07-11-2019, 05:10 PM | #1 |
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Small scratch, advice?
Small scratch on the rear quarter panel by the drivers door. It’s been there since I bought the car but it still annoys me a bit. Is it worth touching it up or will it just look worse? I don’t feel confident in smart repairs and the other alternative is a whole respray of the panel, which feels excessive for a small scratch. Any recommendations? Or should I just live with it haha
EDIT: It’s not just a clear coat scratch so can’t be wet sanded and polished out. I think it just goes through the colour coat |
07-11-2019, 05:40 PM | #2 |
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07-12-2019, 10:53 AM | #3 |
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It very hard to judge the depth of the scratch. If you run your finger nail across it can you feel it?
It may be a case that using clear coat to fill it and the wet and dry lightly 1500 than 2500. The a good cutting compound followed by polishing. Plenty of video, but many forget about reapplying the clear coat. |
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07-28-2019, 09:20 AM | #4 |
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Doesn’t look likes it’s through the colour coat to me.
If you wet it, with water, can you still see a big colour difference? Get a magnifying glass out, wet it, and have a good look. |
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08-07-2019, 02:23 AM | #5 |
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Turtle Wax Clear Coat Scratch Repair and Renew works wonder.
https://www.amazon.com/Turtle-Wax-50...a-663817652614 |
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08-12-2019, 03:04 AM | #6 |
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Drive up to Basingstoke one evening and I'll happily try and polish it out for you. If that doesn't work, take a look at paints4u.com and buy one of their scratch master repair kits for around £15.00. They'll send you everything you need to repair it yourself including base coat, clear, compound and wet & dry. You would be amazed at how easy it is to fix things like this and stone chips yourself to the point that you would never know they were there.
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08-24-2019, 05:06 PM | #7 | |
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I've used the BMW touch up kit before to cover stone chips and other tiny scratches, layering paint and then wet sanding/polishing it and as you say it comes up really well, it's not the same as a respray but 95% there. I don't mind them on smaller area's but as this is right next to the drivers door it'd drive me nuts if I made it worse. I think I'll just live with it. Thanks for the offer though, really appreciate it dude! |
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08-24-2019, 05:09 PM | #8 |
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No worries mate, but you could always polish out the area and then reapply the coating to that area. You don't even need to recover with the same coating. Buy a bottle of g-techniq C1 and reapply just to the polished panel.
Let me know if you need the help, be happy to |
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