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Old 09-01-2010, 02:42 PM   #1 (permalink)
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i went to my parents for lunch today and i was leaving their driveway when all of a sudden i heard a loud noise. My lovely mother decided to put her new plastic flower pots behind my car!!!! make a long story short ( ive calmed down a little)........i need some advice for touch up or scratch removal....

Here are the pics.......it doesnt appear that there are any deep scratches so maybe I can just use one of those quick and easy scratch removal kits????
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rubbing compound and a microfiber cloth and elbow grease.. problem solved.
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i went to my parents for lunch today and i was leaving their driveway when all of a sudden i heard a loud noise. My lovely mother decided to put her new plastic flower pots behind my car!!!! make a long story short ( ive calmed down a little)........i need some advice for touch up or scratch removal....

Here are the pics.......it doesnt appear that there are any deep scratches so maybe I can just use one of those quick and easy scratch removal kits????

Did you wanna strangle her??? lol that's a major buzz kill.....
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Bummer!

Hey, DarkPath had an encounter with a weed wacker on his 40th a while back, went to the dealership to see what they suggested. They sold him a GALLON of the product they use. It is less abrasive that the compounds that I have used in the past(good for our soft clear coat). He gave me a small container and I have used it to remove swirls on my red Z32TT as well as a couple of small scratches on the trunk lid of the roadster. If you like you could PM him and get the product name. I am sure the guys lurking the "detailing" section would have a lot of different products too.

Hate to say it but yours looks pretty deep. Hope it goes well.
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Bummer!

Hey, DarkPath had an encounter with a weed wacker on his 40th a while back, went to the dealership to see what they suggested. They sold him a GALLON of the product they use. It is less abrasive that the compounds that I have used in the past(good for our soft clear coat). He have me a small container and I have used it to remove swirls on my red Z32TT as well as a couple of small scratched on the trunk lid of the roadster. If you like you could PM him and get the product name. I am sure the guys lurking the "detailing" section would have a lot of different products too.

Hate to say it but yours looks pretty deep. Hope it goes well.
ALrioght cool thanks ill go ahead and PM him and maybe he could help me out. Thanks for the advice
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ALrioght cool thanks ill go ahead and PM him and maybe he could help me out. Thanks for the advice

No problem. Hope it turns out to be helpful. He and I will driving through your way before tooooo long on our way to NH for a rolling vacation with our wives. We'll honk when we drive by.
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Try some swirl and haze remover & polish. From the pictures, it looks like you can start to see the plastic under the paint. You can only polish it out if there is enough clear coat. Its worth a shot. Good luck with the repairs.
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No problem. Hope it turns out to be helpful. He and I will driving through your way before tooooo long on our way to NH for a rolling vacation with our wives. We'll honk when we drive by.
maybe he can bring some of that paint along with him and I can meet you guys and grab it from him???
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The most you can do with that is minimize the rough paint/clay transfer. It looks too deep to completely remove however you can use a product like Meguiar's scratch-x or Ultimate Compound if you don't have any other polishes and need to use over the counter stuff. What you will be doing is rounding off the sharp edges of the scratch with makes them less visible as light does not refract as sharply off round edges. If it is minimized enough, could you live with it?

Also, always remember to use the least aggressive method possible to get the results you are looking for (I would stay away from most rubbing compounds for this job as you don't want to remove too much clearcoat- once it is gone, it's gone.)
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The most you can do with that is minimize the rough paint/clay transfer. It looks too deep to completely remove however you can use a product like Meguiar's scratch-x or Ultimate Compound if you don't have any other polishes and need to use over the counter stuff. What you will be doing is rounding off the sharp edges of the scratch with makes them less visible as light does not refract as sharply off round edges. If it is minimized enough, could you live with it?

Also, always remember to use the least aggressive method possible to get the results you are looking for (I would stay away from most rubbing compounds for this job as you don't want to remove too much clearcoat- once it is gone, it's gone.)
Alright thank you for the information. I will be going down to CAP auto and looking at the different polishes/scratch removers. Do most scratch kits take off the clear coat?
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claybar will take off a lot of that.
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//offtopic// Hey man, good to see you back. How did everything work out with the little parking lot accident? Car was painted fine?
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Hard to tell from the pics, is the scratch on the surface or is it gouged out of the paint? If it is all on the surface, clay/rubbing compound/etc should get most of the transfer off then some nice polish will get it looking good again. Might still be able to see the scratch, but it will look better none the less.
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//offtopic// Hey man, good to see you back. How did everything work out with the little parking lot accident? Car was painted fine?
Hey there! Yes I am back and the car was repaired 100% back to normal. The dealership did a fantastic job replacing parts, repainting, and repairing the car. It took two weeks ( a little longer than expected) due to the wait for a replaced back rim. I posted some pics up on my profile if your interested in seeing them. Now i just have to get this little scratch off the bumper and should be good to go again. I swear this car is bad luck sometimes!
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Hard to tell from the pics, is the scratch on the surface or is it gouged out of the paint? If it is all on the surface, clay/rubbing compound/etc should get most of the transfer off then some nice polish will get it looking good again. Might still be able to see the scratch, but it will look better none the less.
Last night I went to the auto parts store and got the Turtle wax repair and scratch kit for 20 dollars. I ended up using the clear coat pen which worked wonders. The clear coat pen has a liquid (almost like super glue) substance that goes over the scratch. You can barely see the scratch now. There were other compounds and clear coat applications that came with the kit, but those were for deeper bigger jobs. I strongly suggest this product.
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