Hi all,

I'm sure that this has been covered before but I couldn't find the answer I'm looking for.

I have several nail deep scratch near the doors of Hugo (FL2) and by the front nearside panel thanks to hedges on country roads

There are several of them and the base coat can be seen. I've tried my trusted Meguire's scratch repair but these ones are too deep to cover. Can anyone suggest how to repair them? I don't really want to get someone like Chips Away to do them. Its Lago Grey. Do one of those repair pens work? Any idea where I can get one that matches?

I've got another year to run on the car (2 year finance 0% deal) and was thinking of getting a Disco after this. Do you think buyers expect some wear and tear for a 2 year old car?

Thanks
Spidey

smart repair or full respray if the scratches are deep and down to the base coat

I have seen threads about people taping around the scratch and painting in the scratch only with a steady hand, then leaving it to cure and sanding back the excess paint and machine polishing the finish, but I would say its near on impossible to get it back to pre-scratch and you run the risk of doing more damage than not

Megs scratch X stuff is quiet good, but it won't do anything on a deep scratch, you could always try the colour coded polishes to mask the car at trade in  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

npinks wrote:

.... but I would say its near on impossible to get it back to pre-scratch and you run the risk of doing more damage than not

I would recommend these, but it takes practice to get a nice finish. I believe someone on here does a discount for these too.


http://www.chipex.co.uk/

wizking wrote:

I would recommend these, but it takes practice to get a nice finish. I believe someone on here does a discount for these too.


http://www.chipex.co.uk/

Anyone else tried this? Any good? Any idea who gives the discount? Might be worth a try...

Look here spidey;

http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic8284.html?highlight=paint+repair

i have bought some for the father in laws car, put the OEM paint code in, which brought up there paint code, only problem there paint code was the wrong colour

spoke to them and they sent the right colour code out straight away

I just haven't tried it yet, so can't say what it will be like to use on a scratch Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis