Scratches on car

blueeye

Not sure if I've posted in the right area, but my dog has scratched the exterior door of my car and they although they don't look deep they look horrid.

What can I do to limit the sight of them, someone said to me about t-cutting, but I've no idea what that is. Also I don't want to have to respray the door as I can't afford that.

Is that an old fashioned cure for scratches to car doors?

Pink.

Hi blueeye,

T-cut is a slightly abrasive liquid that can be bought in most garages or car shops. You rub it onto the paint and buff it up and it can make small scratches less obvious and sometimes removes them altogether.

The experts on the Motoring board should be able to help more with this so I'll move your thread over there.

Pink

gardner1

blueeye wrote: »

Not sure if I've posted in the right area, but my dog has scratched the exterior door of my car and they although they don't look deep they look horrid.

What can I do to limit the sight of them, someone said to me about t-cutting, but I've no idea what that is. Also I don't want to have to respray the door as I can't afford that.

Is that an old fashioned cure for scratches to car doors?

T-cut will work a treat

Inactive

gardner1 wrote: »

T-cut will work a treat

Not if the scratch has gone through the top coat, it will not, it could make matters worse.

Without seeing the scratches it is difficult to advise, take it to a body repair specialist, they will advise the best options.

nobby24

I would try T-cut first, I'm sure it wouldn't do any harm and it'd be cheaper than taking it to a garage.

cyclonebri1

Is it a solid colour or metallic/pearl?

I realise if you don't know what tcut is you may not know.

If it is solid you are unlikely to do further damage by trying such as t cut. If laquered it's all too easy to go through the top coat as said earlier.Body shop will probably give it 2 mins with the polishing mop which should give some improvement.

Shoot the dog.:eek:;)

Gloomendoom

If they have gone through to the primer (usually grey or beige), or worse the metal, I find the best way is to invest in some touch-up paint and a fine, good quality, artist's paint brush. A steady hand and some patience can produce near invisible results. Depending on the depth of the scratch, you may have to build up the paint in several layers. Don't try it with the bog brush you get with the touch-up paint though!

Failing that, there are several firms that offer invisible scratch repairs for quite reasonable prices (compared to most body shops).

Inactive

nobby24 wrote: »

I would try T-cut first, I'm sure it wouldn't do any harm and it'd be cheaper than taking it to a garage.

T Cut is in effect a mildly abrasive cutting compound, the OP could quite easily make matters worse, depending on the severity of the scratches and the paint type.

LandyAndy

If the scratches are superficial, polishing with coloured wax polish may be effective.

nobby24

Inactive wrote: »

T Cut is in effect a mildly abrasive cutting compound, the OP could quite easily make matters worse, depending on the severity of the scratches and the paint type.

You'd better get t-cut to put a warning on their product then.

jimbo_the_jetset

Careful which product you use as some are more abrasive than others. See article here for general info on product range

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/products/202269/scratch_removers.html

Oh... and test an inconspicuous area first, like inside of door or boot, then if it does go wrong it won't be really obvious