It is all too easy to cause a significant amount of damage to your bumper while manouvring arond a supermarket car park. A bumper repair is the most common type of repair carried out by mobile smart repair companies and body shops alike.

This is a brief guide to the whole process of repairing and repainting a damaged bumper:



Bumper Repair Process

A typical repair like the one above begins with sanding and reshaping the damage to get the contours of the bumper back to where they started. A polyurethane filler is used for deep scratches or gouges. The filler remains flexible after hardening so the bumper is not likely to crack later.

A final sanding and smoothing prepares the bumper for the primer that is usually a deep fill primer and always has to be high quality to provide an excellent base for the first coat of paint to be applied.

The paint colour is matched exactly using the manufacturers original paint code that is usually (but not always) easy to find on the car. Two coats are applied and a third "drop coat" is used if the paint is metallic.

After thoroughly drying off, two coats of lacquer are sprayed over the area and a blending solvent is used at the edges of the repair to make the new lacquer bond and blend in with the original lacquer - this is how an invisible repair can be carried out.

The process is finished off with a gentle polish to bring the full shine out and the car is ready to return to the customer.

This is the standard process carried out by a mobile smart repair company for a bumper repair.

Any comments or questions welcomed.