How to remove scratch on car

How to remove scratch on car

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geek84

Original Poster:

587 posts

93 months

Sunday 2nd July 2023
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Hi Folks,

I managed to scratch my car. Can someone kindly advise how I can repair it?

Thank you.


Radec

4,371 posts

54 months

Sunday 2nd July 2023
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Full respray

bad company

19,466 posts

273 months

Sunday 2nd July 2023
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I’d be calling ChipsAway https://www.chipsaway.co.uk/ or one of the other specialists.

Wacky Racer

38,972 posts

254 months

Sunday 2nd July 2023
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Looks a fairly simple repair with no dents in the panel. A decent body shop should sort that for a couple of hundred.

As mentioned Chips Away, Dent 999 or similar if you want a Smart repair.

If the car is of low value or an old banger, mask it off, rub in down, prime and use a spray can from a car accessory shop, £20 tops.

geek84

Original Poster:

587 posts

93 months

Wednesday 5th July 2023
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Many thanks for your advice, folks.

Tye Green

791 posts

116 months

Wednesday 5th July 2023
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if its an old car, is frequently a little bit dirty, you're skint or you can't be bothered with much effort:

using an aggressive kitchen sponge or fine wet and dry with some Daz etc and water, sand the area to remove the 'high spots' at the very edges of each scratch where the paint is proud of the surface, also cleaning the scratches out at the same time. a tooth brush is handy for this part!

rinse with clean water and tooth brush so there's no Daz remaining in the scratches.

using the right coloured aerosol (or even a similar colour will do!) spray a puddle of the paint into the cap of the aerosol

add talcum powder to the paint puddle and mix until a thick paste is formed.

using a cotton bud apply the paste into the scrathes

when its dry polish the area with T cut






RS_MAN_CHILD

290 posts

276 months

Saturday 8th July 2023
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1: Wet sand with a fine emery 1500-2000.
2: Use your finger to spread some colour matched paint onto the those areas.
3: Allow to dry, wet sand again with the 1500-2000 paper.
4: Apply a bit more paint with your finger. Allow to dry.
5: Now buff & polish with a buffing machine should conceal most of that.

Or call a mobile repair specialist they will fix for around £150-200. You can DIY for way less!

geek84

Original Poster:

587 posts

93 months

Saturday 8th July 2023
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Many thanks for your advice, folks.