Light scratches

[Pete.g]

Managed to back into the hedge while reversing down the drive a couple of days back, that'll teach me to have the stereo on too loud (I never heard the parking bleeps lol) Anyway the back n/s quarter of my car has light scratches now and with it being dark blue it sticks out like a sore thumb!

I have read somewhere that T-cut doesnt work on metalic paint. So how do I sort the scratches out without having to pay a specialist company?

Cheers,

Pete.

[rdwarr]

I'd try AutoGlym stuff first. They do a cutting polish which you then go over with the normal stuff.
Good job it was only your parking beep you didn't hear. Could have been a motorcycle horn or a pedestrian screaming out.

[Pete.g]

To be honest the stereo wasnt excessively loud I think it's more a case of the bleeper isnt very loud, can you turn the volume up on them?

[rdwarr]

I'm not sure to be honest. Probably depends on the make/cost of the thing. Another option would be to look out of the rear window ;)

[rrockettman]

I find coloured car wax works well on dark metallic paintwork but it's not a permanant repair. Get one with a wax stick if they're deeper.

[Chris_VRS]

If the scratches are only light...i.e running a fingernail over them and not feeling the scratch then a mildly abrasive colour polish like T.Waxs colour magic should do the trick...if not a slightly more heavy duty product is required!....Farecla do something called G3 in paste form which is quite a harsh compound which needs to be used with water to stop it burning the paint!....or a much finer grade compound G10 which is a finishing compound used either after the G3 or on its own will remove light scratches...make sure you polish over the area afterwards as all of the above will remove any polish you had this area.

[Porker]

I had some pretty heavy scratches on metallic paint (the dog jumped out of the drivers side window and slid down the door) and thought this would never come out - BUT, normal polish (ie not a cutting compound like T-Cut) applied with an electric buffer did wonders to it, coupled with some colour matching wax, again applied with a buffer, and you had to look very hard to see where the scratches were. Fairly cheap to try it, even if you have to buy a buffer...might be worth a go.

[Pete.g]

A mate of mine has an electric buffer so i'll give that a go 1st.

Thanks,

Pete.

[delmontebanana]

If all else fails try this kit
http://www.paints4u.com/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=5015

I've bought off them for ages and this kit has helped me sort out quite a number of blemishes on my car.

Even comes with a nifty video :)