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Last night I scratched my vette by closing the garage door. yeah all my fault in 15 years my scratch caused by me. two scratches i applied wax but there are deep. oh well
Last edited by TJ Singh; Mar 1, 2015 at 11:15 AM.
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Feel your pain. Been there, done that but not on my Vette yet.....knock on wood.... Did it to my Grand Prix I use for work so it wasn't to big a deal. Hope you can get it fixed without to much trouble.
I'd try some DuPont white enamel polishing compound on a damp cloth and work it with increasing pressure - - -you won't get it all, but it might help to conceal it. Other option obviously is a detail or body shop . . .but might was well try it at home.
You can also try Dr. Color Chip or one of those fine tipped pens, but I'd probably make more of a mess if I were to try it . . .Good luck.
Seeing how it happened makes me think how close I was to doing the same. Will look into putting a smooth strip on garage door...if only on the side the Corvette is parked. I know it stresses one out. Chalk one up to lifes experiences. Rob
Sounds as if you will not be happy till it is fixed. Suggest to go to a good body shop and price it out...maybe it is in the budget. I had passenger door keyed a few years back, bodyshop quoted $350- including painting door mirror and removing all trim (cheap). Did excellent job. I thought they may have felt sorry for me but in hindsight...no one feels sorry for a Corvette owner, lol. Good luck, Rob
It it was me, I'd get a book of matches, Q-tip plain alcohol and the best batch touch -up, (A GM dealership can get you a small bottle of you VIN. Then using the dry Q-tip and make sure the scratch is as clean as possible. Then get one of the matches, pull one out and after shaking it for 5 minutes, use the brush out and put a small amount on the plain end of the match and "Gingerly" touch up the scratch up, if it doesn't fill the whole scratch, no problem.
Let it dry for 10 days and if it's cold weather, it needs to be inside a warm atmosphere 60 degrees or close as possible, then with a clean hand put into a plastic lunch sandwich bag and run you fingers over the scratch, if you feel the scratch is higher or lower than the undamaged paint is ? Now you want to either 1. use a little clear coat compound, or 2 using some 3000 wet paper and just go over the scratch lightly, it now going to be perfect, but you can make almost non-discernible. Good Perfect.
great advise everyone. Yeah it's eating at me what makes it sad i just had new garage opener installed that same night and it was the first time i closed the door.
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