my sons car got key'd, advice on temp fix
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Some low life decided to key the front wing on my sons pride and joy, hes only 18 and works hard to pay for a nice car, and understandably hes gutted. Its a fiesta in candy red, which obviously has a clear coat.
On close inspection, the scratch seems to be through the clear coat, but not down to the primer. He cant afford to have the wing resprayed at the moment, so ive told him ill try make it a little less visible.
Im no body shop expert, but over the years ive fixed minor defects in paintwork myself, a few years ago, i had a brand new golf gtd that someone scratched, i decided to give it a go myself, and carefully filled the scratch layer by layer with a fine brush and touch up paint, waited until the paint had hardened ,and then flattened the paint with very fine wet and dry, then used a cutting compound, the result was pretty much unnoticeable. That was tornado red with no clear coat.
So im wondering the best way to tackle this, would it be best just to fill in the scratch with clear coat or use the correct colour for the car?
Im not expecting to get it 100%, just so it looks better for him until he gets a proper repair.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
On close inspection, the scratch seems to be through the clear coat, but not down to the primer. He cant afford to have the wing resprayed at the moment, so ive told him ill try make it a little less visible.
Im no body shop expert, but over the years ive fixed minor defects in paintwork myself, a few years ago, i had a brand new golf gtd that someone scratched, i decided to give it a go myself, and carefully filled the scratch layer by layer with a fine brush and touch up paint, waited until the paint had hardened ,and then flattened the paint with very fine wet and dry, then used a cutting compound, the result was pretty much unnoticeable. That was tornado red with no clear coat.
So im wondering the best way to tackle this, would it be best just to fill in the scratch with clear coat or use the correct colour for the car?
Im not expecting to get it 100%, just so it looks better for him until he gets a proper repair.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
archie456 said:
If it's only in the clear coat then (over) fill the scratches with lacquer using a brush and flatten off when hard. It's much easier than taking a load off the surrounding clear coat.
this is what I was thinking. The "bottom" of the scratch looks a slightly lighter colour though, i.e, the actual paint, not sure if this is because the base coat is always lighter until a clear coat is applied?
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