How to remove this black line?
How to remove this black line?
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rsbmw

Original Poster:

3,466 posts

126 months

Saturday 10th October 2020
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Evening all.

My wife seems to have had a run in with a wing mirror, she pleads ignorance of course but has a black line running down the side of her white car now. I attacked it with some farecla scratch remover (water didn't touch the sides and it was all I had hanging around) and it does come off leaving no damage, but it requires some serious elbow grease. Are there any products that will make this easier, clay bar perhaps?


Blue62

10,076 posts

173 months

Saturday 10th October 2020
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Must’ve been a very low wing mirror. I would try a clay bar, it won’t do any harm provided you keep it lubed. Remember to clean and seal the paint afterwards. If that fails find someone whose handy with a DA

CoolC

4,405 posts

235 months

Saturday 10th October 2020
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Magic sponge.

Chris32345

2,139 posts

83 months

Saturday 10th October 2020
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CoolC said:
Magic sponge.
Those magiic eraser type thing for your house?

Really don't they are abrasive

Big_Dog

991 posts

206 months

Saturday 10th October 2020
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Compound and then wax. I have had some success with Cif (Jif) in the past.

av185

20,464 posts

148 months

Saturday 10th October 2020
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Light t cut then wax.

LunarOne

6,756 posts

158 months

Saturday 10th October 2020
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T-cut, or you might try toothpaste first as it's less abrasive.

rsbmw

Original Poster:

3,466 posts

126 months

Sunday 11th October 2020
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Blue62 said:
Must’ve been a very low wing mirror.
That’s a Touareg!

Thanks chaps

Andeh1

7,454 posts

227 months

Sunday 11th October 2020
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A gentle machine polish, or if you arnt sure a chips away type place will get that out for cheap

Nurburgsingh

5,391 posts

259 months

Sunday 11th October 2020
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Give it a rub with some petrol

Used to clean all the detritus and pick up on the race cars with petrol, works a treat

rsbmw

Original Poster:

3,466 posts

126 months

Sunday 11th October 2020
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I just went with the farecla and elbow grease method, took a while but it’s come up fine