I discovered scratches: Should I reclean the paint?

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imported_donavin629

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Hi,



In the last few weeks I've done the following:



Dawn, 3M Fine Cut and 3M SMR, AOIx3, SGx5.



I was very, very disappointed to find a slew of micro scratches all over the passeger side fender, to the door, and even across to the passenger side rear door. I'm so mad at myself because it looked like I could've had some debris on the towel or sheepskin sponge that I use. But I've always made it a point to use clean and correctly washed towels, and instead of using the two bucket method, I just use the jet nozzle and spray down the mitt before every dunking. But I got em, and I really want to get them out.



I've spend many hours working on my car, and I dont want to do it all over again. What is the best way to remove these fine hairline scratches? Should I use Scratch-X (I just bought it a few weeks ago *just incase*) or use 3M products again?



After that, I bet its necessary to re-Klasse the portion of the car I treated, right? If that's the case, I might as well just clean the whole car with the Pinnacle Paint Cleanser.



I'm just a little bit lost here, and any help would be great. I don't know where to begin, and I'm not sure if I just want to work on that small part of the car without touching the rest of the car. I'm the kind of guy that says, "if one part is messed up, might as well just do the whole car so its all uniform."



anyway, help please...thanks.
 
Wow, I'm recalling how much work it was to do all my SG coats spread over several days and I have to admit, if it were me I'd just fix the affected areas!



Personally I'd try Scratch-X first, then move on to something stiffer (like my tub of TW polishing compound) if I had to. Yes, almost anything you use will rub off all your hard work in that area. :(



btw, they aren't very deep right?
 
Not deep at all. I can *slightly* feel a few on my fingernail, but they're so thin and fine lined, I'm sure I can get rid of most of them.



I'll see what I can do then... thanks for the help.
 
Okay guys, call me crazy, but I'm going to take the plunge and detail my car to hell again.



I'm going to use the same process as I mentioned, but I'll limit the clay bar to "spot-claybarring" because everything is still so silky smooth. I'll also use Scratch X on the areas with scratches (I noticed some on my trunk lid too :( ) and I'll use one or two applications of SMR to remove the very few swirl marks in the front. (They might be tiny scratches, who knows).



Anyway, I'm going to try to make my car paint as flawless as possible. Hopefully, I can do everything within a week, and then apply 5 coats of SG with 1 day waiting periods. Too bad I won't get to use my Souveran that I finally ordered for a little while.
 
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