Bodyshop Paint Repair Question

"Blending solvents" have been around since the 20's and were intended for lacquer finishes.

Those shops who tend to go for "low price" to get some work will use them on modern clear finishes, as things look fine for as long as it takes for them to cash the check.

Those solvents do not cure the real, long time issue of the lack of film build with sufficent UV blockers.

Grumpy
 
When my daughter first got her car (2010 brand new, blue, Mazda 3 GT, 2.5) I told my wife NOT to freak when (not if) she has her first bump up. Sure enough, exactly 1 week to the day of her getting her license, she didn't back far enough out of her packing space and rubbed the bumper of the car beside her when she turned to drive forward. I stayed calm and cool as my wife had a cow. Later, I took the car to a buddy that owns a body shop, explained there was no way in hell I would turn this in to insurance as I was already getting gang banged, and that I would pay this repair in cash, that $600.00 bill dropped to $400 and change. It was a spot about the size of a orange, paint rubbed completely off. The took the bumper off, sanded and repainted the whole thing. The DuPont Rep was there and they painted it 3 times before he was satisfied. I've looked at this car for almost 2 years now, and there is no sign there was ever a repair. This is that very bright blue Mazda uses, and it looks as good now as the day we bought it, maybe better since I've cared for it. BTW - she has just hit 13K miles! Me? When I was 16, I kept the roads hot, not the facebook, like anybody in the 70's saw that coming....guess it's cheaper though.
 
Update: Still waiting on insurance adjusters at this point. Getting under my skin a bit since I can't drive my new car until they come out.
 
Still waiting on adjuster....I was holding off on writing a review for the company / broker, I mean things do happen...it's how a company handles it that counts. I wanted to give them a chance but this is getting ridiculous. I'll update once the repair starts.
 
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