Need Minor Scratch Repair Advice (With Pics)

[peewee1]

Thanks for the info. I also have a blue 2009 sedan that has a few scratches on it that I'll be removing. I watched 2 videos on you-tube about scratch removal and they showed different methods. First guy went in circular motion with the compound and second guy went in straight lines(back and forth method). Which do you recommend? I plan on using a rubbing compound then a wax.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by peewee1

Thanks for the info. I also have a blue 2009 sedan that has a few scratches on it that I'll be removing. I watched 2 videos on you-tube about scratch removal and they showed different methods. First guy went in circular motion with the compound and second guy went in straight lines(back and forth method). Which do you recommend? I plan on using a rubbing compound then a wax.

Straight lines worked for me. After that I got a new, much smaller, but similar type scrape on the other side of the car that I haven't had a chance to apply the compound to yet. Also, I was first in line to pull out onto the main road (out of my subdivision) this afternoon and the guy who HAD BEEN STOPPED behind me rear ended me. His front plate frame caused a little divot in the bumper cover, but it was around a cluster of divots from my garage door hitting the cover once on the way down, and once on the way up on a different day. I had to eyeball it inside one foot to even distinguish the 'newness' from the other divots, so I declined his apologetic offer to swap information. I'm just going to leave those little divots there (the garage door ones and the one from today). They aren't very noticeable, and I'm afraid if I got them repaired and the bumper cover repainted, that the paint wouldn't match and that would be more noticeable than the little divots.