Evil Squirrel Scratched Car Paint!

[Deadly Sushi]

I washed and polished and waxed my dads 1992 Camry on Saturday. So what of the chances a animal gets on the roof of the car the next day and scratches the PAINT!?!?!

I wake up to finish the job and what do I see???? SCRATCHES!!!

The paint is a dark metalic red. The scratches are mainly white looking. And their depth goes from cant put your nail in the scratch to barely able to... to a scratch right down to the primer.

There are at least 10 scratches!!!!!!! all across the roof!!!!!!!!


I have a 6" orbital with a few cotton pads ready to put on it.
But I dont know what to put on, or use or even in what steps.

Do I use pre-wax? A special scratch remover?
Rubbing compound? Polishing compound?

Do I use touch-up paint first on the deeper scratches?

I wanted her nice and shiny and now I have a car that is really scratched up.

 

[Deadly Sushi]

no one?

 

[bczoom]

Craftsman belt sander with 80-grit.

Sorry DS, I really can't help. I'd start with a buffing compound and get more aggressive if/when/where needed.

 

[thcri]

I would try the colored waxes at first. Sometimes they fill it in pretty good. If not then try the buffing compound.


murph

 

[Bamby]

Don't have the answer for the current scratches on the car. But I do know how to prevent future ones. Put them squirrel's right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy. You've not lived until you've tried fried squirrel and squirrel gravy.

 

[thcri]

I have eaten squirrel many times but never made gravy out of the juice.

 

[jpr62902]

Rubbing compound is more abrasive than polishing compound which is more abrasive than wax. Try a touch-up pen, then hit it with polishing compound then wax. You should get a good finish that way.

 

[Bamby]

Never gravy with your squirrel? It's made the same as if it were chicken gravy but squirrels seem to give it a fuller better flavor, chicken's anymore are pretty much tasteless anyway for that matter. But what you need are some grays or young foxes that won't need par boiled, and fry them until done and nicely browned remove the pieces and then use the drippings for your gravy. Squirrels do give gravy a good flavor trust me.

 

[pirate_girl]

no one?

Why don't you run out and snap a few pics, then perhaps it'll be easier to advise you on what to do.

 

[ncroamer65]

After doing all that hard work to restore, and to prevent a repeat
you might want to cover the car with a covering of some sort.
And you forgot to bribe Murphy.

 

[OhioTC18]

Sush,
You can get tinted scratch cover at the auto parts store. It works OK.

 

[norscaner]

After doing all that hard work to restore, and to prevent a repeat
you might want to cover the car with a covering of some sort.
And you forgot to bribe Murphy.

Or you could knit booties for the squirrels and apply them when you have time between polish

 

[Deadly Sushi]

I would try the colored waxes at first. Sometimes they fill it in pretty good. If not then try the buffing compound.


murph

I didnt see any colored waxes

Don't have the answer for the current scratches on the car. But I do know how to prevent future ones. Put them squirrel's right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy. You've not lived until you've tried fried squirrel and squirrel gravy.

Thats what i told my father I would do that evil rodent!

Why don't you run out and snap a few pics, then perhaps it'll be easier to advise you on what to do.

Those squirrels have internet and will then know who I am!

After doing all that hard work to restore, and to prevent a repeat
you might want to cover the car with a covering of some sort.
And you forgot to bribe Murphy.

No garage and he wont bother. Hell I had to change his oil because he didnt do it for TWO YEARS

Sush,
You can get tinted scratch cover at the auto parts store. It works OK.

Hmmmm you have a link you can toss me? I havent seen anything like that

Or you could knit booties for the squirrels and apply them when you have time between polish

do you have a pattern?

Rubbing compound is more abrasive than polishing compound which is more abrasive than wax. Try a touch-up pen, then hit it with polishing compound then wax. You should get a good finish that way.

I think Ill be doing that. I got some color match paint and someone here has a buffer and polish.

 

[OhioTC18]

Try Autozone or Advanced Auto parts . Nu Finish and Meguiars both make products to help.

 

[rc2james]

Kill the squirrel and use his fur and blood to polish the scratches from your car.

On the plus side, you’re lucky it wasn’t a moose or buffalo. Those would have been much harder to polish your car with.

I don't do a lot of body work but this sounds really good, huh?

 

[Deadly Sushi]

Kill the squirrel and use his fur and blood to polish the scratches from your car.

On the plus side, you’re lucky it wasn’t a moose or buffalo. Those would have been much harder to polish your car with.

I don't do a lot of body work but this sounds really good, huh?

I DO like the idea!!!! The car is red so it all works!