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Help, car got keyed!!!!
The whole of nearside was keyed today from boot to front wing. will it polish out????? or do i need a respray?
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Same thing happened to me. You can T-cut/polish it out if it's not too deep. Otherwise it's a respray.
Best approach is to try to polish it out and go from there. I took mine to my local body shop and he tried to polish out for me for free. Just be careful not to go too far. |
what w**kers cant they leave anything alone!!! hope you get it sorted chap
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If you can feel the scratch with your figure nail then it’s too deep to fully remove, polishing will round off the edge making it less visible.
Good luck. Who would do such a thing? |
If your any where near the Herefordshire area then give me a PM mate and I'll sort you out:thumb:
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What for free?
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Originally Posted by SRSport
(Post 10027925)
What for free?
ie compound and DA machine[detail work] If it needs painting then its a different matter of course. |
looks like it will need touching up then flatting/polishing , iv recently done a key scratch on my sti
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Horrible when that happens, have had it done to me couple of times. Some people r just arseholes!
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Originally Posted by prodriverules
(Post 10027881)
If your any where near the Herefordshire area then give me a PM mate and I'll sort you out:thumb:
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if you are prepared to have a go yourself i would buy a touch up paint then clean/apply a layer to the scratch then allow to dry for atleast 24hrs then flat/polish it , there is a good how to on detailingworld , i always tend to buy the touch up paint that is single stage so has a shine inhancer built in rather than having to touch up with the base colour then also with clearcoat
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^ I had a similar scratch on my Ford Cougar back in the day. I didnt have a touch up pen but I had some spare Halfords spray. Cleaned the scratch and sprayed. It made a terrible mess of the door but when I polished it back with a rubbing compound it took it back to the original paint but left the paint in the scratch as it flattened out. The end result was almost perfect. You could see it if you got down on your knees and looked down the car but for a £8 fix it was superb. I soon forgot about it and when it came to selling it, it wasn't even mentioned by me or the purchaser.
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Originally Posted by SRSport
(Post 10028715)
^ I had a similar scratch on my Ford Cougar back in the day. I didn't have a touch up pen but I had some spare Halfords spray. Cleaned the scratch and sprayed. It made a terrible mess of the door but when I polished it back with a rubbing compound it took it back to the original paint but left the paint in the scratch as it flattened out. The end result was almost perfect. You could see it if you got down on your knees and looked down the car but for a £8 fix it was superb. I soon forgot about it and when it came to selling it, it wasn't even mentioned by me or the purchaser.
Did you ever sort the stains on your bonnet :wonder: |
Not really. The stains did come out pretty well when I used a rubbing compound but the scratches are not budging. Funnily enough I tried doing the same as what I suggested in post 12 with Upol lacquer but it wasnt as effective.
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The bonnet of ours was done just after I'd spent the weekend cleaning it :mad:
Looking at a respray after MOT, road tax & insurance :cry::cry: |
where abouts in essex as i might be able to polish that out
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you could try that dr colour magic thing, I used it on my porsche for a scratch and it worked a treat :thumb:
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Originally Posted by Dasco
(Post 10030674)
where abouts in essex as i might be able to polish that out
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Originally Posted by Jamo
(Post 10037112)
you could try that dr colour magic thing, I used it on my porsche for a scratch and it worked a treat :thumb:
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Thanks for offers lads but had to give it in at the body shop because the scratches were too deep :( tried my luck polishing but to no avail.
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Ouch, sorry to hear that.
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