I got a scratch magically appear overnight. Basically it's all the way down to the primer and it is really long. 3-4 inches long. Here is a pic of it.

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Sorry for the link, but this is my first time trying to use flickr. It's not working with the link url that is gave me.

I am wondering what steps to take to see if this can/can't be buffed out. What products do you gurus suggest? Process? I am really angry that I don't know how it happened.

 

The lower one might look like it will, but the top one doesn't.

The upper one looks like a really deep scratch.

Then again....pictures sometimes don't really view it well.

 

That looks pretty heinous. I'm fairly certain that will not polish out completely and will need to be resprayed or at least touched up. A good polishing will make it look much better, but won't make it go away completely.

 

I figured that it was going to come to that. Thanks for the help guys. I am taking my car to the dealer in on Monday and will see what they say. I might just take it to Baker Nissan North. Any other suggestions for the Houston area?

*Edit:* I am located on the SW side of Houston. Most of the day I am at work which is located near Harwin Drive and S. Gessner Rd.

 

If you take it to Baker North, ask for Manuel in the body shop.

 

Thanks BB!

 

What I would do is fill the scratch with touch up paint until you get a "raise" above the original paint around it. This is considered a "high" and your original is considered the "low". So basically, keep filling up the scratch until you achieve that "high" vs your "low". And once you have successfully achieved this, I would recommend using a 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper and sand it until it blends with the "low". Be careful though, if you get to wet sand happy you may burn through the clear. Once you have achieved the "low" and are happy with it, I recommend that you buff it out with a Meguiar's m105 with Professional buffer (Porter cable or Makita 9227) and finish it off with Meguiar's m205 polisher.