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Old Jun 5, 2008 | 09:17 PM
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Anyone know how to deal with covering them up?

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Old Jun 5, 2008 | 10:36 PM
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what type of scratches?
Old Jun 5, 2008 | 11:06 PM
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Lightly wet sand and then buff. Anything deeper and you need a repaint!
Old Jun 6, 2008 | 01:09 AM
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road pebbles. some slight rubs. very few, but would like to get rid of these blemishes.
Old Jun 6, 2008 | 01:15 AM
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without painting use touch up and a match tip then sand and polish as stated above...junk like Scratch x do not work
Old Jun 6, 2008 | 04:09 AM
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If you can feel them with your fingernail they will need touch ups and sanding/ buffing. If they do not go thru the color coat you can use some clear touchup instead to fill the scratch. It may take several coats to build it back up tho.
Then use some 2000 wet paper to level it out and buff back to a shine with clearcoat safe compound.
Old Jun 6, 2008 | 04:23 AM
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try using quixx sratch remover....if deep us touch out paint.
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