Man people need to quit thinking you need to cut out an entire chunk of the car and weld in an entire new piece of steel to fix a couple holes, bumps, or scratches. This video right here is what you do.
Awesome! I would love to see how would you do on a rear bumper for example. If the damage is little, do you need to respray the clear coat on the entire bumper or you can make a transition using a binder? Maybe you can make a video about this process : - )
Did you paint the hole thing or just where your primed🥴 dident get that, and what do you do about the spot where the old paint meets the new? Great work btw👌
where did you go sir, you are a GOD! This may be a few years old but i feel its going to be the best help ill get while i save money for a full body paint job on my car thats collectible. i watched your rust video and am going to tackle that now before it gets to bad since its on the unibody. Thank you. watching these for the newer vehicles and kiddos and bikes hah. i just wish i had these paints here in the US :(
Why would you allow body filler to get on paint above crease line that is not scratched? Also why would you not tape off areas so sanding marks are not made on non damaged areas?
Brilliant!! ... I've always used my pro guns but like you said and proved on video you can actually get a good job done with rattle cans, .. Well done and thanks for sharing.
Are guys looking to blend your rattle can paint job? If so I have a video on the topic th-cam.com/video/GyfkM5Q8JbU/w-d-xo.html
Such quality work mad to look so easy. Gave me confidence to do my own car and yes it looks nothing like your repairs but got there in the end. Love ya video keep up the good work
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You are amazing! I am hoping to fix my car. I am so impressed by your work and honesty. You are a nice person. Thank you for your generosity
You did a great job 👍✌
I have been in the smash repairs trade for 33years, love to watch guys that can do just as well from home, awesome job.
Butch Muir are you one of them that would say oh your bumper is hit we got to spray the whole car 😒
But yu know that the BIG jobs are always going to go to a shop. But these small jobs are great for the few people who can take them on.
Ok, there are lots of 'thumbs down' no doubt from people who are professionals or perfectionists. This was a simple repair job that came out very well. Anyone with a bit of craft experience could take this sort of repair on. If you took that to a pro body shop they would charge a lot of money. I think it was a good video and he explained what he was doing well.
for sure. and not all body shop "professionals" do a good job either.
I've had paint flake off and panels rusting months after work in body shops covered by insurance. after they took large sums of money.
I would prefer the work he did here than many body shops.
i just did this job on my own bumper following this process and it turned out great. not perfect but great.
ok?
Bodyshop professionals hate this simple trick. 😆
Honestly. If everybody figures out how to do body repair and paint from TH-cam they'd be out of business soon so of course they will thumbs down.
@@dirtmcgirt7125 They would still get the big jobs.
I’ve just tried to do this and the primer wasn’t dry and I’ve wasted all my paint and primer, it was a disaster lol.
Thanks mate for doing a "minimum job minimum effort" approach instead of most youtubers who would have taken the bumper , headlights, wheel and maybe the engine out while they're at it just to get to the scuff on the front.
Car looks new..
LOL!! "and maybe the engine out" absolutely killed me! this is absolute truth!!
Yes and also let some air out the tires lol
hehe yeah and use a high spec torque wrench too while there at it
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Your videos are amazing, my wife has 09 civic the clear peeled off, rust started around the wheel and she scuffed the bumper, 550$ Bodyshop repair, thx to ur videos I got it all done under 100$ and one afternoon!!
Great video, my friend - you cut straight to the chase, none of the 10 minute introductions and shameless product promotions which are all too common in these videos.
Great video, no music, no waffle, just a clear explanation of the process.
My favorite part on body work is watching others do it.
lmao comment of the day
Tru :-)
Mine too, until they bill me for it.
Exactly
My fav part is the clear coat makes it shine
I followed this tutorial exactly for the bumper on my 2018 Dodge Ram and I am absolutely amazed with the result. Thank you so much for making this!
Frank Spatacco Hey, you were able to get your car’s paint color in a can as well? Are you in the States?
@@Kshais Yes and Yes. In North Hollywood California. Finishmaster.
Good to hear. My basic chevy cruz got swiped on the back bumper. Absolutely no damage to the actual body, but quite a lot of scratched paint. The car's...not really worth a huge paint bill, maybe this will work!
How long would you say it took you from start to finish?
@@troybrown7523 Good question. I did it in parts. Day one was primer and sand (2 hours) and day 2 was paint and clear (3 hours). I did it outside on a non windy day. Really great results.
I did a similar repair on my car and found that the hardest thing is to make a soft edge between the new and old base coat without noticing.
You can also see the edge in this repair. At 8:13 he is pointing at the tape to make a soft edge and at 11:35 you can clearly see the edge. The edge will be even more noticeable in sunlight.
You sure you're not seeing one of the reflections in the bumper? I'm struggling to see any lines myself.
@@rustycooper7684 I don't think it's a reflection. At 11:35 at the bottom, you can see a new shiny clear coat right next to an old beat-up clear coat where the tape was.
The transition can be softened with buffing but at the right angle under the sunlight, the line is still noticeable. That is why you never repair the hood this way. You coat the entire hood. This car is probably no longer new, so such a repair makes sense.
this was a nice straight forward and honest video, not over complicated, exactly what the DIY guy needs. not overloaded with info, everything you said was valuable. thanks for taking the time to share this, you helped me a lot with my project.
A little tip when you're sanding the primer, spray a thin coat of black paint over the primer, that way you can see if there's any pumps or hollows when you're sanding it.
@Big Boy hump, pump.. What ever 😉
only if using a sanding block the entire time as it's flat. he used his fingers for some of the final sanding which will actually sand-in those dips and waves you're referring to. The tip is to always use a soft/flexible sanding block for an even finish
A guide coat
Or just use light?🤔🤔🤔
Guide coat, don’t know why I’ve rarely heard people use this technique. A show car painter told me about this technique and I use it every time I sand now... brilliant suggestion
Wow! Great results, I had a scuff mark on my '15 Camry similar to this for about 3 years and wanted to fix it up, but no clue on how to do it. You gave me the confidence to fix up my car! Thank you!
I’ve watched this video several times now and finally plucked up the courage to do some repair work on my own car. This video was a brilliant instructional aid explained in language that I could understand! While I made it look a lot more hard work than you did I am very pleased with the results and also the money saved from the garage quote (about six hundred pounds)! Thanks for a great video.
That’s great to hear and glad u saved some money 👍
@@Mad4Motors_hi man, i'm just wondering when you applied 4 coats of paint to the repaired area did you also paint the entire panel as well or was the light sanding of the non damaged just preparation for adhesion of the clear coat. Thanks!
How was your results out of 10? Just wondericHiw What type of results us normal folks can expect.
Omg, you are amazing! I am sad because I scratched and dented my car today. It bothered me so much that I phoned a repair shop. They want 600 Canadian dollars. I am a single mom of three kids. This gives me hope. I will build the courage to do it by myself. Thank you.
If I was your neighbour I would definitely help.. I mean a single mom, why not !!
@@simonmunchen5914 lmfaooo I'm deadd
@@simonmunchen5914 would you help me or would I need to be a single mum too??
@@lukecowell7516 lmao
I just bought a 2013 journey se last month and single mom of three as well not experienced for car things literally I am impressed by your work thanks so much.
I need help and if you charge economical I need help
Would highly recommend getting a plastic piece from a junkyard and practicing on it first. I did the video thing above on my bumper and caused all kinds of problems (I mean me causing the problems from lack of experience). Then worked on my daughter's car bumper the following week and it came out great, similar to the video. Little things you learn of when to push the spray button on the can; to put on 2-3 very light coats first of any spray, let dry 5 minutes between each...then put on the heavier "wet" spray for the last coat. But not too much or it runs. Better I thought to let each "wet" coat dry overnight. Buy the higher cost sprays also, don't use anything cheap: another lesson I learned. I wrote down each step also then followed it. Rather enjoy doing this work now, did a friends 3 months later and he could not believe it was not done by a professional shop. Further note: I just used 180 grit and higher. 80 grit seemed to abrasive where I was fixing those scratches I caused with the 80 grit.
I have used this video twice for different cars. I like the simplicity of how he shows the job. Just a few grades of sandpaper the Filler sand again and then the paint.
But does he buff the paint after applying ? Does he resend the clear and then use a buffer?
Everything looks so simple until you try on your car.
Hahaha very true!
Lol
That's very true!
Its very easy when i see how to do it. But i literally no confidence in doing such good job. Scared if failed and end up more work to do 😂
Agreed experience is everything you have to put in the work
Crazy that McGregor had to become a body tech after losing that fight
Dustin and Khabib make it possible
That's life, sometimes its riches to rags, not the other way round
this accent is VERY different to him. It's from south Ireland. Possibly Kilkenny or Waterford.
That explains the hand speed!
@@MartinMeanyOffaly
"Wow, this video is a lifesaver! Thomas not only showed us how to save a ton of money by repairing car scratches ourselves but also made it look so easy. The step-by-step instructions and materials list were incredibly helpful. Thanks, Thomas, for empowering us to take car maintenance into our own hands!"
Repaired a similar scuff like this today, this guide was absolutely excellent, really helped me with blending the repair into the rest of the car. The heat gun is the essential key to doing all 3 stages in one go.
Followed these instructions to the letter. I now have a perfect repaired car. Thank you
Now I can fully appreciate and understand the amount of effort AND time it takes a body shop to fix a car.
It's very very hard and time consuming work especially the sanding / wet-sanding part. Spraying is fun but sanding isn't. I have done refinishing my front bumper (the entire bumper and requires removal) in the past and took me 2 months to sand the damn thing, before and after painting. Sanding time will take up 90% of the entire process. If you use professional tools such as sand grinder with various sizes cutting pads it can cut down man hours by 1/2 but still pain in the ass. If you use 2K clear coat then you don't have to wet-sand after clear coat because it does pretty good job laying the clear down nice and flat, but you gotta have skillful hands to do it right. If you use 1k lacquer clear coat man you are in for tough luck cause you have to sand it again and again and again till it gets smooth. And if the clear you put on is too thin then you'll lose all your clear from sanding so you have to apply plenty of clear so this problem can be prevented. Don't try to save a few bucks on clear coat by getting those cheap 1k clear stuff just go with the 2K clear and you'll save yourself a lot of work.
That's what I do every day.. working for the biggest shop in Denmark for the insurance company's and fixing damages cars every day.
He could use a machine for that sanding which will make it easier and much faster.... this is no magic
the most important part is getting the correct paint match. Good job !
He did a great job. But problems I have had attempting this that were out of my control: Paint can sprayed evenly but the paint can tended to spatter. The physical paint layer was even, but being metallic, the color was uneven even after extended and vigorous mixing. Clearcoat nozzle developed clogs resulting in uneven spray patterns and blotchy finish. Even with a clean garage and a tacky wipedown before clearcoating, you cannot avoid trash in the finish. Lastly, even in this video, there is an obvious difference in color between the original paint color and the sprayed area.
The tip is to warm your paint cans up for 5mins in front of a hot air gun shaking every 30seconds till the tin is warm and warm paint cans have much better effect, no splatter either.
@@MrNoNameThanks I noticed the same colour mismatch. If what II saw is right, it was a poor effort.
Works like a charm! I checked a lot of video’s and tutorials. This one made most sense to me. Did a whole bumper with lot of scratches and half a panel on the side. Perfect result. Glad I chose to follow this one.
Cheers!
I check other video and it said that you shouldn't use body filler that use for a fender and apply it on a plastic bumper because it could crake. Bondo bumper filler is made for plastic only and to use on bumper only. Also to use adhesion promoter before putting on primer so the primer and the paint will stick to the bumper. What's your opinion. Great job. But confused.
Literally taking back my first thoughts when I read the title was “no chance with a can” completely proved me wrong looks great
I couldn't keep my eyes open during that. Not because it was boring but because your voice is so chilled. Great job 👍
Just a note for people attempting this, don't paint clear coat over an area that isn't scuffed, or try to minimise because it will not stick. Didn't for me anyways. Bits of clear coat were flaking off as i was sanding for buffing.
learned that the hard way. the clear coat were flaking off for my hood at areas that wasnt scuffed. now i had to sand down thr whole thing and redo. its a pain in the ass
@@hexhartley3548 so if i was to clear coat ONLY the area i did sanding on, the ending product would match the original paint job?
@@xxbublebee123 to match, you need to scuff the surrounding area for the clear coat to blend in.
sounds like you didnt give the clear enough time to cure.
@@alkalionpower true
I watched the video on the blue Passat I've never been able to do body work, I thought I'd the filler spot on 5 times I'd to re do it but I kept at it due to the video, I've went through several cans of high build primer and base coat only to see the repair again! I've stuck at it and eventually I'm 98% delighted with result more importantly I've learned, thanks for a great few videos and look forward to seeing and learning more cheers
Good job mate, you followed all steps correctly. The issue with cans is what it looks like 6 months later. Sinkage is the main problem with repairs like this. 4-1 high build primer has to be used over filler for Lifetime guarantee. Hs laquer as well. Your job looks good now but wont last the life of the car. Good diy job
you’re saying to use 4-1 primer as in like the body filler right
Welp, time to go ruin my BMW with this newfound overconfidence!
same but i got a mustang im so worried to even try it. but i guess it will be cheaper than taking it else where.
Yup!! Bout to mess my Audi too
Any update guys?
My E90's gonna go through the same shit. Good luck
Damn guys im glad i have a cheap ass car to try this on lmao
superb work mate. watching these videos gave me the courage to finally fix the bumper on my truck and seeing this step by step made the whole process a lot easier. thanks for all the help, keep up the great work! cheers!
I'm impressed,though it never comes out that good when I do it....
found this video after I got a scratch on my carbon race bike, absolutely amazing work.
Subscribed! I really appreciate it when you take off the masking tape on camera so we can see that you haven’t secretly done anything to make it look better than it is. And it certainly doesn’t need it because this paint job is amazing. Thanks so much!
Great instructions and excellent results.I didn't have to plow through an hour of B.S. to get to the information.
Someone hit my rear bumper and scratched it when I was at the supermarket. Im so scared to do this by myself. But what a great result dude
It seems to me that people bashing this video 1) are in the industry and are offended that it wasn't done to OE Spec - 2) Did not watch the video - 3) Feel that it is only going to last a year because it was not done according to a purists standard .... blah blah blah. In Short, this will work perfectly for this type of job and will last many years on bumper type surfaces. Much more economical than the $800 to $1200 job from a body shop. Their rates are horrendous. Good job on the video.
and the reality is that it will last one year sorry for you and your dreams man
@@Julesvale - Not so fast there Jules ... That is dependent on many factors. There are lots of folks doing this online - just look at so you tubers and you will see. Check out B is for Build, Chrisfix, Ammo and Tavarish ... completely doable at home with aerosol. Anyone who says differently either works in the industry and is trying to protect the overpriced nature of "paint and body" shops in general or has some other bias. Show me proof.
@@gosh7001 well was lazy to explain but lets do this ofc if you run your car once in a while it will last ofc if your car is in a garage maybe it'll last more than one year but all that depend on many conditions like where you live etc the weather also like if you're near some salty water well you better dont do that.
The reason is that first if it goes away you cant repair again and 2nd that if it's sanded with impuroities just as the video the last layer will go off pretty easily but not only where you have fixed it will expand to aln your car if done badly this is the problem
@@Julesvale That is very much correct ... I agree with you there ... it will last much longer in a more controlled working environment like a DIY paint booth, while also sanding and using tack at proper times. Warming the supplies and applying paint to a warm surface (80 - 100 F) will also go along way towards more longevity. Drying the surface area after, polishing and then protecting with a sealant will quadruple the lifespan. So there are many factors that increase the longevity of DIY Paint Jobs. It really is up to the individual to to their own due diligence that will yield the best results according to the region they live in.
Ok I am following this again. Just filled my bumper, rear pannel and undercoated it. Put the top coat and just sprayed the gloss coat on. All done in 2 days. I did the job over a couple of days due to time constraints
Thanks for this! I used your fender rust repair video to learn how to fix the rust spots on my GF's car, which she wants to sell. Now we've decided to make the bumpers look good, too. Cheers!
Glad it helped!
@@Mad4Motors_ Welllll... I messed up. I didn't notice in the video that you taped over the parking sensor, and I've painted over them. Do you know of a way to safely remove the paint so they'll work again? Cheers!
The BEST instructional video I’ve ever watched on TH-cam. You were clear, concise, and kept it easy to follow. Slainte....
I agree
I'm usually putting on the turd coat as soon as I start spraying. Great job on this Audi!
"Turd coat was very smude" 😂🤣😂 Well done mate!
Hahahahahaha
Just his accent you knob head
Fuck off
Jesus, sensitive boys.
As soon as I heard turd coat 😂😂 time to check the comments
Thanks Mr. Motors, or can I call you Madfa?
Love your videos: short and to the point, some drive me mad ,waffling.
Decided to have a go and re-did my bumper. rattle cans these days have got a fairly good spray pattern.
Lesson 101: BE PATIENT, don't spray too much at a time, and let it dry.
I only had clear with 2k technology, not the real thing, so did 4 coats, let dry for 3-4 days, rubbed back with 1500 wet/dry till 'smood' (I'm Irish ancestory too), and then polished the crap out of it with Meguiars (not compound) and a DA sander. Came up brilliantly! Thanks again
This video helped me paint the bumper on my bmw 440, saved so much money and people can’t tell the difference. thanks mate
Excellent video. The only thing I would add is a clear coat blender, also from a spray can, to avoid clear end lines where you take the paper off. Over time, that might cause peeling. Otherwise, a great tutorial.
“Nice and smood “ Love this guys accent 👍😀😆
You dont even need a spray gun to paint your care! Lol his accent is dope
This encourages me to fix my honda odyssey. thnx for putting on TH-cam
RSJ GAMES what year was your van? Noticed ours pealing as well. 2011.
I got it scratched
Why would you bother fixing a Honda? It's just a Honda.
Watched the whole video and satisfying to watch. But, like the other said. Everything is so simple until you try it on your car and make the mess...
I don't get the thumbs down for this! This is a better job than when an official main dealership body shop did my bumper! It was never the exact same colour nor as shiny. You could tell it was resprayed. This looks fantastic regardless of how / where it was done.
Sick! Time to repair my wife’s car. I can totally do this myself. Thanks bro
Ipgtobf
Great job ! But certainly not a Fix it Yourself job for the general. That's a master's touch.
Actually it is a fix it yourself for the general.
Yep, i think this guy is a professional
Great job. Serious finish from a rattle an too. All the best from Athlone.
Good man yourself cheers
@@Mad4Motors_ I do me best. Been doing a bit of car stuff of late. Thanks for the pin. Appreciate it.
George EI7KO
Mad4Motors can you give me the name of the 2k clear coat pls, I can’t find it on internet. Thanks for your work! 💕
No wonder my garage charges so much for fixing the scratches!!
You inspired me to fix the hole my wife put on the car I bought 1 week earlier.
Started today. Rain got me and I left the car with the body filler to cure.
Will continue tomorrow with sanding and applying more body filler on the hole cause I don’t think 1 round is enough. But already, it looks like new!
This is a great guide and I wish I'd seen it before I did a repair on one of my cars a few months ago. The biggest mistake I made was starting off with 80 grit instead of 180 and I did not use a 2k clear! At least I know now thanks.
Great video! Easy to follow, concise and explanations along the way. Preparing to repair my BMW front bumper. Much smaller area than your repair. Your work looks great!
This was so satisfying, also, to the guy who keeps scratching my car, im coming for you
It's you bro
@@subyayap yes it is me, in your deluded little world
@Isfahan Khan - There is a special place in hell for people who scratch cars :-)
sorry m8, did u polished the area after applying the clear coat? Im feeling extremely safe of doing a repair myself after watching this tutorial, excellent job!
Only ever compound / polish after Atleast 24 hours for the clear coat to fully dry. Then wax after a week or so just to let everything cure properly
I was always told for diy work like this especially in colder damp climates like Ireland we were better waiting for minimum 72+ hours before compounding and at least a month for polish or wax as it takes way longer for the solvents to properly evaporate from the paint.
@@CARSMullingar Yeah i guess in colder climates you would want to wait longer for the paint to cure fully. Generally the longer you wait the safer youll be. Just if you drive after painting cover the area with some fabric with tape so you dont get any stoned from the road damaging that shiny paint.
I have this a go on my silver 2009 Honda civic. It looks like it just came out of the factory now. The wife is very impressed!
Dear Friend, I use almost the same way but with the spraygun for motor boat. Your paintjob on this Audi was magnifisent , the gloss and how the color spread! congrats
Probably the best video I've seen on this, everything you need to know, all well explained (even down to using the mask with 2K). Great job
I'm doing this as I txt, I've just finished sanding down the area I needed to work on. Tomoz will apply my body filler and sand that down. It's looking good so far
How did it go?
@@MrSpeedy99 he died. Too much filler.
@@stephenmurphy2675 hahaha
Bloody hell, amazing, with just cans of paint!
Thank you a lot. This was very educational and was quite fun to fix up your own car. For my first time, I am 95% satiesfied with my job. Thanks for the great help!
I have followed step by step on my Maserrari Turboporte and the results speak for themselves!
Fab job - and surprisingly therapeutic to watch! 😊
I take it that the thumbs down are from body shop owners!
Jeff Moore lmao they hella salty
Jeff Moore yep, everyone likes to think that they are the only ones that can do what they do!
My friend owns body shop, some customer came and ask how much cost job like this fender. Customer thought it was too expensive and he tried it self.
Few week later he came with horrible mess on fender and said "ok, you can do it now" only problem it was much harder now to fix it because of that mess and it cost more, still agreed that higher cost.
So after all it ended being much more expensive, those stuff customer bought and all extra work to get rid of that messy DIY fix.
@Stanley Well that happened several years ago. These days he only paints cars that comes through from insurance companies because those works are better priced.
Thanks for this video. It's one of the most helpful I've found for my small RV repairs (although the RV doesn't have a clear coat it seems...body is fiberglass). I especially appreciate seeing your spray motion technique.
Looks so good for a diy job very impressed . All cars get messed up cheap or expensive it doesn't matter he puts just as much time and effort in the expensive audi vs the older black hundyi suv
Going through your video I knew Im not gonna go through steps on my car (rather leave the scrach there 😅) but kept watching as your job was so professional and satisfying to watch 😊
9:07 now I know why my paint jobs never work. I never put on a “TURD” coat.
I was laughing so hard!
Me to Haha
turd coats are also good for eating....try it.
It also make take a ford coat lol
@MelloCello Speak for yourself. Some of us have no issues with a silly giggle
Best bodywork from a can vid I've seen! Thank you!
Half expected him to yell “you’ll do fookin nootin!” At some point in the vid. 😂
I just thought about The Boondock Saints..... I wonder if he rope
I could be wrong but, Wrong part of the country I think this lad sounds to be Niall Horan country.... Oh an I thought it was "beedin' nutin" lol.
If some one told you that’s how they did it. You wouldn’t believe them. But to see it done, gets a 👍 from me, thank you sir.
Brilliant. It's good to see someone kn TH-cam who knows what they're doing.
damn impressed. i knew theoretially can jobs could be good, but never braved to go for it myself. but thanks for the video tutorial. well appreciated
Nice work brother love you're videos and work!👍💯
sleepe361 **Your*
Really good video anyone commenting you should of done this and that are idiots as there’s many different ways to do things but the main thing is the job gets done and looks good and doesn’t cost the earth and take a week to compleat, I have used this trick many times and results always good 👍👍
Thanks Matt
My oldest daughter's '17 A4 looks like iits front bumper area got keyed or something, over a larger area. I can't see it in person yet, because she does not live near me, but it looks deep. I told her that I'd fix it for her. She loves her car, and is upset.
Every one tells me I can't fix it, and that I' m just wasting my time.
I'm a little hesitant, but I enjoy proving people wrong when the doubt my abilities.
Looks top notch, thanks for posting dude.
I just scraped the bottom of my bumper driving out of my local petrol station onto the road with a camber, I think that’s the word.
So this will come in useful
Great job and a superb finish in the paintwork.
Who the fock is this guy!! can sand faster than a sanding machine!!
MegaShowtime2012 he’s darude sandstorm
He’s a lady killer
@@MechInvent sure can bust all kinds of nuts 🤪
He sped up the video...
@@nickthompson7369 no shit!!!!
Brilliant, thank you. Have been looking for a good guide and this was spot on 👍🏼
You explain everything so well. I never thought it would be so easy to repair paint work. Saved me a lot. Thanks
Much cheaper technique and professionally done I reckon. Thanks sir!
He is pretty good... Not a beginner... But not a lot of us got that skills
Damn that's clean WORK!
Where are you from ?
Can I hire you to fix a scratch on my car?????
Gotta ask: Since there was no apparent damage above the panel crease, why extend your sanding and painting into that area above the crease? You could have easily thumbed-off the body filler you got on that area and taped/papered-off that part of the panel. Natural crease would provide a less noticeable seam for paint matching, too.
@@dgmclar Yes, so he wouldn't focus on the one area, it's best to spread it more, it makes sense.
Man people need to quit thinking you need to cut out an entire chunk of the car and weld in an entire new piece of steel to fix a couple holes, bumps, or scratches. This video right here is what you do.
They should offer certification in this. Get more people working and bring down the cost of car repairs.
Awesome! I would love to see how would you do on a rear bumper for example. If the damage is little, do you need to respray the clear coat on the entire bumper or you can make a transition using a binder? Maybe you can make a video about this process : - )
alphabetagamma You do a thing called a blend basically if you don’t want to repaint a whole bumper.
Man that “Turd” coat is frigging awesome! Great job... Ima follow all these steps on my old beater pickup...
Did you paint the hole thing or just where your primed🥴 dident get that, and what do you do about the spot where the old paint meets the new? Great work btw👌
where did you go sir, you are a GOD! This may be a few years old but i feel its going to be the best help ill get while i save money for a full body paint job on my car thats collectible. i watched your rust video and am going to tackle that now before it gets to bad since its on the unibody. Thank you. watching these for the newer vehicles and kiddos and bikes hah. i just wish i had these paints here in the US :(
What is the purpose of heating it? Is it just to help it dry quicker? Great vid, thanks
Why would you allow body filler to get on paint above crease line that is not scratched? Also why would you not tape off areas so sanding marks are not made on non damaged areas?
A golden rule: never sand with your fingers; use the palm of your hand.
Nice job. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
Thanks!
Brilliant!! ... I've always used my pro guns but like you said and proved on video you can actually get a good job done with rattle cans, .. Well done and thanks for sharing.