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Garage door caught just out of range of the back-up camera, left a pretty good scratch. Couldn't be more bummed out right now. Is there any hope of repairing this myself with a DA, or do I need to bring it in to be repainted? If I can repair it myself, what should I get? I haven't purchased a DA or polish/compound yet, so I'd love to hear what is best.

As always, really appreciate your thoughts.

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BTW, that almond color may be from the garage door itself, so maybe that's a good sign?
 
I see some hope in the situation. Pick up some Meguiars Ultimate Compound and a microfiber applicator pad and see what it does.. I think most of that should come right off.


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fizzleation said:
BTW, that almond color may be from the garage door itself, so maybe that's a good sign?
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Yup, that means transfer, and transfer is a Good thing.

1st carefully wipe clean as much of the debris as you can with a waterless wash or a heavy dose of quik detailer, just be careful not to do too much with that 1st step because that's not what's going to remove your problem anyways... Then go at it with the compound.


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Thanks, that helped quite a bit. I went out with the ultimate compound and a microfiber pad, but it was a finishing pad--not much heft. It did make some good progress. Think a DA polisher would help finish it off? I need one anyway.

If so, which pad should I get? And with the ultimate compound work, or should I get something else? Thanks for helping me through this!
 
fizzleation said:
Thanks, that helped quite a bit. I went out with the ultimate compound and a microfiber pad, but it was a finishing pad--not much heft. It did make some good progress. Think a DA polisher would help finish it off? I need one anyway.

If so, which pad should I get? And with the ultimate compound work, or should I get something else? Thanks for helping me through this!
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Slow down tiger. Lol.

Try a regular microfiber towel if you think the microfiber pad you used wasn't adequate. Take it nice and easy, yet not too easy because it will take the right amount of passion to get it cleaned up, but it can be done by hand.

Transfer is transfer, and it can all be taken off by hand. Just like this, same exact process.

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Anything that won't come off by hand, won't come off with a polisher either because that'll mean it's down to the bare surface.


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Eldorado2k said:
I see some hope in the situation. Pick up some Meguiars Ultimate Compound and a microfiber applicator pad and see what it does.. I think most of that should come right off.


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Just used Megs UC on a medium cut (orange HexLogic Quantum) pad to get transfer like that off of my wife's car......when she first looked at it, she thought it was body shop time, too
 
briarpatch said:
Just used Megs UC on a medium cut (orange HexLogic Quantum) pad to get transfer like that off of my wife's car......when she first looked at it, she thought it was body shop time, too
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Nice. I went at it with the microfiber towel and UC for a bit. I have a polisher and a couple hex logic pads (white and orange) arriving tomorrow--I think it needs just a little extra cut to get it fixed up.
 
briarpatch said:
Just used Megs UC on a medium cut (orange HexLogic Quantum) pad to get transfer like that off of my wife's car......when she first looked at it, she thought it was body shop time, too
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I pulled a bunch of transfer with the green one before.
 
fizzleation said:
Nice. I went at it with the microfiber towel and UC for a bit. I have a polisher and a couple hex logic pads (white and orange) arriving tomorrow--I think it needs just a little extra cut to get it fixed up.
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That should do it....I followed it up with a little HD Speed to polish it up a little and give it some protection. It'll be getting a full detail in a few weeks. so that will suffice until then. Best of luck...post pics of the finished product
 
fizzleation said:
Garage door caught just out of range of the back-up camera, left a pretty good scratch. Couldn't be more bummed out right now. Is there any hope of repairing this myself with a DA, or do I need to bring it in to be repainted? If I can repair it myself, what should I get? I haven't purchased a DA or polish/compound yet, so I'd love to hear what is best.

As always, really appreciate your thoughts.

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I think you got lucky there.use some cleaner polish by hand.it's right on the body line no machine first.
 
fizzleation said:
Garage door caught just out of range of the back-up camera, left a pretty good scratch. Couldn't be more bummed out right now. Is there any hope of repairing this myself with a DA, or do I need to bring it in to be repainted? If I can repair it myself, what should I get? I haven't purchased a DA or polish/compound yet, so I'd love to hear what is best.

As always, really appreciate your thoughts.

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thats a tough one idk?

what kind of polisher did u buy?
 
Update: Received my Griot's polisher, along with white and orange Hex Logic pads. Using the Meg's UC, I went over the area at about a 6 speed, which really helped the situation. But, as you'll see in the pictures, theres still one scratch that won't budge, along with some rough paint abrasions. Is there a next step from here? Compound and pads with more cut? Should I go at it with the UC and orange pad more? Appreciate your guidance.

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That sucks man. This is why I am against back up cameras. People rely on them too much. I look back physically never use them when I get into a car with one. My car does not. Looking much better
 
Can you feel the remaining blemishes with your fingernail? In other words, if you run your fingernail perpendicular, does it catch in the scratches?
 
How many section passes did you do with UC?

The ones that you can feel are unfortunately too deep to correct without sanding or touch-up paint.
 
dcjredline said:
That sucks man. This is why I am against back up cameras. People rely on them too much. I look back physically never use them when I get into a car with one. My car does not. Looking much better
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My car doesn't have any cameras... But I've driven vehicles that do and I don't think they're part of the problem at all.
Just the other day I was trying to back out of a shopping center with a tiny parking lot right next to a brick wall while it was pouring rain.. Windows all fogged up and I couldn't see a thing, I sure wouldn't mind 1 of those cameras in situations like that.

Besides, how the heck could they be a problem if you're able to see live video of yourself backing into a wall? Anyone who can't pay attention to that probably doesn't care too much about their car.


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This is as far as you will be able to go with any polishing. The next step would be having the body shop sand and paint it. So the question is can you live with it with the way it looks right now? Or do you absolutely have to have it perfect? That is going to be a $400 fix minimum at a body shop, and we all know that you get what you pay for when it comes to body shop work.
 
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