Hi,
I am painting my chevelle with Dupont Chromabase CC and Nason Selectclear. I had my Drivers side fender finished (wet sanded and buffed) and laying covered up on the garage floor while I work on the other panels on the car. It has been about 1 week since it was cleared. Today however, my dad bumped my old spray gun off of the shelf and of course it landed on the fender leaving a small dent (dime sized) and in the center of the dent is a chip that goes down to the primer. It is located about an inch forward from the edge the meets with the door and 3 inches below the body line. I am wondering what is the easiest and fastest way to fix this to the point where it at lease doesnt look horrible. The car is strictly a daily driver that already has a somewhat wavy body that I am merely repainting to bring up to driver quality (so far with surprisingly good results!) Until I can take the body off the frame and redo the whole thing. I am really trying to get this car back together soon so I am trying to avoid having to sand the whole panel down and start over. If the dent has to stay I can live with that,I just mainly want to fix the paint chip to keep finish looking decent for a couple of years. Thanks for any suggestions!

I had a similar 'spot' fixed on mine and they fixed the chipped area, spotted in the base color then cleared the entire fender. Color sanded and buffed. Can't find the repair, and I knew where it was. I guess a lot depends on color and ability. Solids are way easier.

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, It is a metallic color, and I have very little experience/ability. In light of that I went ahead and sanded the whole fender down tonite and reprimed it. Tomorrow I will reseal, and reshoot the BC/CC. Lots more time consuming probably, but the worst part is already done so it's not all bad. Thanks again!

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, It is a metallic color, and I have very little experience/ability. In light of that I went ahead and sanded the whole fender down tonite and reprimed it. Tomorrow I will reseal, and reshoot the BC/CC. Lots more time consuming probably, but the worst part is already done so it's not all bad. Thanks again!

For future reference....
No need to re-prime the entire panel.
Often time when re-painting a single panel, the color does not match. Even from the same can of paint, sometimes the color will be off due to air pressure, number of coats, distance form panel, or whatever. If you just spot the color in where the damage was, you won't have to worry about the match to the Hood, door, or whatever.
Just repair the damaged area, and spot prime as necessary.
Sand the repair, and scuff sand the rest of the panel with Grey scotch brite.
Spot in the color over the repair, and blend out until it looks uniform. Allow proper flash time, and clear the entire panel. Sand and buff!

Cool Thanks for the info Zman! I will keep that in mind for next time, and there is sure to be many next times. There definitely is a little bit of variation between the panels but I kind of expected that seeing as I opted to paint the panels while the car was apart. All in all though I am pretty happy with how its looking so far. Thanks again!