Willy's Summer Visit
Part 3 - Key scratched Vauxhall Astra
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Willy buffed the scratches - which removed or reduced them. The areas that were to deep to reduce, as some of it was through the clear coat, were touched in with black touch-up paint.

There was a scratch on the other side of the car which was deep, and on a part of the car where the clear coat appeared thin, so we could do nothing with it except touch it in. So I haven't featured photos of it here. The scratches on the front wing vanished, and the key scratch along the near side was improved by about 85%.

The above photos shows what's left the scratch with the light catching it, my automatic camera now refused to focus on it which goes to show the extent to which it was reduced. Our window is above and to the right and it was a bright day, so when kneeling down and viewing it from this angle it caught the light and was visible..

...but standing up and looking down on it it was rather hard to spot. In the photo above, it's hard to tell the car was damaged. By no means do we pretend that this is an invisible repair but in many cases we can make a huge improvement. Its certainly cheaper than a respray and currently the best way to fix a key scratch -- although we are always experimenting with new materials and techniques -- we hope to be able to revisit this subject very soon with even better results.

Matt Saunders (Features Editor and photographed here with Willy) certainly seemed pleased with the results and we eagerly await his verdict in an upcoming issue of Autocar.

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