A while back, I scraped a boulder as I was backing out of someone's driveway. It tore and scraped the bumper on the passenger front side. It looked awful.
I finally got around to making the repair. I'm too damned cheap to pay a body shop.
This is how I did it:
1. Cleaned the rip, inside the window well and on the outside. I used mineral spirits from home depot. This meant removing the bplts and plastic tabs holding the plastic cover from the wheel well.
2. Set the rip so it was as flush as possible. Then sealed it on the inside using Gorilla epoxy. I bought a window screen repair kit, and stuck it to the inside before the epoxy dried. I let it dry overnight.
3. Using a wire brush attached to the drill, I roughed up the area, and cleaned out a crevice along the rip. Cleaned the entire area with mineral spirits.
4. Filled the rip and scratches automotive putty, and let it dry overnight.
5. Removed the big chunks of dried putty using the drill wire brush, leaving only a little putty over the rip and scratches.
6. Sanded down the remaining putty so it was smooth. Cleaned the area with mineral spirits.
7. Sprayed sandable primer, and let it dry overnight after 3 coats. Sanded the dried primer to smooth. Cleaned the entire area with mineral spirits.
8. Sprayed the basecoat to 4 layers, letting it dry 2 hours between coats. Let it dry overnight.
9. Sprayed 3 coats of clear coat, letting it dry for 1 hour between coats.
I still have to wet sand, buff, and wax, it looks really good.
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