Questions tagged [paint-scratches]
Scatches in a cars protective paint layer on the outside of the vehicle.
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Where can I find my car's colour code?
I'm currently shopping around for a touch-up pen to repair some very light scratches on my car. I've found out that our local hardware automotive store can mix the exact colour for any vehicle. ...
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Can cats leave scratch marks on cars?
I live in an apartment complex with some stray cats. I have multiple sets of scratch marks on the side doors of my car. I am unsure if these are from cats or from someone keying my car. Is it possible ...
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Can I use spray paint to touch up my car?
I have several really small nicks and major scuffs on my car; the nicks from driving on the highway (flying debris hitting chassis) and the scuffs from two fender benders. The nicks have started to ...
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What would be the best and cheapest way to fix these dents and scratches?
I have a 2012 VW Jetta. The other day I was pulling into my garage and hit the side of the car. There are several dents and paint scratches. What would be the cheapest and easiest way to get this ...
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BMW 1 Series (2016) Bumper Repair
I recently got a new BMW 1 Series 116D (2016) on a 4 year PCP deal. A week in, I've managed to scratch the bumper.
Although it's a minor dink, I don't want there to be any risk of it devaluing the ...
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Why should I clean bug and bird debris off my car?
I have a relatively new car with nice clean paint. I've read and been told that cleaning bugs and bird debris off of my car quickly is important because it can damage the paint.
Do I really need to ...
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Scratches - both light and deep
How on earth do I remove unsightly scratches from my paint work? There are plenty and are down to the white undercoat. How do I remedy them?
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How can I fix the paint in my car?
My car has several types of paint issues that I worry that they might cause me big troubles in the future. I am looking for ways to solve these issues now so that I save some trouble in the future. ...
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What kind of sealer should go over bondo and primer?
I have some deep scratches on my fender that I filled in with Bondo glazing putty. Feels pretty smooth. I'm planning to spray on a filler primer and sand it down this weekend before spraying the ...
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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 before,...
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Can polishing compound ruin my car's paint job?
I have my Mitsubishi lancer 2004 (silver) that was painted last year. Today I bought a polishing compound named http://www.abro.com/pc-310.html . I put a small amount of the polish on a cotton cloth,...
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Cut and Polish: Looking for help on how to do my car
I am looking to do a cut and polish on my Australian made Holden Calais VT commodore (98 model).
I am very new to doing cut and polishes and was hoping someone could point me out to what products ...
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Paint is cracking and showing lines, like dried mud
4 years ago, after repainting my 1980 Chrysler LeBaron, I'm seeing many lines appear in the paint. These lines appear all over, but especially around corners, and much more on flat, upright facing ...
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I scraped my car against my moms and i need to remove the white scratches
This morning, I scraped my car against my mom's car by accident. I noticed a white scuff above her rear driver tire as well on the front of my Suzuki xl7 with a dent. Can I get it out without taking ...
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What's the difference between a Compounding, Finishing, Buffing, and Polishing pad?
3M and other companies make numerous different types of foam pads (links are to 3M products),
Compounding
Finishing
Buffing
Polishing
What's the difference between these types of pads? How do I use ...
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How can I get rid of door dings?
Wife parks too close to my white car. Would love to get rid of these door dings as her car is only 3 years old.
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Milky cloudy clear coat after rattle can spray
Went to clear coat my headlights after I sanded and removed all the yellow oxidation.
Final sanding before applying clear coat was with 3000 grit.
The temperature inside the garage was ~59F.
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What are the properties of a car painted using electrostatic coating?
When I was younger, I had a bike that I was told was chromed with electrostatic coating, and was very scratch resistant. So, I used a razor blade to scrape the stickers off of the bike. I didn't ...
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What's the best body filler to paint a car
I want to fix some small scratches on my car can you give me some guidance on how I should proceed?
These are my scratches.
Rear bumper
Door handle
Front bumper. Here the plastic has a deep ...
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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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Paintwork damage
I want to learn how to repair paintwork damage on a car.
Anyone here who can provide me with step by step instructures on how to repair the following type of damaged paintwork?
The damage can be ...
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100 Scratches, easy fix?
My girlfriend parked her car (metalic blue Golf V) and took a piece of the solid pillar. So we have a bunch scratches on the left rear. It's about 100 tiny scratches, some are big, others smaler. Some ...
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What happened to the paint on my 2014 Toyota Prius V? Is there a way I can DIY repair it?
Backed into a pole at very low speed, compressed bumper slightly, which caused this tearing in the paint job of a black Toyota 2014 Prius V.
I didn't even know that this was possible, but I want to ...
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Scratch front bumper white car
I have scratched my car tonight reversing in the garage, when I turned the wheel I scratched the front to a concrete column.
My car is a Subaru Impreza Wagon 2007, white
This is a link to a photo.
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How best to repair numerous small chips and scratches that are starting to rust?
I've bought a 20yo car that is in generally good condition but for a few chips and scratches along the front (I'm guessing where rocks and gravel have been flicked up over the years). Most of them are ...
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Fixing rough door scratch?
How should I go about fixing this rough door scratch?
Is sanding required? If so what sand paper should I use. What other materials would be needed?
I'm new to car repairs but am willing to use any ...
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Paint light scratches repair
Hi I own Renault Megane Mk3 for while and car's paint is almost full with small scratches due to hard cleaning( car was cleaned by a hard surface ), I know its stupid thing to make but it wasn't my ...
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can a car be painted in a small area where there are some scratched? or we have to paint the whole side
Some paint is lost as my car slid into a post recently. Can I paint the definite portion where paint is lost, or do I have to paint the whole side?
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Ford Fiesta Light Metallic Blue Scratch Repair
I stupidly scratched my first car using something too abrasive on the bonnet to wash it.
The car is light blue/grey and I would say a metallic colour.
I have been advised turtle wax.
Is waxing ...
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should scratches on a new bumper be painted over?
I bought a 2013 car last year and got a small scratch on the bumper. I think someone may have hit it ever so slightly when trying to back in or something I'm not sure.
Anyway, personally, I'm ...
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How to protect metal from scrape through the paint?
A rock from the road scraped my car's hood a while ago. I have not gotten around to fixing it until now. The paint was completely scraped away down to the bare metal.
My first thought is to take a ...
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What's the best way to re-paint only a corner section of a bumper?
I've got a bit of damage in the corner of my car's bumper I need to repaint.
Would you repaint the whole bumper, or is there some way to 'fade off' the spray effectively?
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painting over bare metal
I recently backed my car into something which left me a scratch and some bare visible metal. I am in Canada where the seasons are extreme, and we are getting into winter and thus plenty of rain, snow, ...
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Removing scratches just using toothpaste?
I heard someone back in the bus said its possible to remove scratches in the body of vehicle just using the toothpaste.Is that true?
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Cheap diagnosis/repair of damaged fairing
There are already a number of answers regarding ways to fix small scratches in bodywork, but I'm not sure of the exact "nature" of the damage to the fairing of my motorbike: It's not my bike, though I ...
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Easiest and the chepest way to touch up missing paint patches on 2000 Chevy Cavalier
I have a chevy 2000 cavalier. I started noticing patches (pictures posted below) on the top and in front of the car. I'm not sure if it needs touch up paint or waxing (I'm a total illiterate when it ...
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How does one fix peeling paint on a car? [closed]
Do i need to repaint it? Its peeled to the black with silver paint.
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if you can't see rust, you don't need primer?
I was watching a youtube video on repairing paint chips and the guy said 'if you cant see rust you don't need primer.
However I notice that plastic(which doesn't develop rust) has primer layer on it. ...
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How to do an amateur repair of a tiny ding on my almost new car?
I recently bought an almost new car, a dealer demo with 5,500 miles on it. It was pristine when I got it. However, the car being unfamiliar to me, I lightly made contact with a bench at the edge of ...
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Minor scratching on plastic fender/skirt
I have minor scratching and smearing on the front skirt of my car which is the plastic part below the bumper.
Is there a way to repair this without replacing the whole skirt?
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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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Is there is a way to repair the paint as the new car? [duplicate]
Hi I own Renault Megane Mk3 for while and car's paint is almost full with small scratches due to hard cleaning, I know its stupid thing to make but it wasn't my fault.
You will get how scratches look ...
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What could possibly attack the paint like this?
All of a sudden, after I took my 2009 VW Golf to a car wash, I noticed some places where the paint started going off... I doubt it is from the washing. I suspect that gum from the apricot tree from ...
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can I use Liquid dish soap to wash a car prior to polishing [duplicate]
I have a 98 Mazda 6 to 6 who's paint is in pretty decent condition. however there is a little bit I've transferred paint and a few small scratches here and there that I'm planning on dealing with. ...
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Body Paint Scratch Repair
I have a copper 2011 Suzuki SX4 Crossover. I bought it in May, and it is already scratched, in one spot all the way through to the metal. I'd like to get some kind of touch-up or clear coat on it to ...
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How did this fairing get a scratch here? [closed]
I had just purchased this bike a couple of weeks before, however I just noticed this scratch on my faring , on the left side near to the visor. Can anybody tell me how this occurred? And how can it be ...
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How to fix a door scratch?
Got a Black, Crystal Black Pearl, Crosstour. Just last night, I reckleslly backed into the parking lot, and front right door was scratched by the short stone wall adjacent to the spot.
I'm not cheap, ...
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Paint codes are approximate?
I recently took my 2019 F-150 to a detailer to have a scratch touched up. The truck is plain white. When it comes back the place where the scratch was is clearly visible because the paint used by the ...
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Parking damage - scraped wall or car?
I just realized in a public parking garage that my (new) car is pretty badly scratched. To the best of my knowledge, I didn't scratch, scrape or touch a wall/pollard or even a car. Is it possible to ...
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Ways to protect paintwork from minor damage?
Assuming you plan on actually using your car as the manufacturer intended minor damage to the paintwork is inevitable - bird droppings, stone chips, light scratches from people brushing past, "swirl ...
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