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I painted 2 doors on a Honda Pilot today. This is the second time I repaired this car because of a bad body shop. When I opened the driver’s side doors, I noticed that there were a lot of paint chips in the door jambs of the car (See the video on you tube “Another bad body shop Honda Pilot pt.1”)
From what I saw, it looked like both doors had been replaced do to a previous “T-Bone” collision and not properly scuffed. The customer may want me to repair it a third time if the old paint continues to bubble up and flake off. I can only patch the problem until the customer wants to correctly repair the problem by totally stripping off the old paint and start from scratch. That’s big bucks! To do what was right in the first place (scuffing the door jambs before painting) would only have taken about 3 minutes. The painter/helper at the body shop that had made this repair in the past was obviously drunk, high or did not care (see my “About Us Video”). Because they were lazy or drunk, to fix that 3 min problem will now take 2 to 3 days in a body shop to correctly fix the problem not to mention the cost.
Today I repaired a rear bumper on a Honda Pilot. It didn’t take to long to do. It would have been faster but the bumper had already been incorrectly repaired before in the past, which slowed down the bumper repair process. (See the video on you tube “Honda Pilot pt.2 Bumper repair Beware of body shops”) Some car rubbed up against the bumper causing the paint to crack and fall off because who ever painted this car before did not scuff the bumper for the paint to stick. If the bumper would have been prepared and scuffed properly, the damage probably could have been buffed off. But unfortunately that was not the case for this repair.
I just stocked up my van again with all of the paint goodies. I also bought a tent so I wont have to construct a make shift tent if the weather decides to take a turn for the worst.
A few weeks ago it started to sprinkle while I was doing a bumper repair. The paint was fine; I just had to make a temporary cover for about 15 min until the clear coat dried. Next time I’ll be ready!
Sometimes you can touch up a scratch or chip with out painting or blending the whole panel. I had to mix up some touch-up paint for a dodge charger. The owner’s husband scratched the door with the button of his pants when he got into the car. She was pissed! The scratch was right on the corner of the door, so the touch up was not that noticeable. Now she is not pissed ….ha!
