Budget-friendly fix for scratch on car door?

[gk90]

My car is 10 yrs old but relatively scratch & ding free so I was mad to notice a 2 ft long scratch on the driver & passenger door. It's not too deep and hopefully accidental (and not someone nasty having keyed it) and some of it looks better already after a little rubbing but most of it is still there. Any budget fix ideas please?

 

[thebeesknees]

Is it possible to buy a bottle of touchup paint? That would probably be the least expensive way to fix it.

 

[figment3258]

my mom found an article that said you find a crayon to match your car and you heat it up a little and put in on the scratch try to Google that she said it worked well

 

[Muushka]

subscribing due to scratch that I put on husband's NEW car. Oye Of course the car is now 4 years old as is the scratch.

I tried the touch up paint and it did not work very well.

Crayon sounds good, but does not seem like it would last.

 

[dawson5]

if it's just the surface, can you buff it out?

Those touch up paints do work, you just have to prep the area correctly.

 

[smkiya]

This just happened to me this week, same type of scratch, maybe a foot long. I think it was one of the neighbor kids w/their bike/scooter.

 

[semo233]

I think after you use the crayon, you buff it out and apply a coat of wax, then buff again.

 

[gk90]

Thanks, so how do you buff? I have a fingernail buffer, but that"s probably very different?