Repairing rusted stone chips/scratches/scuffs

[rossyl]

Hi All,

Hoping you can shed some light on this:

I was quoted (ball park figure) of £800-900 to respray a lot of my Merc CLK, my girlfriend was quoted £1,500 to respray the rear quarter and bonnet of her A Class.

The garage quoting £1500 stated that if any garage was quoting less than that they would not be using an anti corrosive base layer, nor blending in the bonnet rather than using a flat colour.

My questions:
1. What should one ensure is done when repairing rusted stone chips/scratches?
2. What is the "anti-corrosive base" what brands are there out there?
3. What is your opinion on these quotes?
4. For small stone chips that have a spot of rust, I was considering scratches out the rust, any flaking paint, and using a touch up pen. Should I be using an "anti corrosive" also?


Thanks
R

 

[rossyl]

just seen this...

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...=listrefine&constraints=sor||Price||1||pag||1

But now there are a number of options, Kurust, the gel stuff, anmd waxoyl'ing the wheel arches?

 

[mattyprice4004]

I used an anti-corrosive base layer in the form of Zinc primer when doing the arches on all of my cars - seemed to work well as it never came back.

It's not that expensive though - I had the pro stuff and it was £9 for a big rattle can, so to a paint shop can't be too much surely!