Deep scratches in paint
MarkinAtlanta
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I don't really mind the cat hanging out on the warm car when I got home. She is a part of the family. But now she has crossed the line. Left and right matching 8" scratch marks on the hood of my black Miata. This car is (was) in outstanding condition. Killing the cat is not an option (wife is firmly against this), and it wouldn't fix the problem anyway. Scratches clean though the paint and hit bare metal. It's on the hood, which is aluminum, so it shouldn't rust. But still, what is the best way to treat this, in my experience touch up paint works okay on plastic bumpers, not so well on sheet metal, maybe a good polish to loosen the paint and cover it up? Can somebody recommend a good polish? Or is there a better way? Thanks. grrrrr....
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you may have to settle for having it spot-patched and buffed out, and throwing an old moving pad or something over the miata hood when you get home. that's what most of us end up doing.
in any event, I would try the moving pad long before I would try boxing up the cat and going to "kitty jail" for another go at the vet.
The dog is here to stay, so now I don't park in the back yard, but want it to look new again! I have insurance that will cover it, but don't like the thought of having my rates go up. Does anyone know if there is any way of fixing this short of haveing it re-painted? I love my truck, and want it to look as good as it did when I took delivery. Any help is greatly appreciated.
I haven't tried it yet, but have ordered it.
http://www.langka.com/
Hey, if it doesn't work, there's always insurance.
We use these guys and they are unbelievable.
I'm sure every major city has a couple of these. Call your Mazda dealer and ask who they use.
I also ordered Langka. I tested it on some smaller scratches first. Langka could easily completely eliminate any paint you added. With the supplied plastic card you have to use a cotton cloth. Don't use terry cloth. It cleans up everything fast, including the paint in the scratch. Find a thin 100% cotton, and use a lot of patience. Use very light strokes to be successful. Work outside. The fumes are toxic smelling. Really strong. It's a product that with a little artistry, and patience can be very good.
I actually found that for my longer scratches that a flat toothpick worked much better than the supplied brush. I'ts hard to explain, but it seems that with the flat toothpick touching it to the scratch seemed to invoke capillary action. The paint just slurped into the scratch and left very little outside. The touch up brush got the scratch, and quite a bit outside of it. Langka was more useful on the brush scratch because of the extra amount, but using the toothpick was much better overall. It just filled in the scratch area.
I could also get the toothpick to leave a smaller bump on very small rock chips.
I've used black touch up paint on a black pickup, and it was much easier to match than the silver metalic, or Red colors. It was as easy as my white car.
which means next you probably should take the truck and the old work order back and talk to the shop manager, give them one more (free, absolutely) chance to take the monkey rash off the truck carefully.
if that fails, get the same kind of pictures, copies of both orders, have a REAL body shop fix it, and take the whole documentary pile to small claims court and get some relief from the anti-body-shop. or tell everybody you know and see on the street what the anti-body-shop did, whichever is more gratifying... keeping in mind those dudes could sue YOU if they are really having trouble keeping their oatmeal down today, and they won't be in small claims court for THAT.