Nice little surprise after work... sigh...



It doesn't look like a key mark or done intentional, doesn't look like it went into the paint, but definitely the clearcoat...

Any suggestions on how to remove it would be appreciated...

 

buff it out if it's a light scratch and use some wax to fill her in and see how that turns out. if its too deep you might need a scratch remover

 

trade me cars. simple

 

Fockerz...

 

Sucks mang. I'd rather walk extra far than come back to something like that on my car.

 

I guess I am bringing my buffer to the BBQ too , geez man that sucks!

 

You said "buffer". Hehe.

BLULULUUUUP!

 

 

it'll buff out

 

what kind of buffer do you use?

this is after 2 hours of buffing & polishing... you can still see a very thin strip of where the cut was made into the clearcoat if you look up close, but I don't know if I can do anything more about it.

 

get some touch paint and then buff it. It might work

 

You should probably have a professional do it for you. It may need to be wet-sanded etc.

 

If you run your fingernail over the scratch and it still "clicks" at this point, you're probably going to need professional help.

You can maintain a sheen with simple supplies, but a persistent clicking scratch remedy will need several steps/methods of orbital, non-random buffer work, some of which literally involve melting and pushing the paint.

 

Thanks for the input guys, I'm going to take it to a detailer when I get a chance.

 

fail

 

I have a rotary buffer and wool pads, one for polishing and one for cutting, I for one would take it to a professional detailer and see what they could do before taking it to a body shop, but most large body shops have detailers as well.

I could hide it pretty well but I would want to pick up a foam pad to buff it vs. the wool since your paint is on the darker side.

 

Here are a few places that have good reputations:

http://www.3lgautodetail.com/
http://www.nwautosalon.com/
http://www.metropolitandetail.com/

 

Oh cool, yea I'm going to figure out what to do about it this weekend then take it to a detailer if need be.

Thanks I'll give these places a call and see what they can do. The first place is booked solid it seems like. I wanna see your ride man! Curious as to how the stock 19s look w/ spacers. I'm pretty set on going w/ the essens 20x9.5 20x11, but afraid I'm going to be rubbing all over the place since I'm dropped on H&R sports.

 

I'll probably come out to one of the future meets. Were you in downtown Bellevue today @ around ~2-3pm?

 

Yea that was me, I live on top of the safeway hehe