My noob self did something EXTREMELY STUPID today. When i shaved off the trim on my J-body, i accidently made small scratces. And today, I tried to wet sand it. BAD IDEA. When its DRY, it looks white, like there is smaller scratches in the clear coat or something. And i put some wax on it figureing that would fill in the small scratces. Well it did work. But as soon as the light catches it in the right direction, you can see the small scratches. Im entered into a car show at the end of thsi week. and i need something to hide those scratches. So if you would be so kind as help me out. PLEASE~!~!~!

Thanks Guys;

I know I am a noob, for a while now.

Kyle

How bad are the scratches? Have you tried scratch X? If there not bad it will remove them...go to meguaires site for directions...

Might i add that i used 400 Grit???? That makes it even worse. I think if i got some maybe 5000 grit, or something like that it should take them out....right>????

5000 grit would be a soft rag, use 1500 grit to even it out, then get some 3M rubbing compound and buff it out. Then wax it.






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400 GRIT WTF... can you see the metal? atleast you didn't use wood sandpaper.

diff. use finer grit then 400 like 1200

Oh, and WET SAND it with a COUPLE DROPS of dish soap.





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I when i put on of my sides on i had to do a touch up with spray can and got some paint on the car.. used 600 and got the same effect ur talkin bout.. used 1500 and it helped but still hazed.. got some buffing compound and buffed it.. walah it was fixed.. cant tell it ever happened.. Like shifted said.. put some drops of dish soap in the water ur wet sanding with..

power buffer and 1500..gone in 60 seconds..hehe..phil

dont ever use dish soap on your paint, trust me.......... the stuff is super concentrated and can actually hurt your paint. Use automotive soap to do it

ya NEVER USE DISH SOAP ON PAINT use rubbing compound or something that isnt concentrated or grity


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Meckster wrote:dont ever use dish soap on your paint, trust me.......... the stuff is super concentrated and can actually hurt your paint. Use automotive soap to do it

Kustom 96 Sunfire GT wrote:ya NEVER USE DISH SOAP ON PAINT use rubbing compound or something that isnt concentrated or grity

if your going to use any kind of soap to wet sand use DOVE it doesnt have any kind of additives in it. I would never use any other kind of soap to wet sand... then again i myself would just use water and no soap anyways

aight, so no dish soap, rubbing compound, like turtle wax rubbing compound, or what kind of rubbing compund....where can i get that 3M rubbing compound that "shifted" was talkking about. 1500 grit sandpaper, and a buffer. Well, i have a buffer, but i dont think its a very good one. my pops bought it, and i think he got it at WALYMART haha walmart. SO tell me what you think. Thanks for the help guys.

L8R

Kyle

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I hear man secretions work just as good as soap, and its all natural......... thats Jay's secret to keeping his car so nice looking.....

400 grit




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