Who does body work?

[Quiggs]

My mom bought a 06 Hyundai Tucson last week. Already she's scraped the ish out of the left rear fender pulling into the garage. The paint from the garage door seems to just be on top of the paint on the car. Some of it just scratched off by hand. She wants me to see if I can fix it before she has to have it professionally done. I told her it wasn't a good idea to let someone with no experience in painting/removing paint try it, but whatever. I have a buffer but would prefer not to use it. It's a piece of crap, and it hurts my wrists. I'd also like to try not to destroy her clear coat.

Suggestions?

[Matra et Alpine]

Treat it with care and see how much comes of with gente agitiation with warm soapy liquid

Then try a gentle wax.

Then try a soft refinisher.

Then try t-cut color restorer

Then try t-cut

Then phone the paint shop and have the whole wing resprayed !!!

Seriously, if you're not comfortable then don't go beyond the thrid step

[h00t_h00t]

If its not got metallic paint you could use a cutting polish.

[Quiggs]

The paint has a very heavy metallic flake to it. I've never seen a car with as much as this thing.

I was thinking of trying something like a 3M rubbing compound. But I haven't ever used it on anything with a clear coat.

Matra, I'll try those first 3 cause I have no idea what they are after that.

[coolieman1220]

try to polish it off. Scratch remover. high quality polish. like Klasse or Zymol

[NuclearCrap]

try to polish it off. Scratch remover. high quality polish. like Klasse or Zymol

Or Chuck Norris's sweat.

Try that Scratch-X thing.

[coolieman1220]

Or Chuck Norris's sweat.

Try that Scratch-X thing.

how to you get close enough to chuck norris to get his sweat?

[bmwpower]

Yea Scratch-X is brand specific to meguiars($15.99 cdn), but there are several products available, i work in the auto department at my retail store. There are also scratch removers from turtle wax and mothers as well. I do belive that scratch-x is the best, you shouldn't have problems with a clear coat when using it but if the problem arises, a clear coat is not difficult to reapply.

[#1 Mustang Fan]

Yea Scratch-X should do it