Paint scratches occur when an object grazes the surface of your vehicle’s paint and can vary in the severity and depth of the scratch itself. Scratches that don’t break the surface of the paint can often be removed without needing to touch up the damaged paint surface. With this detailed video and the right supplies, we’ll show you how to fix a car paint scratch. It is often easy to repair scratches, chips, swirl marks, and blemishes on your vehicle’s finish in no time and restore the look of your vehicle.
Supplies Needed for This Job:
0:00 Welcome Back
0:35 Clean the Scratch Area
0:42 Use the Scratch Polish
1:06 Chip Repair
1:20 Use a Paint Pen
This step-by-step video will explain how to remove car scratches quickly and easily, and can help you avoid a costly repair at a detailing shop. Removing car paint scratches is a straightforward task that can help remove chips, swirls, minor scratches, and blemishes to keep your vehicle’s finish looking brand new. O’Reilly Auto Parts stocks the right tools and accessories you need to repair a car scratch, including car scratch remover, buffing tools, paint repair pens, and polishing or buffing towels to help you maintain your car, truck, or SUV’s paint.
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Transcript:
The polishes used for fine scratches are also effective for treating swirl patterns in the vehicle’s finish. I’ll start by showing you how to use one of these polishes. If you’re not completely comfortable doing this yourself, we’d be happy to recommend a professional detailer in your area. But if you’re ready to give it a shot, here’s what you’ll do:
• Make sure the area you’re treating is clean and dry. Put a small amount of polish on a cotton terry cloth or foam applicator pad. Work the polish into the affected area in a circular motion, one section at a time.
• Remove any excess polish with a quality microfiber or cotton terry cloth, and reapply as needed.
If you’re dealing with a scratch, scrape or chip that’s a little deeper, or if you’ve reapplied the polish and a chip is still showing in the clear coat, plan B is a paint repair pen. If you’ve arrived at that point, here’s what you’ll do:
• If it isn’t already, make sure the area you’re treating is clean and dry. Shake the pen well for about thirty seconds.
• Remove the cap, point the tip upward, and press against the felt tip with the lid of the pen once to let it ventilate.
• Turn the pen over and press the tip down on a piece of paper until the clear coat flows to the felt tip. You may have to press the tip down as many as twenty times.
• Fill the chip carefully with the tip of the pen. Immediately remove only the excess clear coat—if there happens to be any—with a clean, dry paper towel.
• If your coat is thicker, repeat each application after thirty minutes of drying time. Be sure the lid is firmly replaced so it doesn’t dry out.