hi all, im trying to clean up this car for someone and its got deep scratches all down the drivers side rear. If t cut doesnt sort it is there any product that will? Its a red renault megane new shape.

Cheers luke

 

Paint.

 

try megs scratch X and put plenty of heat into it by hand...If that fails then i would say the same as Lee....Paint it..!

 

I dont really go down that route as iirc its down front the total length of car apart from front wing so thats a lot of spraying!

 

Plenty of heat into it as in rub it in hard?? Never used megs before. Always been an autoglym lad

 

pmsl

 

Try to fill it with a touch up pen,leave to dry.Wet sand it with with a fine wet and dry,then machine polish it.Failing that it will need spraying.

 

Cheers mate are these pens as specific as make and model or just universal red for example?can i get one from halfords?

 

Go to the dealer and get a touch up from them in that shade.

 

cheers matey any idea on a rough price?

 

How deep is it? can you feel it? if its deep just use a machine polisher and some cutting compound,a paint thickness gauge would be very handy if you can get hold of one,then you can take the clearcoat down to a safe level and hopefully sort the scratch without striking through around it

 

general rule of thumb, if u can feel that scratch with a finger nail, its not going to disappear without paint

 

Halfords sell the kits,you get under coat and top coat for about Ł10 I paid.

 

Sounds a bit crazy but if you have nothing left to lose I had some good sucess with Autosol, my little girl had decided to scratch my bonnet with the buckles on her shoes while sat on it (I was obviously not around to see her doing this but she owned up later). My current motor is quite old now so i thought why not try it. To be fail it looks a hell of alot better. I will get flamed by the buftys but remember my car so old it was not worth painting or going through any real hassle over.

Good luck

 

Not sure mate only seen it not had chance to feel it yet. What cutting compound can i use? Its not my car so dont want to spend a lot mate.
Cheers luke

 

That's where your failing then... Really try the scratch X... Its a better cutting compound.IMO .

 

You realy need to have a look first to see how deep they are ,they might come out via hand

 

That's the thing we on here are only pissing in the wind without seeing it tbh.

 

Just wet flat it and machine polish as far as you dare!
If it's deep don't expect to polish it out.
Rubbing at it will only put shape into the panel if you c!ck rub it lol

 

How deep are the scratches? Get some good pics up if you can .

 

i'l try and get some picks tonight boys.ill take it somewhere light

 

Sounds to me like somebody's scratched a car they've borrowed, and needs to get the marks out before the owner finds out

 

Hahaha its a friend of mine. Thought id help her out

 

In exchange for?

 

just looked at the scratches and there well deep. Cant get picks though but looks like a car has scrapped down it. Defo not t cut

 

Quality....

 

Anal... Giving and recieving!