I inspected my car and found a chip on the very edge of my bumper right where it connects to front fender. It barely has over 300 miles. It's B5 blue. What should I do? Should I have the whole bumper repainted through the dealership? Should I find another reputable shop to do the work? Also instead of completely repainting the bumper can it be wet sanded, spot touched up, and just clear coat resprayed? Any help appreciated.
Typically if you take it to the dealership, they will use the lacquer touch up paint to take care of it. They won't spray the whole bumper for that I guarantee you. You don't want them to anyway as the factory finish on the bumper with flexitive in it will ALWAYS be better than a repaint. Try always to keep factory finishes on the flexible bumpers!!
I would get a small bottle of the B5 from the parts counter and handle it yourself.
I would just go to their parts department and order the touch-up paint from Chrysler. IIRC, it was about $12-$15 when I ordered one for my Charger last year, and it comes with both a brush and a pen tip. For something that small, it would be far easier to tape it off and touch it up rather than try to re-spray the whole bumper (which runs the risk of not matching the nearby panels)...it preserves the factory finish.
I would just go to their parts department and order the touch-up paint from Chrysler. IIRC, it was about $12-$15 when I ordered one for my Charger last year, and it comes with both a brush and a pen tip. For something that small, it would be far easier to tape it off and touch it up rather than try to re-spray the whole bumper (which runs the risk of not matching the nearby panels)...it preserves the factory finish.
For mine, I applied a thick coat, and waited about an hour or two and applied a second coat. No flaking or anything. Can't even tell difference in color but mine's black
One more question: Is there a touch up paint clear coat? Also should that be applied after a couple coats of the base coat? Just trying to do things as good as possible.
While there are some Clear Lacquer touch up paints, we would recommend that you not use them as there may be interactions and reactions to what you get from the dealership. A couple....2 or 3 light coats of the dealership paint with the brush should bring the surface up to where you need it to be and then after 24 to 48 hours, you can wax it and frankly forget it.
Not sure on the paint. On the alcohol, make sure it's the 91 percent. Also, multiple light coats is preferred to one heavy coat. Once it's dried it can be waxed.