Looking for a detailer in the Western New York (keyed drivers side)

[Jim C]

My 3 month old 08' Fusion sport was keyed a few days before christmas, dont want to go through insurance so im looking for an experienced detailer to take on the project. The car is black and the scratch extends from the drivers side rear view mirrior all the way to the taillight, down the the metal at area between doors. Ill get pics up in the morning.

[DieselMDX]

will need to be touched up u can not buff out scratches that deep

[holland_patrick]

Just take it to a body shop.. let them sand and blend then have a detail work on it

[Jim C]

I'm aware that they cannot be buffed out. I took it to two body shops and they wanted to repaint entire panels. Ive seen what some of these guys can do with touch up paint and a buffer. Thats what im interested in.

Overcast and the car is covered in salt, did my best with the pics.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/theend13/004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/theend13/001.jpg

I dont know why these pics wont show.

[Got_Leather]

stupid people man. Leave peoples cars alone. Sorry about your bad luck

[Carbon Blue]

Originally Posted by Jim C

I'm aware that they cannot be buffed out. I took it to two body shops and they wanted to repaint entire panels. Ive seen what some of these guys can do with touch up paint and a buffer. Thats what im interested in.

Overcast and the car is covered in salt, did my best with the pics.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/theend13/004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/theend13/001.jpg

I dont know why these pics wont show.

sorry to hear about that man, but the process you speak of takes weeks to layer touch up paint, and that process is mainly used for spot touch ups such as rock chips etc. nothing major. But hey someone could prove me wrong.

[Jim C]

So is a repaint my only option then?

[Labster]

Originally Posted by Jim C

So is a repaint my only option then?

I've done some scratches but honestly, it'll never look 100% unless they paint and blend the panel... That sucks man.

[drifter28]

More pics please

[13thcrusader]

i'd have to see it in person but most of those scratches will come out. the one big ones, i'd say it's a 50/50 shot of buffing out. the long one for the most part will come out fine. very easily.

i probably buff out three or four cars with scratches like that a week, some through completely to the metal.

for the spots that won't come out (you'll never know for sure until you try working it) it's very possible to brush touch it, let the brush touch dry and then buff it afterwards to make it uniform. i've also been able to match a spray can to the paint color before and after that dries buff it out to be uniform (which is much easier than buffing brush touch). seeing as your vehicle's an 08 and the paint hasn't had time to fade, i'd say what you're proposing is entirely possible and quite honestly not extremely difficult.

it's still a job though. and stressful on whatever detailer you bring it to :-(. but without touching it up and just buffing i'd say that 75-90% of it will come out guaranteed.

where in wny are you?

[themightytimmah]

It can be done. If I was in your area, I would quote 250 or so for that, it's going to need multiple light coats of touchup applied with a small brush into the scratch over a couple of hours, wet sanding to level the touchup, and then machine polish it.

Quality of the repair is 90% dependent on the accuracy of the touchup paint match.

[Jim C]

Thanks guys, they were making me feel like I was crazy but I know ive seen worse taken care of in the click and brags. Im in Tonawanda but im willing to travel a bit if I need to. I fequent PA south of philly. An 08 or not its just not worth it for me to put thousands into my daily drivers paint when I know theres gonna be worse to come.