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Old 09-18-06 | 04:23 PM
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Ok, so I went to Walmart today only to come out and drive home to find out that I have what appears to be a key mark on my rear passenger quarter panel!! Parts of it have slightly went into the clearcoat and possibly into the paint because I can feel it with my nails. So what product do you think I could use that would help me remove it?? Much help would be greatly appreciated.
Old 09-18-06 | 04:57 PM
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If you can feel it with your fingernail you probably are not going to be able to completely remove it by polishing. You should go get some Meguiar's ScratchX and go at it with a cotton terry applicator with vigorous rubbing. You may need to hit this several times. This should reduce the marring but probably it will always be visible. Quite likely the only real fix will be a respray.

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Ok, so I went to Walmart today only to come out and drive home to find out that I have what appears to be a key mark on my rear passenger quarter panel!! Parts of it have slightly went into the clearcoat and possibly into the paint because I can feel it with my nails. So what product do you think I could use that would help me remove it?? Much help would be greatly appreciated.
Old 09-18-06 | 08:39 PM
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I guess I'll try the Meguirs Scratch X. Im pretty sure that it wont come all off, but if I can at least get it to where its not that noticably, then it will be fine I guess.....
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Originally Posted by GFC350
I guess I'll try the Meguirs Scratch X. Im pretty sure that it wont come all off, but if I can at least get it to where its not that noticably, then it will be fine I guess.....
Please let us know how it turns out. I too have a key scratch on my passenger rear quarter panel.
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