Scratches, Scuffs: Do Whole Car Or Not ?

HondaMan

HondaMan

2004 Civic EX magnesium
If your car's finish is OK and you have a scratch, what's the best way to just work on the scratch and not re-do the whole car? My sister has a 12" scratch on her mininvan and asked me if I could get it out (with the help of this board!).

I will probably do her entire car soup-to-nuts once I am comfortable, but wanted to know if she had gotten the scratch AFTER a complete detailing, what are my options, other than doing complete multi-layered cleanings of the door and the entire car?
 
By PC or rotary, get some 4" pads and the appropriate backing plate. I routinely hunt for any micromarring and attack it with the 4" pads.
 
When the random scratch/scrape/marring occurs, I just polish the area affected as needed.
Same products, pads, and procedure I would use if I was going to do the entire vehicle, but I will do just the area/panel in question.
That would include scratch/swirl removal, paint cleaner/polish, and last step product. The paint correction would be with the PC, the polish and final product would probably be by hand.
Meg's #9, Klasse AIO, 4 Star UPP on the van.
Meg's #9, Poorboy's PwC, Meguiar's NXT Tech Wax on the GTP or the Chevy.

Charles
 
Thanks guys...what's the downside to using the PC with the 5" plate and 7" pads (once I get 'em).
 
The Meg's pads I use are 6.5" and are used with the 5" backing plate.
The 7" pads will only be 1/4" bigger all the way around. It doesn't seem like that would be enough to cause a problem. Heck, I get mine more than 1/4" off center sometimes.

Charles
 
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