Scratch repair..

[KillNThrill24]

Well I found out after I got off work tonight that my mom dropped stupid f'in Christmas decorations on my car today and wasn't planning on telling me... My dad had to tell me and he was as happy as I was.. Long story short it ended up with me pulling my Mustang out of the garage and putting my mom's exlporer in it and told her to F up her own vehicle and now I'm left with this...

It's deeper than it looks.. And it's bigger than it looks. It goes down the molding at the bottom of the door... Not happy

Question is how do I go about fixing this now? It goes from the fender to the bottom of the door. So it's a large area(s). I was thinking taping off and using perfect match on it.. I have a spray gun but have no idea where to get paint or how much it's gonna cost. That and I'm not the greatest painter in the world but it'll have to do because I'm not paying someone else to fix a scratch that shouldn't be in it in the first place. What do you guys think I should do?

 

[sn95jones]

That will actually buff out with the right chemicals

 

[KillNThrill24]

No sir unfortunately I was hoping the same it's deeper than it looks man like it's gouged out. The picture doesn't show the deepness of it or overall length but it's in there good

 

[Ninety8stang]

No sir unfortunately I was hoping the same it's deeper than it looks man like it's gouged out. The picture doesn't show the deepness of it or overall length but it's in there good

you would be surprised with the right compounds how affective they can be. Other than just a considerable amount of buffing your kind of limited.

 

[mygreengt]

im assuming you can feel it with your fingernail? if you cant it can be buffed out easily. If you can feel it, i would take it to a body shop and get a quote. it shouldnt be too bad.

 

[mygreengt]

That will actually buff out with the right chemicals

what chemicals would those be?

 

[duh09]

what chemicals would those be?

The right ones, duh.


But I agree with ole dilly bar here. If you can feel, take it too a body shop. Shouldn't be hard to match the paint at all and wouldn't be too hard to just spray a small early

 

[KillNThrill24]

Damn I can feel it with my finger nail quite easily. Idk what hit it but it sure took a lot of paint with it. I was kinda hopin not to have to take it to a shop but if that's the only route then I guess I'll have to leave it for now and wait and get the whole car done. I've got tiny little nicks and tiny little buffable scratches but nothin quite like this.

Thanks guys

 

[chris91]

As long as you can't see primer or metal through the scratch it can be buffed out pretty well. Youll still be able to notice the deeper parts, but not nearly as bad. I use 3m Finesse It II on bad scratches with a wool pad on my high speed buffer at about 3500-4k RPM's. You must be careful though as you WILL kill your paint if you don't know what you're doing.

 

[GT Rob]

What kind of chemical. I have one that runs from the front fender all the way back to the fuel door

 

[chris91]

What kind of chemical. I have one that runs from the front fender all the way back to the fuel door

Read my post above yours.

 

[GT Rob]

Lol thanks yea I took mine to a body shop and he told me he couldn't get it out and they wouldn paint the car for 6500 Lol the car isn't worth that much. So ill wait until I find somebody that knows what there doing if not it will stay like that

 

[Tony]

you guy buffing does not replace clear. if it has removed the clear down to pain, primer, metal. you will never buff it out. has to be resprayed. but where its located you should only need the bottom of the door repainted. well and the ground effect piece if that wont buff out. but that scratch will always be there until ya get it repainted

 

[chrisv_10]

Buffing will help hide it even it's deep. 2000grit> woolpad with cutting compound> white pad with cutting compound> gray pad with polish

 

[Tony]

yea, i saw you guys were saying help hide it...thought you were saying he could buff it out, lol.

 

[chris91]

Another trick of the trade I have learned if you have a nice steady hand and some PERFECTLY matching touch up(NOT the shit you buy from the dealer or vatozone). With a very thin touch up brush(any hobby store will have them, not some cheapo brush that comes with your kids watercolors) take the touch up and apply it into the scratch. After it has dried, repeat applications until its built up above the existing paint quite nicely. Let it dry overnight and then buff it. With the heat produced from the high speed buffer it will roll the paint into the scratch and blend it in. Ive done this on HUNDREDS of cars and if you do it right youll never be able to tell it was scratched. Been doing exterior detailing and touch ups for right around 15 years now and this trick was taught to me by a guy thats been painting for about 30 years. Wish you were local to me, Id hook ya up for free.

 

[chrisv_10]

Another trick of the trade I have learned if you have a nice steady hand and some PERFECTLY matching touch up(NOT the shit you buy from the dealer or vatozone). With a very thin touch up brush(any hobby store will have them, not some cheapo brush that comes with your kids watercolors) take the touch up and apply it into the scratch. After it has dried, repeat applications until its built up above the existing paint quite nicely. Let it dry overnight and then buff it. With the heat produced from the high speed buffer it will roll the paint into the scratch and blend it in. Ive done this on HUNDREDS of cars and if you do it right youll never be able to tell it was scratched. Been doing exterior detailing and touch ups for right around 15 years now and this trick was taught to me by a guy thats been painting for about 30 years. Wish you were local to me, Id hook ya up for free.

+1

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[chrisv_10]

yea, i saw you guys were saying help hide it...thought you were saying he could buff it out, lol.

It will be less noticeable

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[sn95jones]

If you want a place to find chemicals to take out anything use this place not only is their forum helpful but their products are amazing
http://www.autogeekonline.net/

 

[Tony]

Another trick of the trade I have learned if you have a nice steady hand and some PERFECTLY matching touch up(NOT the shit you buy from the dealer or vatozone). With a very thin touch up brush(any hobby store will have them, not some cheapo brush that comes with your kids watercolors) take the touch up and apply it into the scratch. After it has dried, repeat applications until its built up above the existing paint quite nicely. Let it dry overnight and then buff it. With the heat produced from the high speed buffer it will roll the paint into the scratch and blend it in. Ive done this on HUNDREDS of cars and if you do it right youll never be able to tell it was scratched. Been doing exterior detailing and touch ups for right around 15 years now and this trick was taught to me by a guy thats been painting for about 30 years. Wish you were local to me, Id hook ya up for free.

do you have any kinda pic or link? cause honestly i nor no one i have ever known is successful trying to brush in scratches. most of the time it just ends up being more noticeable than if you just left it alone.