I have a 2000 Plymouth Breeze that has keyed paint. The car was already keyed when I got it for a deal. The car was keyed on the trunk, hood, and doors so it is extensive. I want to try to fix/repair the scratches to make the car look respectable; I don't want to drop a lot of cash on a fix.

The scratches go down into the primer of the car and are narrow (since it was keyed). Does anyone have and hints or past expierences?

Yes.
Sand the "gouge" out and smooth with sandpaper, then when smooth use a "layering" primer to "blend" it level with the paint on the car. Then use a paint that matches the car, mask paint in a "blending" motion to match the cars other paint.

When dry, wet sand the entire car that will get rid of the overspray ( there is overspray on the car somewhere trust me.) and it should make it all look better.

If your not inclined to paint a car,

Hire Maaco. 200.00 or so and they will paint an entire car.

Im sure Roger Garrison, our "resident Fiero body man" could tell you better thn me how "blending" and "feather sanding" is done.

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1988 Fiero Formula T-tops
CJB 143 of 1252 "factory T-top cars"

[This message has been edited by htexans1 (edited 03-08-2008).]

It wont be perfect, but will look respectible....AND CHEAP. I did this same thing to the only scratch on my Magnum and lots of friends high dollar cars. Get it ASAP before any rust can set in. Get some touch up in the color of your car and a small modelers paint brush, unless your touch up paint has one itself. Carefully brush the color IN the scratch going in the same direction, not across. Just enough to color it. Then after thats dried, go back over it the same way with clear. It also comes in the little touch up bottles like at Autozone. Build up enough coats to make it higher than the good surrounding area. After a day or two, wet sand the raised clear with 1200 -2000 paper on some kind of small straight edge (ie/ wooden paint paddle) untill you start to hit the good paint, sanding with the scratch, not across. Rub it out with rubbing compound to bring the gloss back to the sanded area and polish. In most cases, it will be VERY HARD to notice if you didnt know it was there. Solid colors do better than metallic.