Tarting up badly keyed car

[LennyM1984]

My nephew (under 5) has decided to embrace his inner artist and key my sister's car! Badly...

It's a crap car but understandably my sister is a bit upset that he has managed to make it look ever crapper.

I've told her that I can make it look "better" but a proper fix would be to respray it (the car isn't worth enough to justify that).

I'm no detailer but I've fixed stonechips, polished scratches, and even painted a race car on the gravel drive of my old house.

What would be the best way to try and tidy this up a little? I was thinking to fill the deep scratches with paint, sand them back, and then polish it with some Meguirs Ultra Compound or whatever it's called.

Any other ideas/cheap solutions (just to reiterate, it's not really worth spending more than £50 on).

[Stedman]

If it's not worth spending more than £50 on, spend that money on beer or wine and forget about it.

Not trying to be arsey, promise!

[LennyM1984]

Stedman said:

If it's not worth spending more than £50 on, spend that money on beer or wine and forget about it.

Not trying to be arsey, promise!

It isn't my car...

My kids know that they'd be going to the orphanage if they did that to any of mine

[ukwill]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dhQc2SiPlU

[dhutch]

ukwill said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dhQc2SiPlU

Looks quick and painless but pretty effective.

Ive not done it, but based on others who have, my suggestion was going to be 'rub some paint/clear lacquer into it and buff it hard" so that checks out as a match.

[LennyM1984]

ukwill said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dhQc2SiPlU

Perfect! Sound like exactly the kind of reasonably low effort solution to this problem. Thanks!

[InitialDave]

Touch in, wet sand, compound, polish.

Or, as said, just figure out a way to ignore it.

[Belle427]

May be worth a look at the chipex touch up kits, some swear by them.
I have one sat on the shelf I have not tried yet.