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Old Feb 17, 2010 | 04:13 PM
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So as some of you may know or dealt with, New Jersey got hit hard with snow the past couple of weeks. All the snow has finally melted off of my car and I happened to notice really light scratches on the trunk, hood, and top of my car. I came to the conclusion this was all from the ice scrapper! I was extra careful when using that thing, but I guess not careful enough. Unless theres a better ice scrapper on the market. Once the car is cleaned Im gonna try and use Mcguires Scratch X to polish these out. Hope it works! Any suggestions would be great.
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Old Feb 17, 2010 | 04:27 PM
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I assume you mean a snow brush on the end of an ice scraper, not that you used an ice scraper on your paint.

I use a soft snow brush to reduce the amount of snow on the car, but try not to brush down to the surface of the paint itself.
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Old Feb 17, 2010 | 04:29 PM
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Pick up Quixx for the scratches and get one of these...
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Old Feb 17, 2010 | 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Bichon
I assume you mean a snow brush on the end of an ice scraper, not that you used an ice scraper on your paint.

I use a soft snow brush to reduce the amount of snow on the car, but try not to brush down to the surface of the paint itself.
yea, oops i meant the brush portion of it.
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Old Feb 17, 2010 | 04:40 PM
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I just use the brush and skim a few inches above the paint. Whatever is left will blow off in a few miles.
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Old Feb 17, 2010 | 04:42 PM
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I hate when this happens and it's your own fault
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Old Feb 17, 2010 | 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by chriso_86
I just use the brush and skim a few inches above the paint. Whatever is left will blow off in a few miles.
^^^1, I try to leave about one inch on the car to prevent any scratches
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Old Feb 17, 2010 | 10:41 PM
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my car cover off of ebay for $32 works great and im in CT> brush the snow off the car cover and take it off my car is clean no scratches!
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Move to Cali.... Problem solved
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Old Feb 18, 2010 | 06:33 AM
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I feel ya... I can use a regular BROOM on my girlfriend's 3-series, but if I breath on my Lexus wrong, it scratches.

There's an old thread I created complaining about the paint quality. Let us know how the cleanup works. I'm gonna need to do some myself.
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Old Feb 18, 2010 | 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by kitlz
Pick up Quixx for the scratches and get one of these...
Never seen or heard of this before ?
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Move to Cali.... Problem solved
Wish it was that easy
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i just use my arm lol. push off all the snow i can and whatever is underneth the snow is stuck to the car, i just let it melt off in a few days.
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Old Feb 18, 2010 | 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by greg0723
my car cover off of ebay for $32 works great and im in CT> brush the snow off the car cover and take it off my car is clean no scratches!
haha great idea, where in ct are you i go to school up here!
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Old Feb 18, 2010 | 03:34 PM
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Car cover sounds like a smart idea, but when I used to live in maryland, I just used my arm to wipe off snow, works great without scratching paint.
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