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How should I remove a paint scuff on my vehicle?
The painted edge of a side mirror on another car recently scraped the side of my vehicle, leaving a scuff of paint about half a meter long.
There is no indentation or scratch, but the other vehicle ...
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How should I remove stickers or pinstripe decals from paint?
I want to remove a dealer's sticker from my car. The sticker is on a painted surface. What is the best way to do it?
Could I remove pinstripe decals in the same way?
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What are the benefits to waxing a modern car?
I was taught that waxing a car helped protect the finish by preventing damage from the elements - water, salt, etc.. The first vehicles I owned (a 1981 Impala and a 1978 Thunderbird) developed larges ...
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Removing a painted picture on my car
I recently bought a 2003 Deville, someone had hand brush painted a small picture of Mickey Mouse leaning against the Cadillac symbol. It is very dry. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to remove ...
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How can I find out the exact colour for my car? [duplicate]
I have a couple of cars with some paint damage. Neither have custom paint jobs. Is there a website where I can find the exactly colour match based on the stock colours for cars based on make, model ...
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Scratches - both light and deep [closed]
How on earth do I remove unsightly scratches from my paint work? There are plenty are are down to the white undercoat, how do I remedy them?
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Improving ugly rims
The rims on my 92 Civic are really ugly (discolored/rusted) and I'm wondering how to best make them look nicer without a lot of work or replacing them, especially since I'm about to get the tires ...
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Teflon Coating your new car
While buying a new car the dealer suggests Teflon coating your car so that the paint shine lasts longer. I know that Teflon is a substance which does not easily attach to any other substance. So is ...
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Is Paint Protection worth paying for?
I've just bought myself a new car, and as expected the dealer is trying to sell me extra items.
The two options they are trying to push on me are
Paint Protection
nano technology paint protection ...
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How to remove Duct Tape residue?
I recently had my window get stuck only after having it rolled all the way down. So I had to put a trash bag in its place temporarily, to keep rain from damaging the interior of my vehicle, and it was ...
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Is it true that white car paint will eventually turn yellowish?
I have heard that white car paint turns a bit yellowish, but never really saw a convincing evidence or explanation for it.
So, is it true? And why?
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What effects can paint peeling away have?
I've had a car that was getting quite old, and the paint on the top of the car is peeling away rapidly. Is this just for cosmetics, or should I seek to re-paint the vehicle to protect it for the ...
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How to Get Seagull Dropping Off of Vehicle Without Ruining Finish
During the day I park my car in a surface lot, which makes it vulnerable to the seagulls' refuse attacks. After baking under the Sun all day, their droppings becomes harder than cement and impossible ...
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Clay block effectiveness
Just wondering if anyone has tried any of these commercial clay block paint oxide remover things... If so; do they work? Do they work on all paint types? Can I just use regular $1 a pound ...
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Cheap way to fix peeling clear coat?
The coat on my car is peeling away something like as shown in following picture which I just pulled up from google as an example:
This is my first car and I have never done any car work myself ...
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Is it safe to take the paint back to the undercoat? (will it rust?)
I have a 94 Honda Prelude. The paint is absolutely shot from being in the sun too long. I was thinking about getting it repainted and sanding it back to the undercoat myself panel by panel to save ...
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which 3m filter for painting?
I am repainting a door using spray cans. I am planing on giong through about 6 can... 1 primer, 2 paint, and 3 clear coat.
I have a 3m respirator that I plan on wearing but which filters should I ...
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How to remove edges around body filler/bondo?
I have a curved area on fibreglass with a dent in it. I have filled it with body filler but when I sand it back there is still an obvious ridge where the filler meets the body. I have sanded it down ...
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Can I replace the glass mirror in my (wing) mirror?
A neighbour of mine hit my (wing) mirror with a sliotar and it's cracked/smashed.
Can I replace just the glass (the actual mirror itself)?
Preferably doing it myself.
As oppposed to having to buy a ...
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Fixing small scratches on the body paint
My Ford Focus seems to attract scratches quite badly, and it got to the point that I would like to try and fix them. All of them are rather small, resulting from parking in bushes, careless opening of ...
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Aftermarket Glass Run Rubber (for '94 Nissan D21 Truck)
I am searching for the Glass Run Rubber for a 1994 D21 Nissan Truck (what the window rolls up into on the outside of the vehicle door).
My local dealership said the factory part numbers are 80335N ...
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Considerations when painting brake calipers
Aside from not getting paint on the discs and pads, do you have any advice or tips when preparing and painting brake calipers?
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Where can I get button graphics/decals for car interior (preferably for specific models)?
I have seen around a few threads by the business that created this video. They supply (supplied?) kits to replace the surface of car interior buttons (radio, climate control, etc) that have become ...
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Removing rust / prepping for repainting
I have several developing rust spots on my car.
What's the best way to remove the rust / prep the surface?
I picked up a wire cup brush with a 1/4", but it's limited to 4,500 RPM. My tool options ...
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Finding RAL color code for Sea Green (GN6L) paint on a 1969 Saab 96
I am wondering where I could find the RAL color code for the paint color on a 1969 Saab 96 (V4).
