Looking for an automobile scratch repair person in Morrisville/Cary. . . or that will come to my office

[JMMH]

Is it a dent and a scratch or just a scratch?

I've used Ken before at Dent Dominator and agree he's great. Something hit the hood of my car and caused a divot and some scratches down to the primer. He brought the dent out, and I provided some touch up paint and he applied it to the scratches.

I also had a rock hit the roof and take out a dime-sized chunk of paint but this was plastic. I used putty to level the surface then used touch up paint to cover it up, although the putty was similar in color to the car (light grey).

I would buy touch up paint to match your car and if there's a dent take it to Ken and he'll get you squared away. If you don't try to level it you'll still see the scratch but it'll be colored the same as your car.

If it's just a scratch here's what I would do (and did):

Buy this putty from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Put blue painter's tape on both sides of the scratch. Apply a thin amount of putty into the scratch to "level" the scratch, wipe off the excess, let it dry, and then apply touch up paint on top, then take the blue painter's tape off.

It'll be good enough cosmetically and also cover the metal from rusting. At most this solution would cost you about $25-30.

[Starglow]

Originally Posted by CDN56T

This is what makes City Data great.......useful leads. Thanks for posting.

You're welcome....!

A tree limb fell on my beloved truck when Ian came through and put a big dent in the left fender. I was very upset but took it to Ken and today you'd never know a dent was ever there unless I showed you the before pictures. He also removed some smaller dents around the truck as well. I was not expecting such a high level of perfection but the guy is a magician at dent removal. Not cheap, but in my situation it was worth every penny compared to the cost of replacing and repainting the entire fender which most likely wouldn't match the original two-tone factory paint.

[NewUser]

Originally Posted by Starglow

Call Ken at Dent Dominator....Ken does excellent work if you ever need any dent repairs.
https://dentdominator.com/

Originally Posted by JMMH

I've used Ken before at Dent Dominator and agree he's great. Something hit the hood of my car and caused a divot and some scratches down to the primer. He brought the dent out, and I provided some touch up paint and he applied it to the scratches.

OK. That's two recommendations for Ken. I'll give him a call. Thanks everyone.

[Myghost]

Dent Dominator, off of Powell near the intersection with Beryll. He was great for our needs.

[NewUser]

Dent Dominator told me that they can easily remove the dent, but were not able to repair the scratches. For that they would send the car to a nearby auto body shop. I decided to continue searching for a place that would do both.

[codygreen]

Originally Posted by NewUser

Dent Dominator told me that they can easily remove the dent, but were not able to repair the scratches. For that they would send the car to a nearby auto body shop. I decided to continue searching for a place that would do both.

How much for the dent removal? I have a 22 year old car that is in surprisingly great shape aside from one nasty dent right along a body line on the rear quarter panel.

[NewUser]

Originally Posted by codygreen

How much for the dent removal? I have a 22 year old car that is in surprisingly great shape aside from one nasty dent right along a body line on the rear quarter panel.

They gave me a quote over the phone after viewing a pic of the damage that I texted to them.

They ask you a few questions (Size of the dent. Is the panel aluminum? Is it along a body line? etc.) and feed your answers into a software program, which spits out the cost.

He gave me a rough cost of $400 for my very small dent on an aluminum hood.