Mending scratches on the cheap?

Well it's happened, I discovered from somewhere some nasty, fairly deep bumper scratches on my 2005 Black Prius :-( not sure where that happened though if I interrogated my wonderful wife I'm sure I'd get some clues :-p

Being that I'm not terribly familiar with body work I'd like to throw open a thread, what would you guys do for decent scratch repair without spending too much $? Sure I could go to a paint and body shop but surely there's something better out there, it just needs to be decent quality that isn't terribly obvious.

Gregory Harris snipped-for-privacy@codesweep.com

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Gregory Harris
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I've got some on my black 2005 too. It's clear to me someone parked next to me turned to sharply backing away from their spot, grazing the driver's side rear bumper. It's more a rub than a deep scratch but it did expose the primer. I understand Toyota has a spray kit including some rubbing compound possibly intended to deal with overspray. I'm going to ask my dealer about that when I get my 20K service.

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Bill

You could always order a bottle of touch-up paint yourself from your favorite Toyota parts source. I think it's approaching US$10 now, with the new applicator... You'll need your car's paint color code to order the correct color.

It's a little out of date (I've been procrastinating updating it...), but:

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It'll not be as pretty as a newly painted bumper cover from your local body shop, but at least it'll protect the base layer a bit and not be quite as noticable...

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mrv

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