[louballs]

So my wife decided to put a 35 lb. of dog food on my black VT and then drag it off leaving a mess of surface scratches! After the smoke stopped coming out of my ears I went out and bought a surface scratch remover from autozone (can't remember the brand), but it didn't work. Before I keep spending money, does anyone have one to recommend that you actually have experience with??

 

[Boots Ylectric]

Get it professionally buffed out.


And divorce your wife. lol. j/k

 

[NEVL666]

So my wife decided to put a 35 lb. of dog food on my black VT and then drag it off leaving a mess of surface scratches! ..

Does she have a death wish? .. where are the scratches?

 

[btjetman]

Sell the wife and keep the dogs.

A good body shop should be able to take care of the scratches.

 

[Blakngold4life]

My simple and effective process for anyone to remove scratches:

1) Buy a good polisher, many recommend the Porter Cable, I personally use a Shurhold.
2) Buy some good 3-5 step polishes and scratch removers along with their recommended pads, I use Adam's products but there are many good ones out there.
3) Buy a panel from a junkyard with decent paint to learn on.
4) Spend hours learning what you can and cant do with your equipment and products on the spare panel.
5) You have probably used all the product you bought, so buy more of what you liked and what worked, and some other stuff to try.

You are now able to fix your current scratches and any in the future. This process will probably cost about the same as a good body shop, but if you have time it will be well worth it.

 

[louballs]

THanks for the info. THe scratches are on the roof on the spoiler. I was none too happy .They aren't easy to spot as they are very light, but its that first scratch that always gets me!!!

 

[ELS]

ON THE ROOF??!!! Why not the trunk? Oh my gosh.... I don't really have a good answer for you, it's just surprising a bag of dog food would go on a roof, unless it was on a carrier.

 

[rosscoe21]

You don't need a polisher or to take it to the body shop. Go back to autozone and find 3m compounding solution. That should do the trick. Use a microfiber and rub in a circular motion and apply some pressure. It may take a few goes by hand but will save u money.

 

[louballs]

ON THE ROOF??!!! Why not the trunk? Oh my gosh.... I don't really have a good answer for you, it's just surprising a bag of dog food would go on a roof, unless it was on a carrier.

We didn't bring it home on the roof, we had it in the trunk when we went grocery shopping. She took it out of the trunk and for some reason put it on the roof while she gathered the rest of the stuff then "slid" it off lol.

Thanks for the tips guys!

 

[Hyperion]

Well depending on how deep your scratches are, I sort of recommend Meguiars Scratch X 2.0. If it's your clear coat then it'll likely remove it to a certain degree.

 

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You don't need a polisher or to take it to the body shop. Go back to autozone and find 3m compounding solution. That should do the trick. Use a microfiber and rub in a circular motion and apply some pressure. It may take a few goes by hand but will save u money.

Well depending on how deep your scratches are, I sort of recommend Meguiars Scratch X 2.0. If it's your clear coat then it'll likely remove it to a certain degree.

These ^^. If you run your fingernail over the scratch and it catches, the scratch is too deep to repair other than by a body shop. They have hand buffers and compounds too and lots of sites to buy from.

 

[3Sxturbo]

These ^^. If you run your fingernail over the scratch and it catches, the scratch is too deep to repair other than by a body shop. They have hand buffers and compounds too and lots of sites to buy from.

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