Air freshener taken off paintwork

[Azteccamper]

Really annoyed with myself. Giving the Cali a good clean post summer France trip and left a “Yankee candle” air freshener hanging overnight to give it all nice smell. Opened rear hatch and found it had taken off the internal paintwork. Gutted. Need to think of the best way of making good now. Any ideas anyone?

 

[ArunAlec]

If you want to do a proper job, it might be worth getting one of the firms that does repairs to kitchen work surfaces to have a look. I’ve seen what they can do and it’s pretty impressive. Although that might cost more than buying a new door!

 

[Nick.C]

I don’t know if it is possible to buy a new door - might be easier than a repair!

 

[calikev]

you can buy a new door £500+vat

 

[Nick.C]

you can buy a new door £500+vat

Noooooooo! Just the door, not the whole cupboard

 

[No_heroes]

Minor flesh wound. Ignore. It’s patina and character!

 

[Perfectos]

A sticker of your choice to make the interior your own !

 

[Alan]

A good decorator that specializes in special effects would sort that out

Alan

 

[Azteccamper]

you can buy a new door £500+vat

Sweet baby Jesus.

 

[Louis II]

If wanting to go the DIY route I would try a laminate floor repair kit.

 

[paradise city]

'Accidentally' break the hinge and get the door replaced on warranty?

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[s2bear]

Take a decent photo of the door, get a sign or wrap company to print that out on wrap and wrap the door?


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[Ting Tong]

Buy this and treat yourself to a change of kitchen colour

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Seriously phone one of the breakers like Cotswold parts selling California kitchens or interiors on eBay....or just google the part number. There’s more chance of finding one on eBay.de but working out the right German compound noun for stuff on there can be a problem.

 

[ArunAlec]

Might be worth going to decent model shop and getting a few tins of Humbrol paint and having a go at a touch up job. As it’s a fairly random wood grain if you get the right mix of colours you should be able to hide the scar quite well.

 

[WelshGas]

Really annoyed with myself. Giving the Cali a good clean post summer France trip and left a “Yankee candle” air freshener hanging overnight to give it all nice smell. Opened rear hatch and found it had taken off the internal paintwork. Gutted. Need to think of the best way of making good now. Any ideas anyone?

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This might help.

And another daft thing

Had a great weekend in Wales. No scratching gate posts or trapping bellows - things were looking good. However when packing to leave was overzealous and knocked overhead locker with dog crate and scratched it. Two white marks, quite deep. Is there a way of patching/invisible mending? Thanks

vwcaliforniaclub.com

 

[viking]

you can buy a new door £500+vat

That tells you all you need to know VWs and California’s in particular. £500 + VAT ! ???

 

[TripleBee]

'Accidentally' break the hinge and get the door replaced on warranty?

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Then they will sell or just replace the hinge you broke. And they will probably charge you for that because a broken hinge won't come from itself. That will be abuse, so no warranty.

 

[paradise city]

Then they will sell or just replace the hinge you broke. And they will probably charge you for that because a broken hinge won't come from itself. That will be abuse, so no warranty.

The comment was tongue in cheek but I take your point.

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