New here...Man made scratches on my baby! How to remove?

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Ants

New member
Hey all!



I just recently found this site from HondaSociety and I've been lurking a couple days but now its time to join you all!



My current exterior work plan is:

Gold Class Wash

Clay Magic - Blue clay

Zaino Z2

Megiars Endurance Tire Gloss



Interior:

Gold Class Vinyl detailer.

thats all...any more things I need to add to my inventory is greatly appreciated!



But now onto my real question...



I live in apartments, not ordinary apartments, but collegiate apartments. And just last year, some a-hole did a good number on my car. Of course, this is only an assumption, but I figure theres no other way these scratches could have occurred otherwise. Some you cannot feel others you can. And they're so many of them, some 1/8" and some 4"



Here are some pics to let you know what I mean:



WARNING: these are large pics! 1600x1200 so I could show in detail the scratches...



http://www.antshill.com/scratch/PC250136.JPG

http://www.antshill.com/scratch/PC250137.JPG

http://www.antshill.com/scratch/PC250138.JPG

http://www.antshill.com/scratch/PC250139.JPG

http://www.antshill.com/scratch/PC250140.JPG



My theory is that someone parked next to me was carrying some sort of heavy bag that brushed along the corner of my trunk leaving me some pretty scars.



I tried removing them by just waxing over them but that doesn't work. And being the newbie I am, I gave up hope...but now I've found you! Teach me the ways autopia! Thanks in advance to all that reply!



Ants
 
I would suggest that you try and polish these marks out. Have a look in the Member Services section or better still, download DavidB's book, where all you need to know is covered.



I would have washed the car first, so you could see the scratches with more ease. Anyway, I think you could get rid of most of these marks without to much hassle.



Welcome to Autopia



Steven
 
Forgot to mention the car was completely detailed...to my inventory's extent 2 days ago...it rained last night and thus the condition of the car :D
 
To be exact it rained approximately 7 hours after I finished detailing...



I was looking forward to driving a gleaming car the following morning only to awaken to gray skies and a beautiful beading car which is a good and bad thing.
 
Yeah tell me about it...here in Houston...



I was praying the humidty + condensation wouldn't leave water spots on my car the next day...but instead I got rain...so I dont know if thats supposed to be a plus or what not...



Actually...in one of the pics you can see a pretty good relection...I just realized that when I looked this time
 
ejant said:
You can try EO scratch remover or ScratchX to remove the scratches.



Can you run a fingernail across them. if it catched your nail then the scratches are too deep and a more agressive approach will be necessary.
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Some catch...others dont... I was skeptical about ScratchX but I guess I'll give it a shot next time I wash...



Is it safe for Z2? I dont plan on a full wax stripping until early january.
 
Ants said:
bump!
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Just to let you know, A "BUMP" "TTT" and other things like that are against the rules here :) No bigie just saw that your new and didnt want you to start any bad habbits :)









PS welcome to town :)





RCG
 
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