Scratches in paint under clear coat

blackbird

I went to a car show on Saturday. Paid particular attention to Black cars. I knew the other Black cars wouldn't have scratches. I was actually a bit taken back. The modern black cars had scratches. There were all kinds of cars. 1 370Z, me. Various muscle cars from 60, 70 etc. Older black cars looked good. No scratches but evidently within the past 18 years things have changed. My black 91 300ZXTT didn't have scratches. My 93 was Blue with no scratches. I liked one reply I got to get rid of scratches - park in the sun. But I live in New Hampshire, I may to import the sun. Maybe Stillen has a portable sun.

NXTAZEE

All cars get marring to a certain extent depending on how hard the clear coat is. New cars have water base, environmentally friendly paint, which usually makes them softer than older paint. Z's have a soft clear and mar easily, and black just shows this more than most colors. Blackbird, the reason most of the cars at the car show didn't have marring in the paint, is because most people who show their pride and joy usually have them polished before a show. If you want your car to look as good as the ones at the show, just have it polished. As far as parking in the the sun to rid your car of marring, not going to happen as Z's don't have the self healing paint found on some of the Infiniti's. Proper washing is the key to lessen the marring in your paint. The two bucket wash technique is essential. My previous Jetta was a nightmare. The paint was so soft that the first wash after polishing it, marred the paint again. The new Z's are not nearly as bad as my old Jetta, as I have worked on one already.

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