i cant seem to get these tiny scratches from behind the door handles. its hard for me to reach in there and buff it out. even though the scratches are tiny, theres a decent amount of them and my car is OB..black shows eeevverryyythingg.

help help help

jess

 

+1 i have those too.

 

Get some Ultimate Compound (OTC stuff) and just take a terry cloth towel (for more bite than a MF) and work it in with a good amount of pressure. You'll only be able to do it half and half, and it should significantly reduce the scratches. Let me know how it works out.

 

^^ what he said. But I would use scratch X first then UC. Scratch X should be able to the job. But you can go straight for UC if you want. I Dont know how bad they are :P

 

Those scratches are inevitable. Typically any cleaner wax will work. I use Klasse AIO and it always does the trick. Usually doesn't take too much effort...but they always come back.

 

they wont if your careful

 

ok thanks, if all works out well and the scratches are gone, more likely i'll put a clear behind the handles. i dont care for clear bras too much, but i think this is one of the times where it'll come in handy...

to be continued.

 

Your fingernails are still gonna scratch the clear bra, I don't think it's going to do any good. I could be wrong though.

 

damn you fingernails!!!!!

still if it did work it'll be alot easier to change out the clear than to keep scratching the paint and re-waxing..

 

clay bar them out. Thats what i did.

 

hmm... its kinda hard to get the clay bay behind the door handles...i mean i know my fingers are tiny but not that tiny.

 

Clay bar will not remove surface defect. They will remove surface contaminants.

 

just keep polishing it...you are not going to ever go through the clear doing things by hand!!! If you do, you will have to get a new arm because it will wear you out!!!

follow up the polish with a solid wax for protection and it will help reduce the damage!

 

skipping down the aisles of pep boys, i found a recent item by turtle wax. its specifically made for black vehicles. it was a pain in the *** to use because there were so many friggin steps to it. but it did the trick. the polish was black, so was the detailer solution and the wax itself, so it filled in the scratches perfectly. i guess having a black car may not be such a hassle anymore..