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**Buellwinkle** · Jul 7, 2005, 06:56 PM

That may or may not be bad. Clear coat scratches white so it sometimes looks worse than it is. See if you can feel it if you run your finger nail across it. If your fingernail doesn't catch then it can proabably be wet sanded or buffed out. Start with #83 and a medium pad like their 8006 and see if that does it, may take multiple applications. If that doesn't do it and you feel lucky, get some 2,000 grit sandpaper specifically for automotive paint, soak pieces in a bucket for 10-20 minutes and keeping the surface wet, sand in one direction back and forth perpenticular to the scratch and see if that works. You don't want to do it for too long because you can sand past the clear coat and that ain't pretty. If that doesn't work because the scratches are too deep, consider the Turtle Wax colored waxes that come with a crayon/lipstick looking thing. Color in to fill the scratches then wax over it with the color wax. Wear a glove because that stuff really stains. It's not perfect but I've been able to make totally keyed cars look good at 10'. Don't strive for perfection, it's usually not worth the risk, just good enough to not be visible to a casual observer.

**LnkPrkSoldier** · Jul 7, 2005, 07:01 PM

first of all, i see you have a few amount of posts and i haven't seen or welcomed you yet , so

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hmm, i don't think you would need a paint job or any touch up paint. go to your local pep boys/autozone./etc. and get yourself some ScratchX. of course, beforehand, make sure your cleaning on a clean surface so you should clay and wash your car. then get a cotton cloth or pad and start to work the product in. make sure it is a small area. probably the size of 2/3 to the entire sheet of notebook paper. then as mike would say "put some passion into it" aka work it in hard but don't kill the paint. then after you may be left with light faint scratches so which i would reccommend using #80 speed glaze which gets rids of minor swirls and scratches. afterwards, This is an addition, if you want your paint to become more of a rich darker color then use #7 show car glaze. Apply the product to the entire car without removing until you finish the entire car. Let the product become a sort of a skin. that will give your car a dark rich color. then top off with your favorite wax .make sure you wait 24 hours before applying your second coat of wax. Some followup pictures of the after process and during process would be nice for people in the future can use this as reference. Have a good night and don't punish the kid too serverely

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both scratchx and #83 are both good products which will remove scratches. the thing is that #83 is better applied with a buffer ( do not use an orbital buffer like this one, they do not work.

http://doityourself.com/ori/200x200/0094128.jpg )and scratchx should only be applied by hand

**zr123** · Jul 7, 2005, 07:05 PM

Question: Is the pain just really bad or is that metallic paint?

Also try using the Turtle Wax Colored Wax/Polish with the Chip Stick, just like LnkPrkSoldier suggested.

However, what I would do is first use a cloth or applicator pad with the wax/polish and really work at the area... go against the scratch... keep going for about 5 minutes, and then if that works proceed with the chip stick like how Turtle Wax suggests.

It should work... I've removed quite a few "white" colored scratches on a black car like that.

**LnkPrkSoldier** · Jul 7, 2005, 07:08 PM

don't you mean Buellwinkle? :P and best of luck towards you. i think the scratches will come out. at some parts they seem really faint and easily removeable. i am also curious, is that metallic paint?

**herb** · Jul 8, 2005, 06:10 AM

Yeah it's Metallic and also has blue flakes. It's the stock Civic SI Coupe black.

Thanks for all the information. I'm going to relay this stuff to my buddy and see if he'll try the scratchx before he has to drive all the way down to my house to see if we can get this stuff out. If there's any other info feel free to add

**Mike Phillips** · Jul 8, 2005, 06:35 AM

Hi herb,

Sorry to hear of your friends misfortune. Where do you guys live?

I've had people drive from Utah to attend our detailing clinics to learn how to properly detail cars as well as regularly have people drive from San Diego and San Francisco! We even have a gentleman flying in from Singapore next week!

Why don't you guys come to the clinic tomorrow and and we'll help you to remove or improve these scratches...

ClubRSX.com at Meguiar's! - June 9th 2005

**herb** · Jul 9, 2005, 02:01 PM

Mike,

Sorry we had to run in the middle of your class. We had to get to another venue before 1:30pm that was pretty far away.

Thanks for showing me how to utilize the DA buffer. I'll be trying your technique on my friends Civic and see how the scratches come out. Worse comes to worse we'll try the touchup paint and then polish it out.

If it comes down to it a repaint will be in order.

thanks for the goodies too !!!

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