Scratch Removal

[Shaggy]

So what are you saying, I can't take care of those swirls?

 

[SilverBolt]

Swirls are easy. Unless they are very bad a good clay bar treatment followed by a good wax job will make them go away.

 

[BIRDMAN]

So what are you saying, I can't take care of those swirls?

i didn't say that. i'm just saying prevent them in the first place and you don't have to worry

 

[SERG09]

So what are you saying, I can't take care of those swirls?

Try the Glare ... the darker the paint the better ... I don't think you'll be disappointed. Hell, maybe you can set up a forum discount

 

[dolfanatic1399]

Walked out to my truck a few days ago and my heart just dropped. I noticed an area on the hood just behind the vent on the passenger side that was scratched all to shit. My wife was the last one to drive it, but she has no idea how they got there, imagine that. Damn I was pissed. She suggests that maybe they had been there awhile and I just haddent noticed. ********, this stuck out a sore thumb on my tuxedo black hood. It damn sure didnt happen just sittin there in the driveway. Well after all the cussing and crying I had to do something to fix it. Not being a detail man I searched you tube for some answers. I found several videos on how to remove scratchs. Some talked about using wet sand paper, which totally scared the hell out of me. I could feel the scratchs with my finger nail, but they were not deep enough to catch my nail, if you know what I mean. I decided on a rubbing compound, polishing compound and wax. I dont have any experience with orbital machines and heard horror stories of burning the paint, so I did it the old fashioned way. Well after about 2 hrs of rubbing my arms off, I finally rubbed all of them out with the rubbing compound. I then went over the area with the polishing compound followed by the wax. I was so relieved and amazed at the end result. I never would have imagined in my wildest dreams that I could get them out. Just goes to show that sometimes things arent always as bad as they seem. And remember the wife no's "nothing" about what happened.






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[dolfanatic1399]

Can someone tell me what a clay bay does that a rubbing or polishing compound will not. Sounds like to me they both clean and take out light scratch's out of the clear coat.

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[whtrapta]

clay bar removes "pulls" out impurities in the paint. The trucks are transported by rail. Tiny flecks of metal get on your paint and dig down in. They will eventually rust and leave little orange specs everywhere. Its pulls them all out. It also removes tar and water spots easier and much faster than a polish and wax. And you can clay bar your windows to make them look brand new.

 

[LSURaptor]

Surface contamination...

Detailing Car Clay Bar - Auto Clay Bar for Car Paint Contamination

 

[Bad company]

For scratches that are in the paint itself, google drcolorchip.

Worked great on my metallic silver M3.

 

[Humvee21]

Bad company, how does that work on deep paint chips? I got a lot of huge ******* from following a Murcielago when he drove on the side of the road that's full of gravel...