blessedbylani04
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- Dec 26, 2006
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Hi There,
Okay, so I'm obviously brand new to this website, and actually joined specifically to ask for some advice on this particular "issue" I have right now with my Neon. All I ask is that you guys try not to laugh (either at my car or my utter stupidity!)...Here goes:
So, I stopped to take a ticket at the entrance to a parking garage here in Boston, and apparently misjudged the distance I was from a rather LARGE yellow pole on the driver's side of the lane. I didn't actually hit anything, but rather, SCRAPED the side of my car (rear door, driver's side) as I turned left into the garage itself. I'll try to get a picture of the damage up here sometime tomorrow, but basically what I need advice on is how to best go about getting (at least some!) of the yellow "pole paint" that was transfered onto my "intense blue" car! I've already tried two applications of Nu Finish Scratch Doctor (Clear Coat Scratch Remover), which definitely seemed to help some of the whiter, more "generic" scratches, and--more importantly--seemed to loosen up some of the yellow paint enough for me to (VERY carefully, and through a soft cloth!) scratch some of it off with my fingernail. Underneath, my blue paint appears perfectly fine... The thing is, this seems like it would be a PAINFULLY slow process, epecially since the Scratch Doctor glosses up the finish, which makes things much too slippery for scratching off the "foreign paint." Is this making any sense???
I'm really sorry if this whole post seems like one long "ramble." Obviously, I'm MORE than willing to answer any questions people may have about what I'm trying to describe here. For what it's worth...My "baby" is a 1998 Plymouth Neon that I just put well over $1,000 (I know, it's not worth that!) for a new clutch and cables, so I'm obviously not looking for miracles or to take it to a body shop. There are certainly some aspects of the damage that I know I cannot fix without taking it to a shop (i.e. there are 3 relatively small dents from the "impact," and a few deeper scrapes), but I'm really hoping that there's something the detailers at, say, the Allston Car Wash, might be able to do in order to make it look a little less obvious, and...umm...yellow.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks in advance for your help!
~Katie
Okay, so I'm obviously brand new to this website, and actually joined specifically to ask for some advice on this particular "issue" I have right now with my Neon. All I ask is that you guys try not to laugh (either at my car or my utter stupidity!)...Here goes:
So, I stopped to take a ticket at the entrance to a parking garage here in Boston, and apparently misjudged the distance I was from a rather LARGE yellow pole on the driver's side of the lane. I didn't actually hit anything, but rather, SCRAPED the side of my car (rear door, driver's side) as I turned left into the garage itself. I'll try to get a picture of the damage up here sometime tomorrow, but basically what I need advice on is how to best go about getting (at least some!) of the yellow "pole paint" that was transfered onto my "intense blue" car! I've already tried two applications of Nu Finish Scratch Doctor (Clear Coat Scratch Remover), which definitely seemed to help some of the whiter, more "generic" scratches, and--more importantly--seemed to loosen up some of the yellow paint enough for me to (VERY carefully, and through a soft cloth!) scratch some of it off with my fingernail. Underneath, my blue paint appears perfectly fine... The thing is, this seems like it would be a PAINFULLY slow process, epecially since the Scratch Doctor glosses up the finish, which makes things much too slippery for scratching off the "foreign paint." Is this making any sense???
I'm really sorry if this whole post seems like one long "ramble." Obviously, I'm MORE than willing to answer any questions people may have about what I'm trying to describe here. For what it's worth...My "baby" is a 1998 Plymouth Neon that I just put well over $1,000 (I know, it's not worth that!) for a new clutch and cables, so I'm obviously not looking for miracles or to take it to a body shop. There are certainly some aspects of the damage that I know I cannot fix without taking it to a shop (i.e. there are 3 relatively small dents from the "impact," and a few deeper scrapes), but I'm really hoping that there's something the detailers at, say, the Allston Car Wash, might be able to do in order to make it look a little less obvious, and...umm...yellow.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks in advance for your help!
~Katie
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