Anyone used Colour Magic on scratches?

[jondude]

A hit and runner has left a fairly nasty 6 inch vertical scratch on the front clam. As I expect to use the car quite a lot the next 6 months ( ie more chips and scratches ), I thought I'd rather patch this up for now, then get a clam respray all being well in winter.

I cannot work out which method to go for - layers of touch up paint then try to polish it/blend it in....

....or use one of these chip stick/colour magic things from turtlewax?

I don't expect perfection, but I'd like a 'good' repair. Take the sting out!

All advice appreciated!

[redwedge5]

It may have been my poor technique, but I've found the chipstick result disappointing - that was with dark green.

[F.M]

T cut can take out light scratches...try that..then the chipstick..it won`t look good intitially then colour matched wax...and a good polish should give you the best result possible without spray painting...Good luck!

[jondude]

Thanks for above.

I just practised on my runaround, an old Clio, with some Autoglym paint renovator. ( The Clio had been keyed )

Worked surprisingly well! It seems to fill the scratch with surrounding paint as you buff it....but not too abrasively. You can still see the scratch if you get up real close, but it certainly does take the sting out. In fact, for light scratches it is excellent stuff.

I'll let you know how it goes tommorrow, as I'm still a bit nervous about tackling the Elise with thse abrasives!

[F.M]

Try not to press to hard then if using t cut first...