Hey all. OK. I have a long scratch on drivers side that appears to be more surface than right in the pain. Looks like someone keyed me but not as hard. I think it was done by a shopping cart, someone trying to fit.

Anyway, whats the best product to use on something like this that can make it disappear or near? Thoughts..

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On 09 Apr 2023, Darkman said the following...

Hey all. OK. I have a long scratch on drivers side that appears to be
more surface than right in the pain.

Anyway, whats the best product to use on something like this that can
make it disappear or near? Thoughts..

A couple of years back while camping I drove on an overgrown back trail and had a bunch of branches scratch the side of my car. You could tell they were just surface scratches and were all white.

I used this stuff and was amazed how they just all disappeared:

https://mothers.com/products/california-gold-scratch-remover-08408

I've since traded in that car and was complimented on how clean & "like new" I kept the car.


Jay

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Hello Warpslide!

I used this stuff and was amazed how they just all disappeared:

How do those products work? Do they chemically thin the
clearcoat/paint and spread it into the scratch?

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On 09 Apr 2023, Darkman said the following...

Hey all. OK. I have a long scratch on drivers side that appears to be
more surface than right in the pain. Looks like someone keyed me but not as hard. I think it was done by a shopping cart, someone trying to fit.

Anyway, whats the best product to use on something like this that can
make it disappear or near? Thoughts..

Try a little fine compound. Lightly rub it in to see if the scratch pulls out.. If not then try rubbing compound and see if that does it.. If neither work, then get a body shop to touch it up for you OR just buy a touch up tube and lightly apply a couple of coats of paint.. Then after a day or so use the fine compound to take off the excess paint and hopefully both smoothen it out and hopefully match the paint..

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On 09 Apr 2023, Ogg said the following...

How do those products work? Do they chemically thin the
clearcoat/paint and spread it into the scratch?

I'm not sure to be honest, it was just a white cream that magically made it disappear.


Jay

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On 09 Apr 2023, Warpslide said the following...

On 09 Apr 2023, Darkman said the following...

Hey all. OK. I have a long scratch on drivers side that appears to be more surface than right in the pain.

Anyway, whats the best product to use on something like this that can make it disappear or near? Thoughts..

A couple of years back while camping I drove on an overgrown back trail and had a bunch of branches scratch the side of my car. You could tell they were just surface scratches and were all white.

I used this stuff and was amazed how they just all disappeared:

https://mothers.com/products/california-gold-scratch-remover-08408

I've since traded in that car and was complimented on how clean & "like new" I kept the car.

Awesome. Thanks for the idea. I know theres so many out there to pick from but if you had good experience then its worth a shot. I hear Mothers is the way to go. I picked up some wax last year and i thought it did a good shine.

Standby on the results--

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On 09 Apr 2023, Bucko said the following...

On 09 Apr 2023, Darkman said the following...

Hey all. OK. I have a long scratch on drivers side that appears to be more surface than right in the pain. Looks like someone keyed me but as hard. I think it was done by a shopping cart, someone trying to fi

Anyway, whats the best product to use on something like this that can make it disappear or near? Thoughts..

Try a little fine compound. Lightly rub it in to see if the scratch
pulls out.. If not then try rubbing compound and see if that does it..
If neither work, then get a body shop to touch it up for you OR just buy
a touch up tube and lightly apply a couple of coats of paint.. Then
after a day or so use the fine compound to take off the excess paint and hopefully both smoothen it out and hopefully match the paint..

... Everyone is entitled to my opinion!

Hmmm. bodyshop. I just hope the rubbing compound works. I mean it should. I do need to buy touch up paint because silly me left the gas gap and door open after filling up one day AND get this... i also went through the car wash too!
The gas filler door has a wee dent from being stressed open and the top dent the paint cracked and flaking off. Ugh. I wont be replacing the car for at least a year but I want this fixed. Ok, will see what happens with compound.

Thanks!
/)arkman

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On 16 Apr 2023, Darkman said the following...

Hmmm. bodyshop. I just hope the rubbing compound works. I mean it
should. I do need to buy touch up paint because silly me left the gas
gap and door open after filling up one day AND get this... i also went through the car wash too! The gas filler door has a wee dent from being stressed open and the top dent the paint cracked and flaking off. Ugh. I wont be replacing the car for at least a year but I want this fixed. Ok, will see what happens with compound.

Thanks!

Good luck, the paint on the gas door is flaking because the door is most likely plastic.. If the scratch isn't too deep the rubbing compound will take it out nicely. Just don't rub to hard, especially if the car is clear coated you don't want to remove the clear coat..

Al

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