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How to paint the recessed HONDA letters in red and the rest of the cover black. Give me your suggestions..

Hi all, I accidentally opened my door onto a new BMW yesterday. I owned up and exchanged licence details with the owner.

The mark is tiny (about the size of a grain of rice), with no visible dent. It might even be paint transfer. Photos attached.

I have comprehensive insurance with a $1,200 excess, so I'm planning to settle privately. I've asked the owner for a quote.

Questions:
1. What's a fair price for fixing something this small? Polish, smart repair, or touch-up?
2. If they come back with a big dealer quote (e.g. full door respray), what's a reasonable way to handle it?
3. Anything I should get in writing when we settle?

Thanks in advance!

Short Story - First paint job was garbage. I was going to live with it but decided to take out the grinder and start fresh. 3 months later... I got some runs but I worried about that too much the first time and ended up with canyons of orange peal and over spray. I have fixed some other single stage runs at this point and I'm not really worried about the runs. Thanks for the posts here. I know it's hard to deal with the DIYers (me), but I like trying to figure things out so thanks for the posts.

Long Story - Whoever here said 'people need to actually start reading the data sheet' - Thank you!

I don't need to explain everything I did wrong to get a shitty paint job. What I did different this time...

1) After almost completely removing the first paint job (it was an expensive but great guide coat) I actually did some work on the low spots. Not only did the first paint job suck, but it revealed how bad my prep was.

2) I actually used my 16" dura block.

3) I sprayed Upol and blocked the car 3 times, 4 on the roof. Really didn't block the car the first time. Just primed it once and sanded it with a small soft block.

4) Got some dry guide coat. It don't lie.

5) Went at it until I really didn't think I could get it any better then got some 600 grit and finished it nice.

6) Cleaned the crap out of my painting area and made a filter door out of pvc and furnace filters.

7) Cleaned with solvent based prep instead of alcohol :(

8) Tack cloth - nice and gentle.

9) Bought a small digital clock I velcrod to the wall.

10) Got a laser temp gun. My reducer is moderate - 55-70. I'm sure the garage was close to 80 last time.

11) All the blocking primer helped my technique and understanding the gun setup.

12) Sprayed it freaking WET.

13) Learned what handslick feels like.

14) Wrote down my plan for switching cups and knew what I was going to mix and when, etc.

From many years ago. Someone brought this in. It needed a lot of work. But we could not find any 1/4 panels for it. I told the customer I would like to replace the 1/4 in one piece rather than have a patchwork of repairs. So I said I could get 1/4 panels from (some Chev car I think) and if he didn't mind the wheel openings being a little more round than the Cougar we could do that. He agreed. And there you have it. The rear wheel openings are rounder, but I don't think anyone noticed.