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It seems every time I look over my car there's a new scratch. They seem like the same types, different areas. Very light, but can't be rubbed out,
you can feel the indentation when you rub a finger over them. Some are very straight, others curved.
I do a lot of highway driving on the weekends, and during the weekend it's all city. I park it in an apartment parking lot, and during the day in
a school parking lot. But they just don't seem to be the type of mark you'd get from someone's door, and they're in odd places.
What do you think could be the cause? How should I deal with it? It almost seems pointless trying to clean them up, as they'll probably just keep appearing......
Here are my scratches of me constantly taking my dog in and out of the car.. Doesn't catch on my finger, still smooth. Tried to use scratch x and ultimate polish only but it was still faintly there. Gonna need something more aggressive.
Going to use some compound and polish soon to fix this before I apply a coating. I may also even consider doing an XPEL clear bra for the rear bumper as well. I didn't know it would get THIS bad. BAD DOG! haha
Where are those scratches? Can't tell from the photo. Looks like the rear bumper? Nonetheless, in my opinion, you will need compound and polish. Not sure if you are going to get them out completely by hand as you may need to use a polisher. Just be careful with the compound.
I was going to say if they were on a top part of the car it could be cats. Those look to be from people that don't care. You must be parking next to idiots, that don't care if they scratch someones many thousand dollar car. I blame any business that puts in a 6 foot wide parking spot for a 6 foot wide car then there is no space to even open the doors. scratches could be from purses, or what ever else people carry and rub against your car.
I was going to say if they were on a top part of the car it could be cats. Those look to be from people that don't care. You must be parking next to idiots, that don't care if they scratch someones many thousand dollar car. I blame any business that puts in a 6 foot wide parking spot for a 6 foot wide car then there is no space to even open the doors. scratches could be from purses, or what ever else people carry and rub against your car.
lol.
It's the back bumper!!
Luckily, I drive around the parking lot 3 times looking for the best, widest, furthest spot for my baby. It's from the dogs nails when he accidenty jumps up or my leash hitting it. I'm going to compound it !
lol I do that too. I park it in a lot of public places though, and right now it's in a 'faculty' lot, but something happened and the gate that used to be closed is now stuck open, so now swarms of students are coming in and out all day. Just makes it more likely accidental 'incidents' will happen
to my poor car.
Not really much I can do about it. And people are often careless about other peoples' cars.
I've thought of getting a camera, but it doesn't really seem that practical.
Yep good point. Plus I noticed that for some reason, when people are choosing a place to park, even if your car is alone far away from the others,
in a row by itself, they will often come and park right next to it. It's almost like they don't want their car to be alone, it has to be close to
another one. And the more expensive your car is, the more likely that will happen. :-)
There's one lady who always parks right next to me, no matter where I put it. Maybe there's something Freudian going on there.....
Maguire's scratch x works well with hairline "clear coat" scratches. Any deeper you want to use the Maguire's ultimate compound and that's stuff works miracles. Restores paint like new. (Won't fix paint that's been removed but does a good job in blending and covering the area)
09-26-16, 11:42 AM
A tale of many scratches.....
