Happy new year everyone! Just found out this in the morning.....

Any DIY to fix it myself?

 

that sux

 

If its deep, no you can't completely fix it yourself. If you have a polisher and compound you can polish most of it out. Beyond that it'll probably need to be wet sanded. I wouldn't advise you to DIY that unless you're very confident that you're skilled at it. Since you're asking I'm presuming you're not.

 

gotta try wet sanding on my friends car first, and see how it turns out.

 

Rule of thumb..if it gets caught on your finger nail when going over it..it's too deep to fix. That's really messed up they messed with your cars on new years..and it's on the driver side door. Did you **** off your ex-gf?

 

If it were me, I'd do a lot of reading and watching videos on it to learn. Then I'd spend a few bucks to buy a Nissan or Infiniti body panel at a salvage yard. One with damage should be dirt cheap. Then I'd scratch it to a similar degree and practice, practice, practice on that first to make sure I know what I'm doing.

Either that or pay a professional body shop who does this for a living to sand it and possibly respray clear on the panel.

Good luck.

 

Actually, prior to what you guys think... This can actually be fixed by yourself. ONLY because its black..

Nissan black obsidian is nothing special it is just standard black.

Here is what you need and how you can fix it..

You need to find some single stage black paint. That is paint that has color with the clear mixed in it..

Then you need to get a fine brush, carfully brush the paint into the deep scratches to fill it in. Need to let it dry a bit, then add another coat in succession. You need to keep doing this until you have built up the scratch with paint so the paint has slightly overfilled the scratch and sticks out a little past the factory paint. THEN you blocksand what you have done after it has completely dried, with 1000, 1500 and 2000 grit wetsand paper, and buff it. If you take your time, and make sure you use a single stage paint, you can make a seamless repair!!!


This can only be done with black! Any other colors you will see the repair. Only with black can you really get away with this


If you want more info pm me and I will help however I can

 

Thx for all of your responds. I'm waiting for my polisher to arrive and then i can start the process!

 

If that is scratched down to the primer your only fix will be repainting. My wife's car had that done all the way down the drivers side. Most of it buffed out but some was down to the primer and the door and rear 1/4 panel had to be repainted.

 

That's not an easy fix! Looks more like an insurance claim or visit a body shop and pay out of pocket. Hate to see that... Sorry man.

 

The whole panel does NOT NEED REPAINTED. I paint cars for a living. Just follow the easy steps I posted above and save yourself hundreds of $

 

That's really great of you to try to save him a lot of money on repairs. Now can you please explain to him how to sand the car? How much pressure to use...etc?

 

Westland with a block until you no longer see the scratch after you filled it in. Once that is done buff it. Pressure doesn't really matter, but for ****s sake, use medium pressure. Maybe I will do. DIY with pics to show

 

See sorry but that was my point...you cannot expect someone that has not done ANY wet sanding to do a good job on their car with no experience. They may use too much pressure and do more damage than they were trying to repair.

You have lots of experience doing it and are comfortable with it....would I try wet sanding with 1500 and 2000 grit at my experience level...not hardly! 2500 or 3000 grit maybe because I cannot do extreme damage with that unless I sand for awhile in one spot. Also someone that has never wet sanded before will not sand in one direction with say 2000 and then another with 2500 until the 200 scratches are gone...etc.

Maybe you should do a video!! Pictures just don't translate very well...what do you say?

 

Hey, what would you suggest if it's not black?