phenryiv1

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I go tkeyed on my driver's door while en route to NC to pick up my wife's best friend and get her away from an unstable guy. We stopped at a resturant, went in, and 45 minutes later came out to see a scratch on the driver's door. Long story short, the same person was in the car beside us the whiole time, but "saw nothing." He then sped away when I threatened to call the cops, and I was too slow to get a plate number.

Well, now I want to try to get the scratch out. It is fairly deep, but is still "in the paint," sop to speak.

I have some OEM touch up paint. I just bought the car this summer and do not know what surfact protectants are on there.

What do I need to do first to strip the surface and prep it for the best adherence of the touch up paint?

What is the best way to appy it? The brush, a toothpick, what?

What order do I do things like sand and use rubbing compound? What do I aplly the compund with? What (if any) grit sandpaper will I need?

BTW, the paint is PB metallic (see sig), just in case the metallic nature of the paint makes a difference.

funnylittlman

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phenryiv,

Try using some scratch out stuff, not any compound stuff, b/c you might rub away something you don't.

If you want to use a toothpick, you can. Unfortunately I haven't had any luck with those. I went to an art store and bought a very very little brush, and practiced before I put the T.P. on my car. Let me know if you need some help!

95emeraldgxe

get all the wax off your car using some dish washing detergent.......and then apply a very small amount of the touchup paint........use like a drop at a time.......a small amount of rubbing compound will work as well, but it might screw up the finish.

phenryiv1

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Elementry question:

How will the rubbing compound mess up the paint? I am a novice at those type products...

funnylittlman

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It's really abraisive , that's why it will rub away your finish.

I kinda liken it to pasty sandpaper.

Now, POLISHING compound isn't as harsh as rubbing compound.

phenryiv1

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Ah, I see.

So which one will I want to use after using touch-up paint?

funnylittlman

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I would only use Rubbing if you want get your car repainted.

Meguiars has this Scratch X stuff.. it kinda works.

Also, there are polishing compounds that aren't as abraisive as rubbing. Just make sure to wax afterwards b/c it strips it right off

phenryiv1

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So who makes a decent polishing compound?

funnylittlman

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See this here:
That is bad stuff, completely took off my clear coat. Fortunately I had to get the car repainted for an accident a couple months later (some guy on a rice rocket T boned me)

This stuff MIGHT be better:

funnylittlman

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This is the stuff I used, but it's just OK: http://shop.ivalueinternet.com/washt...duct_id/41.htm

This also may good, but it may be too light for what you have: http://shop.ivalueinternet.com/washt...oduct_id/3.htm

funnylittlman

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Stay away from this:

phenryiv1

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Is tht stuff anything like GS-27? I have some of that sitting around...

funnylittlman

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dam#,

sorry my mind is slow today here's the link:

http://shop.ivalueinternet.com/washt...duct_id/89.htm

funnylittlman

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You can try that GS-27, but I would try it in an area that you don't care about (i.e. back passenger side door, the wheelwell portion when you get into the car)

Somewhere inconspicuous where you can test it.

yourmove

Use your insurance. If you do use your insurance, it would have been better if the entire vehicle was scratched. This way the whole car gets a nice even, new, fresh coat of paint.


It happens all the time!

phenryiv1

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Long story short, the agant mis-keyed my deductable in their computer- $500 instead of $50. So this is not worth the claim b/c it is not a $500 scratch.

I am so ****ed tat them over it, I speant 3 hours on the phone fighting yesterday, b/c thay made numerous other mistakes as well...

yourmove

That sucks! The kicker is now, that if you opt to have a body shop do it (not that it'll cost much)it's very difficut color to match. My car ended up with a scratch all over it, just so the whole thing would be consistant.