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Originally Posted by karlak
A few years back I caught 2 little 'darlings' using my car as a practice target for their re-enactment of the Star Wars light sabre fight scene between Darth Vader and Luke Sky Walker. Unfortunatley they put 3 scratches in my bonnet down to the metal 
Ofcourse approaching the parents was fruitless, so I went about a self repair.
After a few hours, I managed to make a completely invisible repair. I simply purchased some 'touch up' paint and patiently filled the scratches using the tip of a cocktail stick, Do this one layer at a time, and eventualy you get a line of paint repair that is standing proud of the original paint. Then use something like a T-Cut (for metalic paint), and again slowly work on reducing the repair down to the original paint level. It really does work, and even if it does not, you have not lost much anyway. Worst case is that you have to have it done by a pro, best case is that it will be a complete success and the scratch will be gone.
There are many good websites that give advice on this type of repair. |
Thanks, the car is going in tomorrow I am going to ask them if they can do that for me instead of quoting for a respray, I am a bit worried to do it myself I am not the best when it comes to any form of painting
