Bush scratches
Submitted: Friday, Jan 05, 2007 at 12:39
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ozcraig
Hi,
Been doing some bush driving down the
blackwood. Have lots of scratches. Is there anyway of removing them apart from polishing.
I will polish the car when I sell it in about 6 years
Craig
Reply By: Mike Harding - Friday, Jan 05, 2007 at 13:07
Friday, Jan 05, 2007 at 13:07
I think the short answer is; no.
I decided not to polish the scratches out of
mine until I came to sell it (as it's getting old now I'll probably end up giving it to No 2 son anyway) because each polish (especially if it's course) removes some paint and as I seem to scratch it regularly I figured frequent hard polishing (generally in the same area) would probably not be a good thing. My vehicle is white and you have to look closely to see the scratches and, frankly, I don't really care :)
Mike harding
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Follow Up By: marcus - Friday, Jan 05, 2007 at 14:51
Friday, Jan 05, 2007 at 14:51
Metallic paint and the bush are fairly incompatible as far as scratching is concerned.I have learnt my lesson and will get white next time round.
Cheers Mark
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Follow Up By: Exploder - Friday, Jan 05, 2007 at 15:21
Friday, Jan 05, 2007 at 15:21
Second that Marcus, metallic paint on a 4WD and tight overgrown tracks= Much Pain and Displeasure for owner of said 4WD, But much enjoyment for passengers.
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Reply By: Dave198 - Friday, Jan 05, 2007 at 15:01
Friday, Jan 05, 2007 at 15:01
Craig, sometimes a lot of the marks are not much more than sap or superficial marks.
My method is, if they wash off with a little bit of detergent and elbow grease, great.
If not, then they stay there.
Unfortunately, in my opinion some of the japanese cars seem to go through the paintshop at a bit above the speed limit, and the paints a bit thin .
So, I will leave the cut and polish until it's time to sell it.
Dave
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Reply By: ev700 - Friday, Jan 05, 2007 at 23:47
Friday, Jan 05, 2007 at 23:47
Relative has lost a lot of personal mobility of late and was bemoaning the fact that although he has owned a succession of 4X4s over the years he has never been on
the beach or in the bush. In hindsight he would have loved to get to fraser etc. Always worried about damage.
Having listened to his recriminations I am less worried about a few scratches and rust. Of course there is a difference between having some blemishes and knocking a truck around.
EV700
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