I had an unfortunate run-in with a concrete post in my parking garage
the other night and scraped up part of my rear quarter panel (actually the top part of the bumper cover).

The post was painted white, so the scapes on my paint are white. What's a safe/effective way to remove the paint scrapes (I think most of the scraping was only at the surface level, so if I can remove the white paint, it will look ok).

Clay bar? Bug/tar remover? WD-40? I already used a mild abrasive (Zymol HD-Cleanse) and that got some off, but not all.

TIA!

 

Try getting a buffing or "scratch removing" compound from the auto parts store. Rub it HARD...

 

Use a paint cleaner type of polish. It's not a polish but it removes any build-up on paint. It's best if you have a rotary type polisher (only use if you have experience! It can rub all your paint off). If you don't have a rotary buffer, use an orbital like porter cable. If no buffer at all then rub by hand really hard.

Also clay bar might work.

 

HD Cleanse is non-abrasive. It's just a cleaner. You'll probably need a real abrasive product like Meg's DACP, SMR or the 3m polishes tog et the marks out.