scratch repair emergancy! please help!

[.jrmyrmx]

i was detailing my car so i could take pictures of it for a customer so it was sitting outside last night and my mom parked like 10 inches behind me and i go outside to put it in the garage and let it roll back a bit and it hit my moms car. the scratches werent deep, it was just the paint.

today i tried to follow the instructions for scratch repair using one of those kits from Autozone and it ended in disaster. after wetsanding it lightly and then applying the touch-up paint and clearcoat i sanded it a bit more to smooth it out and now the entire area looks like an asshole and i feel like killing something. there is a guy who want so come out this weekend to maybe pick it up.

what can i do to fix it? would someone be able to buff/polish it? or do i have to get the whole ******* bumper replaced?









i take perfect car if this thing, i barely touch it, use micro fiber stuff and then this happens!!! wtf?!

[.jrmyrmx]

all the stuff on top is clearcoat, not paint. could it all be buffed off?

[SoCal07Si]

how long did you wait to sand it after the paint and clear? it looks like it was sanded too early. If thats the case, u gotta sand again, get all that shit off and do it all over again.

[RaskyR1]

Do you have any pics before you touched it up?

[asndragonboii]

If you polish it, it would make your paint shiny again. But you probably would still be able to tell where the touch up paint is.

[.jrmyrmx]

Originally Posted by asndragonboii

If you polish it, it would make your paint shiny again. But you probably would still be able to tell where the touch up paint is.

so if i get it polished it shouldn't be noticeable. i dont care if you can see the touchup paint a little, im selling the damn thing for $13,500 so ill just tell them about it.

[.jrmyrmx]

Originally Posted by RaskyR1

Do you have any pics before you touched it up?

it pretty much looked normal, just 3 scratches on the raised parts that just went though the paint.

[RaskyR1]

Originally Posted by .jrmyrmx

it pretty much looked normal, just 3 scratches on the raised parts that just went though the paint.

Get some of this 3M compound and then follow it up with a polish like Meguiars #9 or even ScratchX if you have it. It will remove the sanding scratches.

[.jrmyrmx]

Originally Posted by RaskyR1

Get some of this 3M compound and then follow it up with a polish like Meguiars #9 or even ScratchX if you have it. It will remove the sanding scratches.

well i dont have a buffer, and dont know anyone who does so im going to have to pay someone to do it.

[RaskyR1]

Originally Posted by .jrmyrmx

well i dont have a buffer, and dont know anyone who does so im going to have to pay someone to do it.

It can be done by hand....just takes some time and elbo grease

[.jrmyrmx]

since the clearcoat and paint isnt completely dry is there anything can put on it that would strip off that stuff but not the oem stuff? then i could just get it polished and sell it with the scratches.

[asndragonboii]

After wet sanding with 2000 grit


After 5 applications of scratch-x



Just so you kinda get the idea

[.jrmyrmx]

i have a friend comeing over with a buffer and some polish stuff. but only problem is there is some clearcoat on the top thats kinda nasty and lump because right after i put it on i realised it was a ba idea and tried to remove it...

is there something i could put on there to remove all that extra shit?

[RaskyR1]

Originally Posted by .jrmyrmx

since the clearcoat and paint isnt completely dry is there anything can put on it that would strip off that stuff but not the oem stuff? then i could just get it polished and sell it with the scratches.

lacquer thinner

[pkkid]

I freaked out because at first I thought you said it was a customer's car. You'd be in real deep $%^& if it was. Looks like it's just the HFP lip, if you can't fix it just get a new one?

[.jrmyrmx]

ok, thanks for the suggestions.

the stuff has been on there for like 4 hours. is it dry enough to buff, too dry to strip off? my friend offered to come over in an hour or so, could we do it then or should we do it tomorrow.

what should i do.

[RaskyR1]

Originally Posted by .jrmyrmx

ok, thanks for the suggestions.

the stuff has been on there for like 4 hours. is it dry enough to buff, too dry to strip off? my friend offered to come over in an hour or so, could we do it then or should we do it tomorrow.

what should i do.

I'd wait till tomorrow if you want to buff it. You should be able to remove with thinner long after it has dried if you choose to do so.

[nayilsi]

lol....wtf

how !!!!??