Help!!! Scratches all over my car from car wash!!!?

Question

Okay, this is possibly the STUPIDEST thing I ever did..Today I washed my car and used the rough side of a kitchen sponge to get rid of dirt/oil spots!!! AAUUGGH. Now it has little and big streaks/swirl scratches all over..even on my hood...I scratched the shiny clear coat off and since my car is silver, those spots now are just a lighter dull shade of grey..I have a '02 Honda-- does anyone know what I can use or do to get rid of it?

This is horrible it's so obvious in the sun!! I heard I could buff it out but how can I buff it out if the clear coat is gone..won't trying to buff it make it worse? Any suggestions would really help, I'm so p*ss*d off at myself I think I need a beer or a sedative! HELP!!!

Answer 1

use nufinish. I heard it could remove scratches. It's a kind of wax polish. Buy it at any hardware or auto shop. If it doesn't work, go to a repair shop and fix it up. It shouldn't be too expensive.

Answer 2

I would talk to the manager at the car wash, and ask if you can receive some kind of compensation for your trouble, and get them to match an estimate from a local shop. I doubt the WHOLE clearcoat is gone, because that's a lot of material to get peeled off. Best of luck, let us know how things go! Cheers,

Aaron.

Answer 3

you most likely did not scratch off the clearcoat. Thats pretty dang hard to do. You would have had to go at it with a heavily abrasive pad for a long long time to take the clearcoat all the way off. Clearcoat is pretty durable stuff.

Most likely they can all be buffed out.

Answer 4

You could try using some TeeCut on a small spot to see if it works. What a shame :(

Answer 5

Light polishing compound and a RANDOM orbital buffer should do the trick. Take your time and don't spend too long in one spot or you could burn the paint.
Good luck!

Answer 6

best chances are to pay for that mistake, by going to a local car paint shop and talk to them about it.
for now i dont think there is anything you can do about it.