How would you approach this scratch?

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yugin

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I have 2 quite long scratches on my doors (sorry no pics). They are not that deep or wide, but visible, looks just grey hair. I can barely it with my nail. I'm not sure if its went all the way through clear coat.

Would you:

-touch up paint

-sand it down

-polish.



I'm thinking on trying something like OC by hand, or OC with some cutting pad?
 
least aggressive method that works is the preferred method...



try scratch-x or op, then step it up from there, ie, oc , ohc, ect...
 
You can try and compound and polish but I think if you can feel it with your finger nails you might be outta luck on that method. But doesnt hurt to try it out though. Good luck and post back on what method solves your problem!
 
HAN said:
least aggressive method that works is the preferred method...



try scratch-x or op, then step it up from there, ie, oc , ohc, ect...
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I would have to agree go for it! But it seems to be to deep~
 
If it's in the metal, I would probably fill it with touch up a fair bit and then polish it back level. I am no body shop man but that's the best I can think of
 
Best advice that I can give is to do what you can and learn to live with it. Trying to completely remove something that you can catch with your nail (even just *barely*) is asking for trouble down the road.



I'd try polishing it with the most aggressive stuff you have. If you get any color transfer it means you're through the clear and in that case if you *stop immediately* you might be able to use touchup clear to fill it and then go from there. It won't look perfect but it might be OK. If you polish too much when it's through the clear you'll mess up the *surrounding* clear and then it's off to the paint shop (voice of first-hand experience).



You *might* consider a very light pass with some Meg's Unigrit paper (3000 grit) before you polish. 3K scratches can be removed without a rotary, but note that if this is a bad idea you'll make things worse instead of better and you'll have to try the touchup paint.
 
I just found interesting method: filling the chip or scratch with touch up paint, wait for it to dry between 20-40 mins and then clay the spot to level the paint. Anybody heard/tried it?
 
I've never tried that before but as far as I know clay will do nothing to level touch-up paint. The only thing that will really do that is wetsanding. If you do go fill it and try to wetsand be careful to only sand the touchup paint. Don't sand the original clear around the scratch or you will end up with a weird reflection because of the valley you create (ask me how I know). Good Luck.
 
yugin said:
I just found interesting method: filling the chip or scratch with touch up paint, wait for it to dry between 20-40 mins and then clay the spot to level the paint. Anybody heard/tried it?
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I have heard of that...... there was a post about it on here a while back and (if I remember correctly) they said it worked as well as the Langka system....... but I haven't tried it.



It would be cheap and easy enough to try. I have used the Langka system and personally I'd rather just wet-sand and buff. I might give it another try sometime and let the paint dry longer.
 
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