Only half bodged... another car door scrape fix!

So I finally got around to fixing my car door, on a nice warm day for mid November a few days back before it turned cold, it was hitting 15 degrees in mid afternoon and sunny, so OK for doing spraying, and no I don't have the luxury of a garage space to be doing this sort of thing!

Here's the damage:

All thanks to a tiny little wall I didn't see on a driveway I use quite a lot actually. Quite annoying!

Note I wasn't trying to sort the dent out!

Buying....

So I new what to buy courtesy of having done this before:

• Filler
• Sanding paper
• Primer
• Black paint
• Varnish

Took me a while to get this stuff - had to Halfords twice as the filler didn't have hardener in it, so I had to go back.

I never even used the filler in the end either, being lazy!

The job...

• So I decided on clearning and having a closer look filler was not required, the gouges were not that deep, and I could just about get away with paint!
• So I cleaned and then applied THREE coats of primer....
• A guy doing some work on the house next door suggested I do the whole panel, I'd taped around the bit I was working on...... turns out he was right.
• Then three coats regular black paint - after this it looked oK
• The big reveal with the tape off showed clear lines between where I'd painted and not.
• So I then 'very professionally' just sorted of faded the line in with--- more paint.
• i didn't have time to do the varnish layer, it was too late before needing to drive and it was looking wet!

Finished job

I mean actually, not too bad, given there was a bit of wind too which didn't help

Next steps...

I am going to wet sand gently and do one more layer of black on the WHOLE PANEL.

And then I will apply varnish...

That may be many months down the line, it needs to be dry and warm, unless I can get access to a garage, which is unlikely!?!

I'm sure it'll be fine for a few months as is.

I don't really care about the aesthetic!