Nasty Scratch

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joeychgo

Guest
Got a nasty scratch, about 2 feet long. Whats the best way to repair it besides a body shop?
 
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joeychgo

Guest
no pic. It goes into the base. car is black, scratch is white. maybe 1/10 in wide x 24" long on the lower door
 

Eli

New member
Wax it with as much elbow grease as you can muster. Seriously, by hand, put as much force as you can into it with a quality wax, and its possible you can take care of it.
 
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joeychgo

Guest
it is a scratch -- and a good one -- through the paint into the primercoat (as you can see white) I dont think wax will work
 

M Darrah

New member
You could do what the dealer who sold me my car did...

Touch it up with a black magic marker. :-( It came off on the first wash.

My scratch went all the way to the metal, but was more of a sqiggly line about two inches square. My body shop touched it up for nothing (I'd sent some business their way a while back). I could've just done it myself, but they did a pretty good job of building it up. You can still see it if you look for it, but the only alternative was to repaint the entire door.
 
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