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Scratch Repair possibilities
I purchased a 2017 Chevy Colorado off lease. There are a few longer scratches that look like they might have been repaired with a touch up pen. I was thinking of wet sanding them and then buffing them out. Do you think I can make an improvement doing that or should I just leave them alone?
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Re: Scratch Repair possibilities
I guess I should have started out with a little background. I
'm 66 years old and while I have kept my cars fairly clean over the years I decided to get more into paint correcting, polishing, and detailing. I'm not going into business just trying to learn for myself.
Getting started I read a lot of articles and watched many of the video's on here and elsewhere.
I did purchase a DA polisher and some of the pads and products suggested here. My first attempt is going to be a 2017 Chevy Colorado LT that I purchased from a lease return. It's pretty shiny but since it was a lease car it probably never even had a coat of wax or anything other than running it through a car wash since new.
I am going to clay, compound, polish, and wax it.
There were a few scratches that look like someone made a an attempt to repair. The question I have is should I go after these or is the end result not going to be much better then if I just compound, polish, and wax it.
Also if I'm successful with the truck I'm going to go after the wife's Audi next.
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Re: Scratch Repair possibilities
The scratches on the right look too deep to go after, hard to tell the ones in left pic. What I do notice though is both areas appear to be on edges which means if you use a large pad you may get into more trouble. If you decide to go after it you may not totally eliminate them but you may be able to make them less visible. Again I would use caution hitting them edges
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I previously read many of the articles and watched a few of the videos. Good stuff. Since I always did everything by hand and this is my first machine I wanted to find out everything I could before I actually put it on the paint.
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Nice looking truck.
To me - the touch-up work already performed doesn't look half bad. I would tend to go ahead and detail the truck and move on. It is a daily driver.
If the repairs did look shoddy, then that's another thing.
The problems you get into I share here,
Wetsanding removes paint - Compounding removes paint - Polishing removes a little paint
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I had a ‘17 LT also, it was a very reliable truck.
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I had a Nissan Titan since 2006.
I wanted a midsize truck with a long bed to cart my fishing kayak around.
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