Out doing an errand today, a woman went a little too far past the stop sign in her Ford Escape. She didn't see me whatsoever and proceeded to back up.

Time to get out the Flex and see how much can be removed.

 

Ah crap. Sorry to see that happened Shane. Did you get her info?

 

Yep, we exchanged info Marcus. I told her that I was a detailer and that I would try to correct it first before pursuing further. I'd rather it not go through her insurance unless it's absolutely necessary. Time to test the detailing skills.

 

I hope your able to clean up the damage That one spot to the right of the right side bumper plug looks like it would be tough to clean up/hide, I guess you'd have to use touch up paint.

 

The good news is that spot is actually bug splatter.

 

Lol, was going say, the flex should fix that good

 

that should be an easy buff

 

I am not so sure if it will be an easy fix or not. Moving my fingernail across some of the paint imperfections I can definitely feel it catch up a little......which is typically not a good thing. I'll be working on it first thing in the morning so I'll post up the results.

 

crap, good luck with the repair

 

Yeah, that really sucks Shane. I had the exact same thing happen to me years ago in my MX6. Unfortunately I needed more than detailing to fix that. Hopefully that's all it will take with you.

All the best with working your magic.

 

Ok, so I got impatient and couldn't wait until the morning. After two passes with the Flex using a yellow pad and Menzerna Power Gloss. The vast majority of imperfections have been removed, however I plan to work on it further in the morning to see if I can remove what is remaining. The plan is to use a white pad with Menzerna Power finish and then finish up with another white pad and Menzerna Super Finish! Hopefully I'll be satisfied, but I'm a tough one to satisfy when it comes to paint. We'll see.

 

You are far too nice, LOL! Of course a body shop repair can come with its own set of problems...

 

Sorry it happened to you Shane. Glad you have the skills to fix (hopefully) it. Hope you're charging her overtime on the detailing job. She needs to remember to look before she backs up. Could been someone on crutches behind her.

 

The lady truly felt bad so in turn I felt bad for her. I figured if I can return my front bumper to close to what it was there would be no reason to make her file a claim. Hopefully what goes around comes around and someone might return a favour to me in the future.

 

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