Scratch on bonnet!!

[grundlepower]

Help!!! major panic!
does anyone out there know where i can get a wax colour pen for my car. i have fine scratch on the bonnet caused by the brush used at a jet wash that has only damaged the laquer. colour magic do a wax pen which would fill the scratch but they only do a silver and mine is platinum grey 2004 cupra 20vt.
Please help

 

[andy15star]

I'd try Halfords mate. My dad had a gun metallic Avensis (i guess a similar colour to yours). He got one from there and it seemed to work ok. The colour doesn't have to be a perfect match as it blends in. It was pretty good on his car although i guess you might be able to still see a slight mark if it's on the bonnet as it is always in the light !!.

Unfortunately, silver/grey metallic is the worst colours to try and get scratches out of (apparently), one of the sprayers at the garage told us !!. A bonnet can be resprayed for about £200 at backstreet garages and the match is spot on, especially if they completely respray the whole bonnet rather than a patch !

Hope it goes well !

Regards
Andy

 

[JKing]

before you go filling or paiting the bonnet try and get it machine polished using a porter cable or similar. You'll be amazed what can be achieved and wouldn't be surprised if if totally removed the scratch.

 

[CupraTgirl]

Yeah i agree with JKing, dont rush to get it resprayed just yet

Here is a linky to some pictures of my car after it was 'Professionally Polished' last week, it had loads of scratches and swirl marks before hand

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=83826

 

[Steve_B]

You may find that Meguiars ScratchX can remove the scratch if it's only a fine one in the laquer (sp?) You can generally get it from Halfrauds so easily available

 

[grundlepower]

Steve B, i got a tube of scratch x and tried it this morning, BRILLIANT!!! it did the trick mate, in fact i'm now going to go over the entire car with it.
Thanks mate.