One of the signs that your beautiful car isn’t new any more is that first scratch in the paint. For many it can be a traumatic experience.

What if there were a way to undo the damage and get the car back to looking new again? Here are some options:

Popular Mechanics weighs in with the traditional approach, which involves sanding and buffing. This works if the scratch hasn’t penetrated into the primer:

How to Repair Your Car Scratch

Here are tips on buffing if you are using this technique:

What if the paint is completely gone and primer or metal is showing? This video recommends fulling in the scratch with matching paint that is applied with a syringe:

Easy Car Paint Scratch Removal Trick

One of the important points in the video is using the right color, which you should be able to obtain from the dealer.

If you take the car to a professional to have it fixed, they are going to do approximately the same thing using a color kit like this:

Bigger damage is going to require spraying, like this:

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