What's the best way to repair these scratches on my car - front bumper. Is repair paint any good?

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Hi all,

Whats the best way to repair these scratches? They're on each side of the front bumper and unfortunately I don't know how they happened!

I was quoted £240 to fix them from a main dealer while in for some other works but that seems excessive (?) considering the car value and also annoyance that its likely someone at a supermarket (i imagine) put a trolley or similar into it.

Scratches below

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The car is a seat leon and is a deep purple colour - pre damage Mr pooch was happy


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Order a kit from this guy he really knows his stuff check out some of his videos he does this for a living now working at a prestige car dealership & offers no nonsense DIY for free at home advice!! I have bought several kits from him his Pearlescent colour match is 100% & he also supplies a fast drying clearcoat (gloss enhancer he calls it) so you should easily be able to DIY conceal this within a short amount of time!



It's pretty much the same technique:

1: If you cannot buff out with polish (after the dripping water test to see if it goes away = clearcoat only layer damage).
2: Gently wetsand with 2000 grade paper.
3: Carefully using the supplied brushes in his kit paint over the damage building it up in layers letting it dry 10 mins between coats.
4: When its level with the other paintwork wetsand again.
5: Buff & polish depending on the damage you may also need to use the supplied gloss enhancer product (he supplies everything in the kit).

I cannot praise this guy highly enough he is very straightforward & honest about it & saves you a LOT of money for effectively nothing as you do not even need his product you can source your own for slightly less but he supplies the lot in an easy to re-use kit should you ever need it again for stone chips.

Read some of the comments on his channel he has helped so many people from all over the world his techniques really work & are so straightforward!

Far cheaper than paying a bodyshop to paint that area then try to conceal & buff away the difference with clearcoat blowing further onto the panel!!!!
 
Honestly I'd say pay the money and have it done properly - unless you have some experience with the process above or a good level of skill with that kind of stuff normally you likely won't get a good result the first time (YouTubers who've done it a few times make it look easy) - my first attempt looked perfect for all of about 72 hours :(
 
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Honestly I'd say pay the money and have it done properly - unless you have some experience with the process above or a good level of skill with that kind of stuff normally you likely won't get a good result the first time (YouTubers who've done it a few times make it look easy) - my first attempt looked perfect for all of about 72 hours :(
This. Just pay and have it done properly. Its not worth the stress.
 
You could do a good job tbf with some diy kits and a steady hand. Was able to fill in some stone chips in my M4 using a syringe and 22g needle, shallow layers, I then used a mirka filer and festool titanium block scraper to flatten the paint. I did have a flex pxe 80 polisher tbf that was extremely handy to get the sanding marks out and blend the paint
 
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