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The Importance of Car Scratch Repair

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If you’ve ever owned a brand new car, you’ll know that incredible feeling of having beautiful, scratch-free paintwork. But then, at some point, you’ll know that gut-wrenching feeling of getting the first scratch on your pride and joy.

Car scratches annoy and frustrate us like nothing else. Unfortunately, they’re almost unavoidable, no matter how carefully we look after our vehicle.

We cannot control other people opening their car doors into our side panels when we’re parked. We have no influence over what kind of debris blows around in a storm and hits our car. And we sometimes have little control over kids who jump in the car, paying no attention to their jacket zips or those annoying toys they hang off their backpacks.

At some point, whether your vehicle is old or new, it’s going to get scratches, nicks, chips and dings.

The Most Common Types of Car Scratches

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If you’ve got a scratch or two on your car, it’s tempting to think, well, it’s just a scratch – and then leave it. You might think it seems like overkill to take your car to the panel beater just for one or two scratches.

Do car paint scratches really matter? Can you fix them yourself?

They certainly do matter! A scratch in your car paint is not something to ignore. We go into more detail on that in this article here about what might happen if you ignore scratches on your car. But first, let’s examine the types of scratches you might have on your vehicle. We’ll also take a look at whether or not you can fix car paint scratches yourself.