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Old 19-02-13, 09:49 AM   #11
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Default Re: Patching up plastics - how?

Phew, sounds like the kind of job I am 100% likely to mess up :/
Does it cost a lot if you get someone to do it?
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Old 19-02-13, 10:05 AM   #12
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Agy,it is not hard,just needs patience. Providing it is only scuffs you would have to pay the professional for the paint,they would already have all the other bits and pieces.
By the time you buy paint,primer,lacquer filler and rubbing down papers you could more than likely get it done professionally for a similar cost.
Like I said earlier if you want it done now it is to cold to spray outside.You need a nice heated garage or remove the bits and do them indoors[It will stink with fumes]
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Old 19-02-13, 10:11 AM   #13
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I only have the main public road. And zero tools
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Old 19-02-13, 10:28 AM   #14
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The hardest part of repairs is the preparation. Get that right and the final job can look good. My Step son is currently repairing a dropped Honda he got cheap, but being a young lad he does not have a lot of patience and wants it all done in thirty minutes. The final result is not as good as it could be.

I have repaired cracked panels and prepared stuff for respray, but matching is hard work. A mobile scratch repair service can do wonders and prices can be so reasonable as to make it more realistic than doing yourself.
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Old 19-02-13, 10:30 AM   #15
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If you've just scraped the front corner of the fairing back to black plastic then it's not really worth repairing.

If you're very good you could get it back to looking perfect but any sort of bodged up repair with touch-up paints or anything is likely to look just the same or worse.
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Old 19-02-13, 10:31 AM   #16
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Re JF,Very sound advice for slight cosmetic damage. Cost nothing to get a quote.

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