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Old 07-18-2010, 03:19 PM   #1 (permalink)
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sigh.. how can i fix this??

A few months back i had my camry repainted and it looked great. Today it looks like a mess. There are a sh*tload of scratches all over the car (probably due to poor hand wash.) heres some pictures. I was just wondering what i should do to fix this. Or should i take it to one of those professional car wash and pay 50+ to get the whole car looking good again?


u can see the scratches on the hood of the car but imagine that all over the car, doesnt look so good in rl. In picture its hard to get the details.








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Old 07-18-2010, 04:56 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Pictures are dead...

Anyways, you can use polishing compounds readily available from auto part stores. Most you can apply by hand, but I would prefer utilizing a buffer with the correct pads especially if it involves doing the whole car.

And car detailing to remove such scratches would be more than $50.
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FIXED! well, I tried the turtle wax polishing compounds as well as TR-3 resin glaze and Meguiar's mirror glaze. It looks like after I apply it the polishing compounds, the scratches disappear for a while then after a day it comes back with even more scratches. Am i suppose to wax it right after the glaze? and does this mean it acutally comes off or am i just hiding the scratches?
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Looks like you have a lot of swirls too, I would use some quality swirl remover
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Polishing correctly removes them permanently. Shoot me a PM if you want your car detailed by a pro. I do it on the side
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