Removing scratches on a car body

New scratches are constantly being found on the car body, in many workshops they even come up with some classification: parking, after a car wash (when the washer throws a dirty hose over the body and touches it), professional (the roof and trunk lid are shuffled by boxes), etc. Some defects are removed without a trace, but something remains forever, before panic you need to understand how bad things are.

Consider real-life methods and misconceptions associated with removing scratches on a car body

• A frequent delusion of motorists is that in a painting workshop a supposedly scratch can be tinted with paint and varnish on top, then polished. If you use the same materials that are used for full painting, this is impossible. It is better to meet the experienced master and agree on his method of removing the defect, with the proper competence of the master, you will get the maximum result.
• Super pencil advertising offers instant removal of paint defects. The basis of the pencil may be a wax polish of a similar color which will later be washed off or a composition resembling a transparent varnish, also not durable. No matter how sellers praise this method, it is good before selling with its simplicity and speed, you should not count on the long-term effect.
• A polish for professional use has such a structure that it needs to be worked with a polishing machine, no matter how hard you try to achieve such speed and intensity, this method can suit white cars, you can rub a visible spot on dark colors.

Damage pattern for varnished paints

• Damage to the varnish. It is possible after abrasive polishing there will be no trace, a thin sharp scratch will still remain, but it will become noticeably less visible.
• Damage to paint. With the necessary skills, fixable.
• To the ground and iron. Carefully paint over the scratch itself with the paint, it becomes less visible, it is not necessary to apply the varnish, it will not be better. The work is very painstaking, requiring perseverance, so in the workshops it is very rarely taken.

Methods for determining the depth of scratches, which are used even in workshops

1. 1. To wet the surface, those scratches that become invisible will easily disappear after polishing.
   2. Running a fingernail over the scratched place where it engages polishing will not help one hundred percent (the damage is quite deep).