Crap just scratched my car - how to fix it?

[Shadow_101]

Just scratched the rear door of my focus! Its my first car so I’m bit unsure on what to do. I don’t want to repair it myself, will somewhere like Halfords be able to buff and spray the door for me? Or can I get a ford garage to do the body work?

[Trash Man]

How bad is the scratch, is it down to the metal? I've repaired a few scratches in past using the kits you can buy in shops like Halfords and I've found the results vary greatly on how bad the damage was originally.

[kalniel]

How serious are you about your car looking perfect? I'd normally fix it myself with a kit asap and consider getting a professional job on it only if I was about to sell it. This way I don't care so much about getting any additional scratches.

[GoNz0]

halfords tripple pack of matched paint etc, comes with buffing pad £10

stops any rust getting in, and unless your actually looking for it, 99% wouldnt notice until within a few inch of the mark.

unless its anew car i wouldnt bother, decide at sales time if its worth a 4 corner polish and tart up or not..

9/10 times its not worth getting little things fixed or you spend a fortune..

[Chopper]

yup agreed if its a tiny scratch id just get a touch up pen and once paint is dry buff it with a good polish cutting compound to make it uniform with the rest of the paint.