Help! Please! I sanded through my clear coat

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I was trying to repair my door from a chip and accidentially sanded through my clear. It's a 2000 Mercedes so not the most expensive car but I do like to have it looking it's best. I took it to the body shop and they quoted me $450 for the spot repair. Is that high? Any suggestions on what I can do? Should I just live with it?
 
If they do a legit job. That does sound about right.

It might look small but the body shop will have to:

match the color, sand it down, prep it, then repaint it and blend it, then sand the orange peel, buff, polish, wash and wax.

Pictures are always helpful btw
 
probably would help if you posted pictures. Where exactly on the door is the clear burned? how big is the "spot" repair
 
hernandez.art13 said:
If they do a legit job. That does sound about right.

It might look small but the body shop will have to:

match the color, sand it down, prep it, then repaint it and blend it, then sand the orange peel, buff, polish, wash and wax.

Pictures are always helpful btw
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in my experience when dealing with bodyshops, that price is about right, I was charged 400 flat, but I don't recall them sanding the orange peel or waxing it
 
I would suggest getting some touch-up paints from dealer. It comes w/ a bottle of clear too.
 
Your car was repainted, but the orange peel was never sanded down, buffed, polished, waxed?

That's I what I did professionally. Full time.

Interesting...
 
If one does buy does touch up paint, how can they know it exactly matches? (Out in the sun, color wise)
 
Mach1USMC said:
Touch up paint and clear from a dealer is $2? .... how long has it been since you bought touch up paint from a stealership?
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I mean somewhere between $20 to $30. I don't remember exact amount. I bought one here in WA two months ago.
 
hernandez.art13 said:
Your car was repainted, but the orange peel was never sanded down, buffed, polished, waxed?

That's I what I did professionally. Full time.

Interesting...
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In my experience depends what shop you go to. Not all body shops sand and remove the orange peel. Also most body shops do wax the car with some cheap cherry type wax. Even though your not suppose to wax it to let the paint cure and breath
 
david11g35 said:
In my experience depends what shop you go to. Not all body shops sand and remove the orange peel. Also most body shops do wax the car with some cheap cherry type wax. Even though your not suppose to wax it to let the paint cure and breath
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Yep that is why I said "legit" body shop.
 
hernandez.art13 said:
Your car was repainted, but the orange peel was never sanded down, buffed, polished, waxed?

That's I what I did professionally. Full time.

Interesting...
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So was the car brought back to you 90 days later for you to sand buff and wax? Or was it done the next day after the re spray?
 
Cars were put through a bake cycle, then let the cars sit in the sun for a day or 2. Under 125 degree F weather. (It was super hot out there 😢)then waxed. ASAP. To get the car out of the shop because it is a production shop.

On a few occasions I had to wet sand with really hard gummy paint. Lol

The business would be losing a lot of money if Hertz cars were brought back every 90 days. We delivered about 2-3 cars a day.
 
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