Will this scratch polish out?

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Will this scratch polish out?

Post by Scottynic » Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:07 am

Just noticed this scratch this morning totally gutted. Looked after my old lotus and it was never scratched in 18 months.

Had this one for 7 months and its got this massive scratch, no idea how it happened?! :rage :(

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Re: Will this scratch polish out?

Post by meatball » Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:12 am

Industrial polisher may remove it......good luck.

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Re: Will this scratch polish out?

Post by dezzy » Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:37 am

Try this stuff: http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog ... olish.html You'll be amazed what it can do by hand. Use the orange version of these foam pads to apply it: http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog ... olish.html

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Re: Will this scratch polish out?

Post by Scottynic » Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:08 am

cheers for that, think i would rather get a pro to do it tho.
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Re: Will this scratch polish out?

Post by meatball » Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:36 am

My understanding is that it may keep coming back if just treated rather than resprayed?
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Re: Will this scratch polish out?

Post by dezzy » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:33 pm

meatball wrote:My understanding is that it may keep coming back if just treated rather than resprayed?
Not if you use an abrasive polish, like the one I've suggested above, and the scratch is not through the clearcoat. I have no idea how deep the scratch is from the photo above, but if it's not that deep, you'd be amazed what can be done by hand. It's worth giving that a go by hand first to save yourself the expense of a pro. If that doesn't work, then you can try a pro like Ally too, but remember they only have so much paint thickness to work with. So, if it's through the clearcoat you're going to have to get a respray to sort it, as no machine polishing is going to resolve that (it'll just take more and more paint off).

Always worth giving things a go by hand first but if money is no object then just book it in for a respray if you want rid of it completely.

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Re: Will this scratch polish out?

Post by allyrennie » Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:12 pm

You have a PM sir

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Re: Will this scratch polish out?

Post by Edin430 » Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:39 pm

Ally will sort it for you.

If it is through the clear coat he can fill it in with a touch up pen sand it back to level it and polish it up - obviously not as good as a spray but works almost perfect every time.

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Re: Will this scratch polish out?

Post by g1zmo26 » Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:40 am

Hi there dezzy and lewis are both right. From the pic it's hard for us to tell. As dezzy say the clear coat is only so think so last thing you want to do is mess about too much with it if your unsure. A small polish with the stuff dezzy says won't do any harm, and if it comes out fab you did it yourself. If not as lewis says there are pro's out there that will be able to tell you even by lookIng at it if it will come out. Then they will be able to tell you your best option. Then it will just be down to you for what you can live with slight mark or paint it. As the pics from allys work Are great I am sure he will put you right. Hope you get it fixed it a nice car. :thumbsup

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