I've just discovered what looks like a key scratch on my rear wheel arch, that I am sure wasn't there before.

 

Any tips on how to minimise/remove this, without having to have the whole wheel arch resprayed?? ps. The car is metallic silver

Get it resprayed, self surgery on paintwork unless you are good at it looks terrible.

 

You will probably be looking at under £50 to get it sprayed out,

I preume its pretty deep, something that T-cut wouldn't get out?

I'ts not THAT deep, but I've never used T Cut before and I'm not sure how it actually works??????

You just pour it onto a damp cloth and work small area's at a time. Make sure the car is clean first and don't use in direct sunlight. Its a good idea to wax after aswell. Try it, you've got nothing to lose - just make sure you get the metallic version.

if you can see primer then t-cut probably won't out the scratch,

 

I know someone who spent nearly 40quid trying to get a scratch out with products and then was charged 35quid by a bodyshop to have to done professionaly when he failed to remove it.

Yeah, if you can feel the scratch as you run a finger nail over it, then T-Cut ani't gonna do much to help you!

If its a straightish line scratch and you can wield a can of spraypaint without making a total b0ll0cks of it then mask tape right to the very edge of the scratch - than mask all around so that you can only see the scratch. Then you mist umpteen coats of paint onto the scratch - start with primer if down to the metal. Leave a couple of weeks to harden then very very fine wet n dry to bring the hopefully now proud paint in the scratch back down to the level of the rest without eating into the stuff around it. Finally a spray of laquer. A couple of weeks after that - light T cut or polish.

 

Time consuming but I managed it successfully on a pearlescent car where a vandal had left straightish key marks. If you mask it right you really cant make it any worse - it can depend on how good a match the spray paint is.

 

Or you pay a professional and get the whole panel / side whatever done!

 

Then every time you look at it you are sure the resprayed bit looks different to the rest!

im a car painter trust me get it done properly.i will do it for 150 pound. im saveing up for aboost controler:D ;)

Originally posted by MikeGroves

Get it resprayed, self surgery on paintwork unless you are good at it looks terrible.

 

You will probably be looking at under £50 to get it sprayed out,

 

The mans right i put a touch up pen on mine, now it looks like a big red sctatch.

 

If its only msade a white line in the paint it may well polish out.

 

Mine was done from front wing to back bumperon the wing and first half of the door it is down to the metal, but on the rest of the door and the rear wing and bumper it just made a white scratch (probably cos the toerags key was blunted bt this point), a good going over with autoglym paint renovator got the bits on the rear out, but i still need a respray due to the wing and door.