This might be on a different forum already but I can't find it..

My question is this..


Is there any product out there that can blend in minor small scratches??? And how effective is it???



Someone in my school backed up to my car and ran!! now I have small scratches on my rear bumper and I was wondering if there's a thread out there about scratch removing products that does work. So far my friend told me Turtle was premium rubbing compound.. is there othe rones that anyone recommend??

 

There is something that Autozone was selling before I came to Korea. It's made by Black Magic and it's a scratch pen. It works for any color paint. You apply a small bit of the liquid, rub it in with the pens sponge head and wipe it off with a soft towel. It does really well for the small scratches but is useless for the larger ones.

I think the pen costs about $5.00-ish.

 

Post pics of the scratches so we can see how bad they are.

Forget liquid pens or rubbing compound. You'll either do a crappy job or it will ____ the scratches off. Try a really aggressive polish. You won't be able to buy it at whatever whack parts store you go to. Look online. Check www.poorboys.com . I recommened their SSR polishes. If that is above or beyond your skill level, consider having a professional detailer try his hand at it. With proper wetsanding techniques, most scratches can disappear. Check http://autopia.org/forum/ and click your region and find a detailer. I highly recommend everyone on that forum... they really know how to detail cars.


GL sir. PM if you have questions.

 

If Scratch-X doesn't remove them paint work is in order. The factory paint is much too thin to try and work deep scratches out. You either go through the clear coat or right through to the color coat. Good luck! Maybe the parking lot has video surveillance? Just a thought. Maybe scope out the lot looking for paint transfer. Kinda like going all CSI on their lame a$$.

 

www.paintscratch.com

 

I actually witnessed the act.. it was a VW jetta.. black with gold rims... I tried yellin' but he/she just took off..

 

Very minor scratches can be wetsanded, buffed and polished out, if you can feel them when you rub a finger nail over them they are likely too deep to polish out. The next best step is to touch up with a brush with matching touchup paint. This is all you can do short of painting the panel.

 

Just wait till you see them at school again, then take action

 

X2!!! We think alot alike Ted!

 

I had several minor chips on the front bumper (What a surprise..lol), I used Turtle Wax rubbing compound (very lightly) and was able to work a lot of the smaller stuff out. Followed up with Polishing compound and a couple coats of wax. I was nervous at first with our thin paint but had no problems and it looks a lot better. The bigger stuff had to be touched up. For now it beats paying for a new paint job.

 

I think I can only tolerate my front rockchips for about another year before I repaint the bumper. I even use a bra half the time. It's so sad to have to deal with this problem.

 

Really? What about the clear coat?

 

What about it? The clearcoat would be added over the color touch up. Then sanded flat and buffed to blend in the repair. That's how I do touchups anyhow.

 

Never, never do that if it is important that your "touch up" is indistinguishable. I'll look for the thread that shows how to use "touch up paint" successfully.

Frankly, I was spending more time looking for the threads than you were and your car has the scratches. ;) I remember the pencil eraser fix, etc., but I couldn't find it....Did find this one though. good luck.

 

I wasn't being sarcastic. I really don't know much about paint. I thought that if you sanded down the clearcoat that it would look different than everything else. So the process is... 1. Wet sand scratch 2. Fill scratch 3. Add clear coat 4. Wet sand to smooth everything out?

 

Not quite, It's clean out scratch. fill scratch with some color if needed, finish filling scratch with clear, Then level out everything with some 2000 grit paper and buff back to high luster.

 

And after you do this you will still see where the scratch was in most cases. It just will not be as bad as it was before. If you want a deep scratch that will not buff out to completely dissappear then you in almost all cases need to repaint the panel.

 

time to go hunting! i hate people who do that! hope it comes out one way or antoher... if not...