1 big scratch - Saxperience

mcchriswood · 17th April 2008, 23:22

After realising they could not break into my car yobs decided to scratch rght down the side....all across. Now its only slight (nail doesnt get caught in it at all) how much would it cost too get polished out by a shop with a machine they use?? and is this possible?? thanks
chris

Spanky · 18th April 2008, 00:08

Yes it is possible to get it polished out, but it all depends on how deep your paint is, for how much paint they have to work with, plus it myt work out cheaper to get the panels sprayed, could range from anywhere to £30-£150

Just ring around some bosyshops mate, although most will ask to see the car

Predator_R32^p · 18th April 2008, 01:00

use your finger nail and if it snags over the scratch then chances are its to deep mate and wont polish out

however there are places that can do it without painting the whole panels, tbh it doesnt cost that much to get the resprayed, do all the prep work yourself to keep costs down

mcchriswood · 18th April 2008, 07:57

nail doesnt get caught at all in any part of scratch. as said really light

Branter33 · 18th April 2008, 09:36

In that case. The likelyhood is that it WILL polish out. Pricewise from a professional detailer, you're looking at about £20 an hour

It may require a bit of wetsanding depending on the severity of it.

But you should be able to get it taken out. If the car has never been machine polished before, you should have a healthy amount of clearcoat to play with.

You're probably looking at 2-3 hours work including getting it prepp'd up, etc.

Max

martinvts · 18th April 2008, 13:34

I would have a go at it with ag paint renovator myself before paying a pro to do it.

Ge0_Ge · 18th April 2008, 13:50

im sure people on here would do a good job of wetsanding if u asked them too?

Predator_R32^p · 18th April 2008, 14:19

you wont be able to remove it by hand definately needs a machine