I have alot of scrathces on my car. Some very thin, some deep, some small areas i lost a small amnt of paint. MY car is in mint condition, no dents, nothing, except for mentioned scratches.....

Between weather, inexpierence etc, my question is though, after a full detailing, will most of these scratches dissapear?

 

This is about the worst i have it ....i hate it



UP CLOSE

 

wow how the hell did you get that ? did you make a post about it ?

 

Parking...very tight spot by college, didnt even see it till i was home later that day. Any recomendations on how to take care of it? I have some paint damage on my front lip that im getting taken care of tomorrow, u think i should ask them to "buff " it out?

 

Those look pretty bad. I'm not an expert but I expect this will involve touchup paint.

 

Either way, if i get it done profesionally, detailed that is, will most of these scratches be filled?

 

Its the same spot....but yea i know

Thats alot of touch up paint, should i try and do it myself?

 

lets see what the pros (exceldetail etc.) think.

 

Scratches:
Before deciding upon treatment, you should first access how deep the scratch is and how badly the paint film surface is compromised. A surface scratch that will `catch' your fingernail is approximately 0.004" deep will usually require wet-sanding and refinishing (best undertaken by a professional or an experienced detailer)

 

Kind of hard to tell if its a "transfer" (+), or a depth scratch (-).
I wouls supsect however, your going to need some light body work. In the 1st pic, it looks as if theres some rust appearing. You need to get going on this, if this is the case.......
The scratch between the filler cap and door looks a little deep also, but the swirls under the door handle should be able to be removed.......

 

It cant be rust, on account that it happened yesterday. I Scraped against a pillar, so thats what the discoloration is from.

Scratches that im concerned with are the one directly above tirewell. Those must surely catch my fingernail.

 

That will not buff out, get some touch up paint

 

Well the shop is gonna touch it up, they said it would cost about 500 to fix , but since i go there alot, theyll do that for free. After winter, i will worry about it.

 

Why not get it now? If you leave it bare and allow the winter salt to attack it, you may have rust.

When I was looking at the top of the first picture, I thought it was some type of UFO. (Door handle)

 

I will have the touch up paint and other stuff done to prevent rust this week. Fixing the whole panel and repainting can wait for after winter is what i meant. Winter is a time for not-nice things to happen to a car, espeically in NY. Dont want to get it all fixed now, then have something happen , only to have to do it again..

I will take measures to stop rust quickly though.

 

Yea, that looks too deep. This happened to me back in May, but it was only paint transfer:

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22425

 

Great job, whats a porter cable?

I do wanna take some measures myself with the scratch, i am picking up a full detailing kit soon, as i plan to do a full detail shortly.

 

PC 7336 available at Lowes for $109. Buffing pads are available at online detail sites. Both of these buffers are the same except for the CW (counterweight). The 7336 has a 6" and the other has a 5".



PC 7424 available as a kit from several online detail sites such as Autogeek, Premium Auto Care, Autopia, etc.

 

^^^ Yup, thats a PC

Rmatic, a pc isnt going to help you much in your case. If the paint is gone, no amount of polishing is going to bring it back.

 

Yea, well the scratch really isant that bad in person, not as bad as the pic makes it to be. I think a combination of a bright flash at night really captures every little detail

After the shop uses touch up paint, and its deatiled (to cold, ill get it done profesionally @ a local detailing shop) i think i can live with the looks of it, untill im comfortable enough to have it fixed financially.

That thing looks cool though....

 

The shop touched it up with paint and a very fine brush specialized for this type of thing. They did a great job, barely noticable now, and i can live with it untill i have it fixed, if i do , down the line.

 

Mind sharing an "after" pic? Just curious.

 

Sure ill snap one later today, or tomorrow.

 

if you can find someone that does touch up with air brush....it would cover it up better then just touch up paint...theres a guy in hawaii that does touch up paint using air brush and that stuff comes out nice....i had him do touch up on my tonneau cover before on my truck and you couldnt even tell where he painted....