About a month ago my mom washed her car and used 000 steel wool to scrub some areas. (bad idea) while she was using it there was no appearance of scraching but after she dried the car i noticed these really fine scratches everywhere on the car. I was like FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK! I waxed the car, the scraches disappeared, but after a week or so they reappeared.

I tried using meguires scratch X but i had no luck. Im positive the clear coat is fucked but do we need to get a new paint job to fix it or can i clay bar it? or maybe use a PC and buff it out?

Here are some pics. When i slide my nail perpendicular to the scraches i can feel a very slight rougness.





any help would be greatly appreciated.

Moms...gotta lov'em.

yikes

I would slap my mom aroound for a couple hours.......j/k


Then try to clay and then use Zaino scratch remover. It might take about 10 applincations but it just might work.

That's scary! She shouldn't be allowed to wash her car anymore.

Get McGuires Scratch X and try that. If that doesn't work, get some 1500-2000 grit sand paper and wetsand the area and then buff it with a PC buffer or rotary (BE CAREFUL!) use a swirl removing polish!

Take it to a professional detailer. Don't try to wetsand the car yourself.

Or find someone in Jersey with a Porter Cable polisher that could do it for you. :hint:

I'm with him on this one. You could do way more harm than good.

Steel wool on a car?

No shit steel wool? WTF was she thinking. Clean a cars paint with steel ahahahahahahahh

Is this Bizarro Land 'cause you two never agree.

I know. But for this one time, he was actually right, so i had to agree.

I agree with Katana as well.

Damn, i stopped getting e-mail's from this post, didnt think anyone was replying.

But thanks for all the replies. A preofessional detailer will actually wetsand the car?? I've never heard this done before but cant it really mess up the clearcoat? I was reading about people fixing small paint chips and they were using fine grit andapaer to wetsand the area and they were coming out with the looks of larger indentations. But if this wasnt the case and it does work, what would this run me around? Doesnt seem like its a very simple process. Probly very pricey, especailly because its ALL around the car.

damn...

anything below 0000 has no business near a car, glass metal or paint, it can probably be color sanded and buffed out if you take it to a body shop though

You tried compound? I would recommend you use that sparing and not too rough. I recommend 3m fine cut.

STEEL WOOL!!!! damn.

Bet you those bugs and tar came right off though. Hopefully she at least used dawn so her hands were silky smooth

It doesnt even look like it needs to be wetsanded. Not that bad yet. If that came into my shop, i'd get a high speed rotary, about 4000 rpms, a wool pad, and some M-84 compound. Then polish, coat of wax to top it off, and you're done. All over the car like that...i'd probably charge between 300-400.

{My face is butta soft and delicate i think i will use a sponge. As for my son's car it is hard and rough metal therefore i must use steel wool.}

Hmmmm... I may have to try this.


Just as soon as I'm done painting my brake pads and putting Armor All on my tire treads.

HHAHAHAHAH
Yes it did take off all the dirt, and it cleaned up the rubber trim very nicely.
Kavex-i wash my own car, no one is allowed to touch it. the car that's scrached is my mom's 2000 4runner.
So katana you suggest I take it to a profressional detailer, 3-400 doesnt sound too bad. maybe this weekend ill try and find a place arond here and get some qoutes.

thanks for all the help guys...and the silly comments.

I used 3M Fine Cut Rubbing Compound my last wax job b/c I was frustrated by the numerous scratches of varying depth that I didn't remember seeing when I bought the car. If there's crystalline silica in a rubbing compound it could act similar to fine sandpaper (I don't know that for sure) with a lot less hassle; also this makes the rubbing compound tougher to remove than a wax because it leaves a lot of solids behind (I used swirl mark remover after the rubbing compound) Wax alone might get rid of shallow scratches but I had to use a fair bit of elbow grease with my hand glaze to get rid of what remained after the rubbing compound.

Daniel

Scrib, make sure you remember to paint the rotors with at least 2 coats..LMFAO....


The steel wool is not so crazy..I saw a guy cleaning his white caddy with a sos pad...gud n clean...ya know wat I mean....

hehe you just reminded me of the time in a shell station, i saw a lady take that winow squegee and rub it across every single part of her car as if she was cleaning the car. I dunno if you guys have seen this, but i couldnt believe that shit.