Anyone know of scratch solutions that'll dim the scratch if not - get rid of it?

Question

My son had made some scratches on the side of my passenger door 2 weeks after I bought my new car (Black 2006 Mazda 6i) Anyway - the scratches look as though their right at the surgace - like not deep anyway. I wanted to know if anyone knew of a solution that I could get that takes care of scratches like - dims their scratch to be un-noticeable or that will totally take it out?

dodge man: I'm from Hawaii - I don't think we have an Auto Zone on the Big Island - do you know if Checkers hold's that product or ACE, Napa Auto Parts???

Answer 1

Mcguires Scratch X and can be ordered online.
http://www.meguiars.com/estore/product_list.cfm?sectionname=Consumer%20(Meguiar's%20Brand)>Auto%20Paint%20Care>Auto%20Paint%20Cleaners§ionID=11301

Answer 2

there are several different paint types used on cars. the most common is base coat/clear coat. that means the color is painted on first and then a coat of clear goes on top. if you have base clear paint and you scratched the clear and the clear is not too thin it is an easy thing to polish out the scratches. what you use to get the scratches out depends on how deep they are. the first thing to try is a very mild abrasive polish like meguiar's scratch X. this is just like wax and removes very little clear. test a small area and see if it works. if not then you have to go to a more abrasive compound and then follow it up with meguiars scratch x and then wax. the idea is to take as little clear off as possible and then you follow it up with successive polishes uses finer abrasives and finally wax. for example when a car is first painted and the paint is dry 30 days later the first thing used to polish is sandpaper and water. that is called color sanding or wet sanding. then rubbing compound, then polishing compound, then if you really want to finese it you can use 3m finese or even toothpaste and then use wax. I say all this so that you understand and you do not panic. all you have to do is test a small area and "cut" the clear enough to get the scratches out. if you were good with an air or electric buffer you could use it but it is much better you do this by hand. please note that if your car is not base coat / clear coat it is going to depend on the type of paint whether it is going to polish or not. a good polyurethane paint will polish just fine. a cheap enamel might not polish at all. if the car still has a factory paint job it is going to polish as long as it is not too thin from the sun. the last thing to say is that if it is so bad that the clear coat will not polish....you will still not need a paint job. what you will need if just to have the clear re-sprayed. you would wet sand the car as it is to remove all the scratches and when the clear coat is re-sprayed it will fill in any imperfections and the shine will be like new as long as you do not sand into the base coat when you prep the car for the clear.

Answer 3

Wax crayons or shoe polish or colored car wax will minimize the scratch appearance---a good body shop or detail shop may be able to color sand and buff out the scratches if they're not too deep into the color coat. Aloha, Pomaika`i

Answer 4

there's a product called color back that is like a wax,and it actually has a certain amount of paint mixed in with it ,it works good especially on black cars,wal-mart use to carry this ,but now i think auto zone or advance has it,it works really well i used it on my camaro for a long time,good luck with it.

Answer 5

you could try a fine rubbing compound with a soft cloth