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Some absolute gimp has keyed my car all the way down the passenger side, from just above the front wheel to the rear quarter.
You can feel it with your nail, but it looks like it has only gone through the lacquer rather than down to metal.
Anything i can do to minimise its visibility? some sort of polish or something?
You can feel it with your nail, but it looks like it has only gone through the lacquer rather than down to metal.
Anything i can do to minimise its visibility? some sort of polish or something?
Try polishing it, but if you can feel it with your nail, chances are it's too far gone. Depending on the car you could get a detailer to have a look at it. Our neighbour had her car keyed on every single panel, effectively writing the car off, and tried various things but nothing has worked and if anything it looks worse. She did actually put butterfly stickers along some of them too 
I’ve repaired scratches invisibly where it’s gone trough the clear coat, but base coat (the colour) is intact. A small paint brush, a scratch repair kit (you only want the laquer), and lots of patience is required. When it’s dry, wet sand along the scratch area to blend it in, then T-Cut and polish. I’m not sure if what to do the whole length of the car though. If f you’re not confident, take it to a body shop.
M138 said:
What possesses someone to scrape down the side of a stranger’s car?
There really is some nasty morons in this country now.
As in my post above, a neighbour had every single panel keyed, by her sister as it turned out. I believe infidelities were involved.There really is some nasty morons in this country now.
My mother and step father had paint stripper poured over their car in a case of mistaken identity. It wrote the car off.
MadCaptainJack said:
Red9zero said:
Our neighbour had her car keyed on every single panel, effectively writing the car off...
Red9zero said:
My mother and step father had paint stripper poured over their car in a case of mistaken identity. It wrote the car off.
o_Oboyse7en said:
Some absolute gimp has keyed my car all the way down the passenger side, from just above the front wheel to the rear quarter.
You can feel it with your nail, but it looks like it has only gone through the lacquer rather than down to metal.
Anything i can do to minimise its visibility? some sort of polish or something?
what colour car? metallic or solid paint?You can feel it with your nail, but it looks like it has only gone through the lacquer rather than down to metal.
Anything i can do to minimise its visibility? some sort of polish or something?
as already posted can potentially be touched in, then sanded flat and cut / polished back up.... but that will work better with flat colours
M138 said:
What possesses someone to scrape down the side of a stranger’s car?
Happened to me about 20 years ago when I lived with my ex. Heard a noise outside, looked out to see a teenage girl stood in the drive kicking the hell out of one of the headlamp units on my car. Went outside to confront her and she just sauntered off while giving me a mouthful about how there was nothing I could do and the police wouldn't be bothered... which they weren't. Woke up the next morning to find the windscreen had been smashed overnight. Police still not bothered.Vandals are worthless bags of biological waste who I'd nominate to be fourth in line after rapists, murderers and paedophiles if the death penalty was ever brought back.
M138 said:
What possesses someone to scrape down the side of a stranger’s car?
There really is some nasty morons in this country now.
We used to live on the very end of a quiet lane in a village in rural Cornwall. One night a total scumbag smashed the driver's window and slashed a tyre on my Range Rover, keyed all over the driver's door and slashed both front tyres of my mate's Jag that happened to be at our house, then as a finale he slashed the soft top of my wife's Mini. The police attended when we reported it the following morning and said that the low life had done nineteen cars that night, they had a pretty good idea who it was as he'd done a number of multiple car sprees around the area for some time but they had no specific evidence to charge him. He was outed on FB the following week and turned out to be a 15 year old youth. A poor end to the story but I don't think he was ever charged although, following the FB reveal, a local vigilante who had also been a victim of his antics (not me!) went around to his house and put the fear of God into him and there hasn't been any cases of multiple car vandalism since so it appears he got the message!There really is some nasty morons in this country now.
Meguiars Ultimate Compound, a hand polishing pad and some patience may well improve it to the point you can’t easily see it.
Wet sanding etc is a compromise between removing lacquer to the point it’s the same height as the scratch, and thus removing good finish from the surrounding area. Without a paint depth meter you might end up making things worse.
Wet sanding etc is a compromise between removing lacquer to the point it’s the same height as the scratch, and thus removing good finish from the surrounding area. Without a paint depth meter you might end up making things worse.
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