Paintwork advice needed.

[AMGeed]

I washed the car this afternoon as it rained yesterday and the car was covered in a sandy deposit. I wasn't pleased to find this on the offside rear quarter.





Ignore the spots below the scratch, that is a reflection of wood chips on the ground from my next door neighbours handiwork cutting down a back gate to size. I suspect he could have done the damage as it wasn't there last time I used the car last Friday. It's been parked up on the drive ever since. I can't prove it so just got to suck it up and try and fix it.

I tried to remove the scratches with some Farecla Scratch remover on a hard pad with a rotary polisher but it didn't touch it. What are my choices apart from using a Chips Away repair?
Could it be removed with very fine wet & dry (2k grit going down to 3k) and then polished out?
It's annoying me on an otherwise immaculate paintwork.

 

[mioba]

Jeeeez

Thats some serious scratch work and effort to make that. A lot of back forth motion.

No amount of elbow grease will clear that and nor will wet and dry.

chips away type are hit and miss (but gibe them a try for sure). Id be heading to a body shop

 

[daveenty]

How deep are the scratches Roger? Can you feel them with your fingernail?

Either way, I'd be attempting to polish it before throwing money at it. I'd probably start with something as you suggest (2000) though running down a bit finer to around 6000, both very wet. Just persevere with it gently across the marks and you'll soon notice a difference. If you start to spot the water going darker then stop immediately as you're now through the clear coat though by taking a bit of time this shouldn't happen. Once the scratches are gone then a decent compound polish with a rotary (preferably) or a D/A, finishing off with a finishing polish

If the worst happens and it's still noticeable then Shab at MSL will sort it in a couple of hours for you. I'd prefer him, or a local bodyshop of your choice, than a guy working out of a van doing it on your drive.

PM/Whatsapp me if you need Shab's number?

ETA: Just to prove it can be done, here's the roof of my old Cossie halfway through getting rid of loads of scratches, and you saw this one afterwards: -

 

[AMGeed]

How deep are the scratches Roger? Can you feel them with your fingernail?

Either way, I'd be attempting to polish it before throwing money at it. I'd probably start with something as you suggest (2000) though running down a bit finer to around 6000, both very wet. Just persevere with it gently across the marks and you'll soon notice a difference. If you start to spot the water going darker then stop immediately as you're now through the clear coat though by taking a bit of time this shouldn't happen. Once the scratches are gone then a decent compound polish with a rotary (preferably) or a D/A, finishing off with a finishing polish

If the worst happens and it's still noticeable then Shab at MSL will sort it in a couple of hours for you. I'd prefer him, or a local bodyshop of your choice, than a guy working out of a van doing it on your drive.

PM/Whatsapp me if you need Shab's number?

ETA: Just to prove it can be done, here's the roof of my old Cossie halfway through getting rid of loads of scratches, and you saw this one afterwards: -

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Thanks for the suggestion Dave. Unfortunately I can feel the scratches with a fingernail so they are pretty deep.
I do have a good friend who owns a bodyshop so I'll probably pay him a visit tomorrow and get his opinion (and price)

The work done on your old Cossie was top notch and just shows what is possible for the owner to do.

 

[AMGeed]

Visited my body shop mate this morning. Booked in for repair on Mon morning.
He reckons the scratches are too deep to buff out with wet & dry alone.
He will try wet &dry followed by cutting paste on a DA. If that doesn't work, he has Obsidian Black on the shelf from a very recent job so he will blow in the whole rear bumper quarter. He did point out the rear bumper has already had a (poor) respray before my ownership.

He has a contract with the local Jaguar dealership to repair their cars and I have full confidence the repair will look as good as new.
I'll post up some photos when its returned.

 

[AndySlade]

Look upon it as a means of getting the previous poor re spray done to a better standard. I do feel for you though.

 

[AMGeed]

I believe this is a result of a car park incident last Saturday. Further inspection today has shown further scratches and blue paint in a line along the rear bumper level with the parking sensors. I know damn well I haven't reversed into anything.
It's annoying, but what can you do but fix it and move on.

 

[AMGeed]

OK, got the car back today and to say I'm pleased with the job is no exaggeration.
Once the lacquer was removed, it was clear the whole bumper had to be resprayed or there would have been a clear line showing the old and new paintwork. He did me a mates rate job and of course gave the new paint a coat of clear lacquer.

Here's one of the car masked up and flatted and prepared for painting.



Corner with scratch before and after




Mates rate bill


Account number incorrect so no problem posting it.

Really glad I took the trouble to get the scratch fixed. My OCD wouldn't allow me to ignore it!
While I was chatting I told him the dealer I bought the car from fooled me by hiding the stone chips on the front bumper. Well known trick he told me is to use a black felt tip pen on a black car. Just a little tip to look out for.

 

[Blobcat]

OK, got the car back today and to say I'm pleased with the job is no exaggeration.
Once the lacquer was removed, it was clear the whole bumper had to be resprayed or there would have been a clear line showing the old and new paintwork. He did me a mates rate job and of course gave the new paint a coat of clear lacquer.

Here's one of the car masked up and flatted and prepared for painting.

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Corner with scratch before and after

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Mates rate bill
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Account number incorrect so no problem posting it.

Really glad I took the trouble to get the scratch fixed. My OCD wouldn't allow me to ignore it!
While I was chatting I told him the dealer I bought the car from fooled me by hiding the stone chips on the front bumper. Well known trick he told me is to use a black felt tip pen on a black car. Just a little tip to look out for.

Colour match polish is also regularly used by the used car dealers… first thing an owner knows is when they put the car through a car wash and then blame the wash for the damage…

 

[Peterbrake]

Yep I agree with Blobcat had my car 3 months and 2 scratches mysteriously appeared after clay bar and deep clean,
Buggers aren’t they (dealers)