Repair of scuffed 'trim'?

[Sixty-nine Chevy]

Hi all. Has anyone ever successfully repaired a scrape to the black kinda 'trim' stuff found on the side of some PVCs? On the attached photo, I can get touch-up paint to match the scuffed blue paint (for here and elsewhere on the van) but I am not sure what to do with the black stuff. The blue paint underneath the scuffed black is fine, so I am thinking some kind of matt black touch-up paint? Thanks for any help. Ian.

 

[Gellyneck]

Suppose the first question would be how "black" is it. Guess there will be variations on black as there is with white.

 

[Sixty-nine Chevy]

True. It is somewhere between gloss and matt, but more towards the latter. Think I'll have to experiment with some acrylics.

 

[Gellyneck]

True. It is somewhere between gloss and matt, but more towards the latter. Think I'll have to experiment with some acrylics.

If you struggle to get a match what about thinking about a vinyl wrap sample (or similar) cut to whatever shape you fancy in a contrasting colour on both sides of the van? Might look better than a "look he's trying to match in a bit of damage" scenario.

 

[Geo]

Is it paint or black vinyl wrap

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[Sixty-nine Chevy]

Thanks both for comments. Sorry, yes I should have said that it is a black vinyl wrap. The scrape is less than 3 inches from end to end, but I don't know how easy it would be to fit such a small piece of vinyl without obvious hard edges. I do have some black spray paint for a wood stove!

 

[maison]

Thanks both for comments. Sorry, yes I should have said that it is a black vinyl wrap. The scrape is less than 3 inches from end to end, but I don't know how easy it would be to fit such a small piece of vinyl without obvious hard edges. I do have some black spray paint for a wood stove!

A local graphics company may be able to replace the whole of the damaged graphic for you at a reasonable cost.

It is not possible to see from your photo how large the whole graphic is.

We have found that our local graphics company are surprisingly cheap.

 

[Sixty-nine Chevy]

Thanks for the idea. The graphic is essentially a simple rectangle, but it is pretty large. I have now painted in the scuffed part with acrylic paint and will see how that lasts. If it doesn't hold, then I may try black metal paint. I am probably being over precious about it all! Had we been back on the road as planned I wopuyld have probably forgotten about it by now!

 

[Mikeco]

I have just filled a small hole in my plastic trim by mixing in some black paint into car body filler, you have to be careful when sanding it off though.

 

[Sixty-nine Chevy]

Thanks for the useful tip!

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[Mr porky]

I used a local sign writing company to add extra wrap vinyls where they had been scratched.
motorhome repair quote was £1100 pounds.
sign writer £100.
still going strong 1.5 years later

 

[Sixty-nine Chevy]

Thanks for the idea of using a sign writer.