Automobile paint scratch remover

What brands work best?
It's GM Cajun Red Tintcoat if that makes a difference.
I have both light and deep scratches, some you can catch a fingernail on.

 

What ever pant you get, check out the very fine point brushes that Eastwood sells. Make filling only the scratch easier.

 

Its not the compound, its the person running the buffer that matters.

 

Meguiar's Scratch X 2.0

 

Put in the time and this works. A picture of said scratches ?

 

Unfortunately, it's too dark to take a pic tonight.

 

Not knowing or seeing what you have maybe this can help ...we do this often at my work...get some of the cars color..(gonna be hard if it's base coat clear coat..even harder if it's tinted clear) sometimes, depending on a lot of variables..you can just use clear or a very close single stage paint....it's never gonna disappear..at best you can camouflage it..Do some experimenting with a tooth pic or shiska-bob skewer..shave it down with a razor blade till it's almost a hair..then you have to reduce the color or clear down to a point where it will not make too big a drop on the hair like filament you made with the wood stick..it takes some practice so try a few practice areas.. drag the touch up paint along the scratch ..if done properly you will fill the scratch. Sometimes you might have to wait an hour or so and hit it again..let it dry overnight...next day block sand lightly with 1000, 1500..buff with caution ..breathe on it..say looks pretty good and move on to your next project.
Good luck...be warned..the clear coat is thinner than you think it is.

 

30 years in the collision repair industry... if you can feel it with a nail, you will have to repair and refinish the panel, for a perfect finish. you can "detail, and correct" some swirl marks, light scuffs but, usually you will do more harm than good. if someone tells you different, on deeper scratches RUN!

as said above, finding the RIGHT PERSON TO RUN THE POLISHER, IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE. you would be best served to look at a detailing shop that offers ceramic coatings. they are higher end, have the latest correction procedures, and materials, and are up to snuff (usually) to make the panels look new and "scratch free".

do your research, dont cheap out, dont go with "a friends friend suggestion... and DONT TRY IT YOURSELF, UNLESS YOU ABSOLUTELY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. if you do the latter, it WILL cost you more in the long run.

good luck, your results may vary. Ski

 

Tricoat is not as simple as just repairing a scratch. As the clear has the tri in it.

 

Advice from a guy who obviously knows. My buddy is in the concrete business and we were talking about one of those circular finishing machines. He said it’s the one thing he is very careful about loaning out. I asked why “it’s not the machine it’s the person running it”. I’ve seen more than a few people so some damage burning through the clear or paint on their cars, one of those tools that MUST be in the right hands.

 

What exactly is a tint and how is it different from other paints?

 

Some multi coat colors have a tint added to the clear coat for a candy type finish.

 

PPG Envirobase lists WA434B which I had to Google "Cajun Red" because apparently it is also called Glory Red, Vermillion..
There are a half dozen or so variants..
They also have a 2 stage formula instead of a 3 stage. Challenging task ahead for you friend.

 

If it is a tri coat you might as well decide if polishing the bulk of it out will satisfy you. If not then have a professional reshoot the panel. Trying to touch up and correct a tinted clear coat is going to be a pain in the ass. Best left to a professional. I do plenty of my own correction and polishing on mine and I wouldn't even attempt it on a candy or tri-coat.

 

Somebody needs to give me a good beating for letting someone
(my son) use my new truck (3400 miles on it).
I know better and now I'm the asshole because I
want it returned in the condition it was in when
he borrowed it, which was the deal.

 

I didn’t think that needed to be said but sorry to hear that. Is your son willing to assist in the scratch repair?

 

Perspective...it's a truck. It's going to get scratched...

Might I suggest after you get it fixed you take it and have the surfaces likely to get scratched from normal use covered in Xpel. It doesn't have to be the whole truck but the tops of the bed rails and tailgate, around the door handles and the front end would keep the worst of it at bay.

 

Maybe he should pay for his mistake and take away a valuable lesson. A man would fess up to scratching it at offer to pay for it. Are we making men anymore these days? Too many fluffy people out there.

 

Nah..I am good with that just no need to be bent out of shape about it. I would. But then again I would have it fixed and bring it back full of gas as well.