Scratch advice needed

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My daughter caught my trucks RR door with her scooter handle bar.

I noticed it tonight doing my ONR wash.

It's moderate not super deep, it shows white but I can barely catch it with my finger nail.

Luckily my truck is silver so I think it's fixable I just need to get some advice.

Wet sand? Compound?
 
Doesn't look too bad. I'd hit it with a MF pad (or course foam) and some medium-heavy cut polish. Might take a few rounds of 3-4 pass hits but it should mostly disappear.

My daughter did the same thing to my black pickup but I had to fill with touch-up paint, sand, compound, and then polish as the scratch was primer deep.
 
I have some Meg's Ultimate Compound, D151, D300, M205 & M105

I think I'll pick up some 3" MF pads and try the Ultimate Compound then D151.
 
Grifffx4 said:
I have some Meg's Ultimate Compound, D151, D300, M205 & M105

I think I'll pick up some 3" MF pads and try the Ultimate Compound then D151.
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All the tools and chemicals you have listed will remove the scratch if it is repairable via polishing (not through the clear).

A good place to start is with the least aggressive product. However, if you're nail is slightly catching it I would probably skip m205 and try d300 to start off. If that still doesn't level the scratch you can always bump up to m105.

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One of the best products for removing small surface scratches (like the ones made by fingernails near the door handle) is by using Blue Magic Metal polish.
You can try it on that one as well.

It's a nice little trick I learned from my father-in-law at Junior's House of Color.
 
wolfie1961 said:
One of the best products for removing small surface scratches (like the ones made by fingernails near the door handle) is by using Blue Magic Metal polish.
You can try it on that one as well.

It's a nice little trick I learned from my father-in-law at Junior's House of Color.
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The manufacturers description says it has NO abrasives?

I wonder why it would work in the suggested application to remove a scratch?

Blue Magic Metal Polish Cream Jar
For all metal surfaces

Non-abrasive

Great on brass, copper, sterling silver, aluminum, stainless steel or gold

Removes tarnish and oxidation

Can be used with buffers and polishers

Provides lasting protective coating
 
Grifffx4 said:
My daughter caught my trucks RR door with her scooter handle bar.

I noticed it tonight doing my ONR wash.

It's moderate not super deep, it shows white but I can barely catch it with my finger nail.

Luckily my truck is silver so I think it's fixable I just need to get some advice.

Wet sand? Compound?
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I had a very similar scratch on a silver Scion. Never expected it to come out. I tried M205 with a LC Orange cutting pad on a PC DA. It wasn't enough. Next I tried M105 on the same pad and it worked very well. I followed it up with M205 and a white pad, and the scratch is 95% gone except for the deepest spot, which I'm not risking further correction.
 
Thanks guys for the help.

I used Meg's MF 3" pad and D300. Worked great. It's about 95% gone.
 
allenk4 said:
The manufacturers description says it has NO abrasives?

I wonder why it would work in the suggested application to remove a scratch?

Blue Magic Metal Polish Cream Jar
For all metal surfaces

Non-abrasive

Great on brass, copper, sterling silver, aluminum, stainless steel or gold

Removes tarnish and oxidation

Can be used with buffers and polishers

Provides lasting protective coating
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Couldn't tell you what the chemical reaction does, but it surely works.
My father-in-law will wet sand, then polish, then use Blue Magic, Maguire's Resin Glaze &, and then Blitz.
Works for all the cars he shows. He's been doing it a long time! A lot of trophies on the stuff he paints.
This is a car he did 20 years ago. Still took 2nd in class at Pebble Beach. Just a little clean up.

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wolfie1961 said:
Couldn't tell you what the chemical reaction does, but it surely works.
My father-in-law will wet sand, then polish, then use Blue Magic, Maguire's Resin Glaze &, and then Blitz.
Works for all the cars he shows. He's been doing it a long time! A lot of trophies on the stuff he paints.
This is a car he did 20 years ago. Still took 2nd in class at Pebble Beach. Just a little clean up.

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Car looks great. Can't argue with the results.

If you are wet sanding and polishing....the surface imperfections have already been removed.
 
Your best option if the scratches are superficial and not into the medal a buffer and rubbing compound will get them out then a good wax job.
 
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