The exterior body of a car greatly affects the car valuation because most of the car buyers fancy the appearance and shiny body that strike their eyes demanding for attention. If you are to compare the car price of a car when still new from the carmakers and also the price of the same car after it has been used for some time with fading body and paint. Scratches on the cars arise from different factors like accidents, deliberate scratching by people and reckless driving among others.
There are several ways of repairing these scratches on the body top ensuring that the car retains its attractive body and shiny paint.
- You can easily fix minor car scratches with a touch up paint pen. Firstly, clean off the area using water with soap, then a wax and grease remover. Apply several coats of your paint color with the pen and let it dry between coats. Then use clear coat over the new paint and finally use a rubbing compound to polish the area so it is shiny.
2. If your car has some serious paint scratches, we recommend using spray paint cans of touch up paint for make it appear new. Spray cans are 12.5 ounces and can cover a large area of damaged paint.
3. If your car is dented, you will want to order spot putty and some light weight auto body filler. It can be a good practice for used cars before they are put in the used car export business.
There are several precautions that must be considered when repairing the car scratches like wearing a respirator, paint on your skin should be removed with paint thinner then wash thoroughly and only use the paint pen on areas smaller than a pencil eraser among others..
The best recommended practice is to do it yourself car scratch repair using automotive touch up paint. You will save several hundred dollars and your car will come out looking great as long as you use high quality car paint and follow the instructions as advised by experts.
