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YOUR RESEARCHGot my first scratch
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The car is due for a detailing - I will have it cleaned & polished and ask them to focus on that area - and then I will use minimum amount of touch up paint that I just ordered from Suncoast.
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I used the oem touch up paint on a similar scratch.
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I polished first which minimized the damage and then used the touch up.
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The car is due for a detailing - I will have it cleaned & polished and ask them to focus on that area - and then I will use minimum amount of touch up paint that I just ordered from Suncoast.
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The car is due for a detailing - I will have it cleaned & polished and ask them to focus on that area - and then I will use minimum amount of touch up paint that I just ordered from Suncoast.
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So while there is probably some penetration of the color coat from the looks of your picture, I am willing to bet that a pro detailer using some stiff polish (but
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I know it's pretty minor compared to what has happened to some people's cars, but the car was a scratch virgin before yesterday. The scratch is about 1.5-2 inches long on the rear quarter panel passenger's side.
I was thinking of ordering the OEM touch up paint, but you will still see a mark. Has anyone ever tried that DRCOLORCHIP stuff? How well does that work?
If I brought it to a body shop, would they have to respray the whole wrap-around piece, or can they just sand & primer and respray that one spot?
Maybe I should just keep it as a war wound and not worry about it, but I'm also a perfectionist so it bugs me a little bit.
DRCOLORCHIP is barely adequate for small rock chips...would not be the ticket for this type of scratch...if it can't be polished out sounds like a complete panel respray is on tap...I'd take it to a pro detailer first and see what they think...
The first part of the scratch looks like it's a chance it could be polished out...but not the the second half. If you want it absolutely
right
you will have to respray that entire panel. Of course with a respray you will have to be concerned with color matching....make sure to take it to someone experienced with Porsche color matching.
I'd consider it a war wound - the first scratch is always the hardest to deal with. I have used Dr. Colorchip w/ reasonable success - it will certainly minimize the scratch. A complete respray seems overkill, but mine isn't a showroom car. Best of luck w/ your repair...
I have not had good luck with Dr. Colorchip on light metallic colored cars. Darks and solids seem to work much better.
Personally, I would touch up the scratch and move on. A complete panel respray seems like it would be overkill for a single scratch. Plus, what are you going to do if you get another one? Respray again?
If you plan on selling your car, a resprayed panel could end up costing you money off the selling price.
A similar through the clear coat /paint scratch on my car cost $ 850.00 to fix properly at a body shop......got 3 estimates......all within $ 100.00........hard to see but on fender at wheel well crease just above bumper cover at the separation joint and tire/wheel edge at 3 o'clock....
The car is due for a detailing - I will have it cleaned & polished and ask them to focus on that area - and then I will use minimum amount of touch up paint that I just ordered from Suncoast. You are right about respraying for a small scratch - not worth it. Thanks for all the suggestions.
I would never re-spray an entire panel for a tiny scratch like that! I bet a good polishing will reduce the scratch by half. You may be happy with that result. If not, I would use a touch up PEN, not a brush, to fill in the remaining scratch.
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fan of Dr. Color Chip -- however even on their web site they note that light silver is one of hardest colors to touch up. I also think they note that in their literature. I fully agree. I had a silver Boxster and it was hell to touch up. I consider myself pretty good at touch-up work -- but I have never been happy with the results, regardless of the process used.
I would definitely try a good polish first. A lot of times what looks like penetration of the clearcoat is just contaminants in the valley of the scratch. So while there is probably some penetration of the color coat from the looks of your picture, I am willing to bet that a pro detailer using some stiff polish (but
NOT
compound mind you, still just talking polish) like menzerna power gloss followed by some lighter steps could really reduce the appearance of that scratch.
The general rule is that if your thumbnail catches on it, it can't be fully polished out, but you can still reduce the appearance. At the very least the rest of your car will look great after a good polish.
I definitely would wait for a couple more before I went with respray.
I don't have any pictures, but my sister's 318i convertible had some douchebag slide across the hood in jeans that had rivets on them. You can imagine the 4 foot arc of carnage that caused. I was able to greatly reduce what was otherwise a 20ft eyesore.
I used the oem touch up paint on a similar scratch. I polished first which minimized the damage and then used the touch up. It's not perfect of course, but it looks a whole lot better than the scratch.
