Small scratches in the clearcoat

[Mr.Blonde]

When debadgeing the rear hatch, I was a little too rough with the paint and now I have small scratch marks above of my new 'turbo' badge. What is the best product that I can use to repair this? Any help will be appreciated.

[CREWZIN]

Hopefully Gary (TurbomanGT) will see your question and come to the rescue. If it's only scratched on the clearcoat, there should be a couple of ways to hide/cover it. Gary will kill me for this...but I clean the area really well, then use a very small amount of polishing compound (gently). Then MeQuiar's swirl remover, and a coat of wax. If it's really a light scratch, sometimes the swirl remover gets rid of it by itself.

[IRPT]

You could try the Lanka Wet Sand 2000 Kit for repairing small scratches in the clear coat.

http://www.langka.com/newsite/index2.html

There are several other types of clear coat scratch removers available, perhaps Gary can give advice on this.

[turbomangt]

YOu guys should post this in the detail section / I just happened to stubble on it. Crewzin in on the right track. clean the area, although the term polishing and compound covers a huge assortment of products. go with a cleaner, Mine, P21S/ Meguiars any of them will do, Mine is in the middle in terms of aggressiveness. I would not wet sand, way too risky. I don't even like to wet sand, so easy to cut through the clear. after you paint clean, the swirl remover will "fill in" the scratch for a while. But after a few washes it may return. Thats why if its through the clear,buffing by a pro might be needed. Its hard to say without seeing it. But try the wash/paint clean/ polish and seal route first. let us know how it looks. Gary