How to buff small scratches
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How to buff small scratches
Just hauled a load of brush to the land fill and noticed that I put a few small scratches on the side of my box. It is a 2004 F-150 with what I think is a basecoat/clearcoat paint. How can these small scratches be buffed out ? None of them are deep but I would like to polish them out .
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Greg
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Greg
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Are the scratches deep enough your finger nail can feel them?
If they are that deep, they need some more serious work. For light scratches, stripping the wax and using a sealer/glazer can help a lot. Pretty much all newer vehicles are base/clear coat and they don't work like the old enamels. When you polish/buff the base/clear, your only working on the clear coat (hopefully). There are clear touchup paints you can try if you need to fill in scratches in the clear coat.
If they are that deep, they need some more serious work. For light scratches, stripping the wax and using a sealer/glazer can help a lot. Pretty much all newer vehicles are base/clear coat and they don't work like the old enamels. When you polish/buff the base/clear, your only working on the clear coat (hopefully). There are clear touchup paints you can try if you need to fill in scratches in the clear coat.
