Deep Scratch Repair - Seeking Advice

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dlgwarner

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Two days ago, I didn't pull my brand new Audi A6 in Moonlight Blue into the garage quite far enough. (Yeh, you know what's coming next) and my husband lowered the garage door. Thankfully, he saw what was happening and reversed it, but not quite soon enough. It was probably the only time since I bought the car that I didn't check the reverse camera.:doh:

So, I've been doing a ton of searching and reading various options for fixing, including (but not limited to) Langka, Dr. Colorchip, Paintscratch.com, and Automotivetouchup. After obsessing over every option, and seeing what looked like the greatest number of positive reports, I ordered DrColorchip. However, I have some questions about whether I should do some additional work.

I've posted photos below where it appears that the scratches go to bare metal. Additionally, it looks like the clearcoat is chipped away from the base coat around the perimeter of the scratch. It may be hard to tell, but the scratches are no more than 1/4 inch long. So my questions are:
  • Should I wetsand first to smooth the clearcoat ridge around the perimeter of the scratch? If I should sand, will I need 2000, or can I play it safe with 3000? Will the Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover followed by Pinnacle Finishing polish (I already have them) applied either by PC or hand be appropriate to bring back the shine, or will I need something with more cut? A have a variety of LC pads with decent cut, such as the green and yellow.
  • I plan to use primer first just in case that is bare metal, but should I also use a filler before going to the Dr? If so what brand?
  • Should I instead use either the primer or paint to fill in the scratch first?
  • Should I buy a clearcoat to finish? The Dr. Colorchip process doesn't use one.

Any other tips, suggestions cautions, etc are much appreciated.

The first photo shows the location, in the lip of the trunk, right above the first circle in the Audi logo.

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I'd try DCC first
They look small enough to use DCC
Plus you have road rash on the front that you can use the rest of it on.
 
With the way the light is reflecting in this photo it looks like it has deformed the metal slightly also. What I do in this kind if case is get some touch up paing and a plastic razor blade and fill in the scratch and then pull the blade across the chip to only leave paint in the chip. let it dry good and you may have to do it a couple of more times to get it level. Them get some fine polish and orbital it smooth and see how it turns out. JMHO. It's your car. You can do what you want.
 
Detailing by M said:
I'd try DCC first
They look small enough to use DCC
Plus you have road rash on the front that you can use the rest of it on.
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Thanks for the reply. There's actually no road rash on the car, but I can see how it looks that way in the picture. It's just a month old and was wet from rain when I took the photos (I dried the part with the scratches). What looks like road rash is the light reflected off the rain drops. There's also digital noise in the photo b/c I had to bump up the ISO on the camera.

The reflections (courtesy of WGDG) also suggest some deformation, but I've inspected it from every angle, and just now put a straight edge across is and, thankfully, there's no ding. (Then I really would have been pi$$ed.)

What about cc? It is definitely chipped away from the bc about a half mm beyond the deep scratch. Do I need to sand, apply cc or just let dc fill it?

Thanks for your input. I'm pretty obsessive about how I keep my car. (My husband's friends at work who are also into cars are amazed that his wife actually clays her car between wash and wax.:p). No clay yet on this car though, since it's new and doesn't need any paint correction.

Debbie
 
You have some RR, trust me all cars do and you'll get more in the future
Try DCC first. If you don't like the results then you can go the old fashion way and paint, sand, buff, remove the paint from buffing, paint, sand, buff and so on and so on.

DCC rocks! blob, smear, wipe, done!
 
Sorry I am a dumbass. I didn't read the entire original post. I feel stupid

Don
 
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