Bonnet paint repair

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Local wildlife seems to have damaged an inch diameter circularise patch of the paint. Definitely looks like claw marks ☹️.

Is the only option a complete respray or is there any chance a smart repair might work. If it has to be the restoration, any idea of the cost? Pennies are a little tight at the moment after paying for a wedding.
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It depends whether the "wildlife" was little pussy or a bear!
WEhad light scratches and minor paint defects removed by the our local paint correction shop.
Was inexpensive. Hopefully, your damage is light enought for the experts to polish out.
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BRG is quite forgiving. I think spot repair does the job.

Afterwards have a PTFE protection fitted and it smooths out any reflection/shine differences..
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Hello not sure of your location but Essex smart repairs have good feedback

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Posidrive wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 2:34 pm... is there any chance a smart repair might work.
Best way to find out, is ask a smart repairer! If you give us a clue of your rough location maybe someone on here can recommend somewhere.
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scm wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 6:57 pm
Posidrive wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 2:34 pm... is there any chance a smart repair might work.
Best way to find out, is ask a smart repairer! If you give us a clue of your rough location maybe someone on here can recommend somewhere.
I live in Swindon. I’ve used our local ChipsAway guy in the past on other cars but not sure how their water based paint will fare with the f type. Our local guy, Sven, is really good though.
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I've seen smart repairs being carried out at the local Jaguar dealer, they use the correct paint to match existing paintwork so I would expect any repair to be an exact match.
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Posidrive wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 7:05 pm... not sure how their water based paint will fare with the f type.
Isn't all car paint water based in these ecologically sound times?
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