scratch

[Brummy]

looks like a kid on a bike or something similar has scratched the rear bumper
anyone any good tips for making it less obvious without it costing the earth.. ?
Its magic black (would be wouldnt it) scratch is showing up as a white mark going down from the O/S light cluster area to where the bumper curves outward.


TIA

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

Polish it. use some "Finesse it" i think its called....we use it in work. If not there is some stuff available called "Hand Glaze." takes the white off things. T Cut or touch it in with some black magic paint. Halfords sell it but at a rip off price. its a vw colour.

 

[Kendo]

If its going to need a repair anyway you could touch it in with a permanent black marker meantime....................... did the trick to cover the chips when I traded my BMW in

 

[Brummy]

dont really fancy the magic marker jobbie but will give the T-cut a try

Cheers

 

[Kendo]

Nah I didnt fancy it either but car was going to market so didnt see oint in spending money on touch up pen.......... genious I thought.

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

It wont get rid of it all together. but might take the whiteness off. ask a bodyshop to touch it in as best as they can. we charge a fiver i think. Touching it in will do the best job....when i scratched my car....(don't ask) touched it in with normal black paint...looked s**t hot actually!

 

[Brummy]

bet the buggers in Brum would charge a sight more than a fiver...

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

Might be worth a look. i think its £50 we charge for a bumper to be sprayed....not sure. Halfords touch in is £10 for the little pen things. hope this helps a bit. cheers

 

[Brummy]

thanks fella .. Ill pick one up tomorrow (even tho' I dont drive the bloody thing, it'll be my job to get it sorted

 

[rashcupra]

some ***** decided to key my baby down tghe 1\4 panel the other week and i thought straight away it would need spraying (i have the black magic) but hold your horses i work in accident repair so the painters flattened down the laccur and polished it and the whole sctrach was gone they even got loads of scratches out the door that i had when i bought it so cheers for whoever keyed my car MY CAR LOOKS BETTER FOR IT :birdy: :w4nk:

it could just be a scratch on the serface of the laccur making it look bad but can be sorted really cheaply!

 

[Brummy]

its deffo not deep, just looks horrible being a black bumper and a white scratch mark.

 

[Sisson]

Don't T-cut it unless you want to do more damage than its worth.

Have a search for wet sanding on detailing world.

Basically yoy touch up scratch with paint, flatten it off with 3000 Grit sandpaper, [about as smooth as plain paper] then polish the marks out, AG super resin polish would be good by hand, then seal and wax it..

 

[rashcupra]

thats what i though the scratches really stick out on the old black magic! if it is the laccur try a reall fine wet and dry sand paper to flatten down the laccur (dont go to far but dont be shy!) and then polish it up and it should be good as new

 

[Tom B]

Try calling a few smart repairers, chips away for example. They love Black, they say its so easy to blend in!

 

[rashcupra]

will only need a good polishing with a mop and compound me thinks!!!!

 

[rashcupra]

get a pic up when you can

 

[Brummy]

im at work during day tomorrow, Herself will be out in the car prolly wont see her/it untill about eight or nine tomorrow evening, .. if I finish early enough on Sunday ill see if I can geta piccy sorted.. or even a before/after shot if I get it 'sorted'

 

[rashcupra]

even if you can get you nail in the scratch can still come out so dont worry too much!

 

[Brummy]

not even really that deep... just Fugly at the mo with that bleddy white mark

 

[rashcupra]

can under stand im well aware of even new stone chips as i check over the thing about 2-3 timesa week when washing and waxing been a bit lazy recently as cleaning my car is completly pointless! so now im going for the rally look!