# Scratches All Over Car **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** damage, chevrolet, impala\ **Created:** [February 7, 2014, 6:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/scratches-all-over-car/83587 "2014-02-07T06:58:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LemonSqueezed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@LemonSqueezed](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LemonSqueezed)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 7:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/scratches-all-over-car/83587/21 "2014-02-08T07:39:56Z")
Yeah…something like that. I’ve waxed it twice, but I don’t feel like I’m all that adept at washing/waxing/polishing. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 7:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/scratches-all-over-car/83587/22 "2014-02-08T07:50:59Z")
In regards to that English guy . . . It serves him right, getting rid of the dog Payback’s literally a bitch Meaning a female dog . . . in case somebody doesn’t like “curse” words ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 8:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/scratches-all-over-car/83587/23 "2014-02-08T08:54:13Z")
That’s sure no cat that did those scratches. Hard to say but it looks like just the clear coat is scuffed so I’d try having it buffed out by a body shop or a detailer. Worst case, they might be able to just spray clear coat on it if the base coat is not affected. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 8:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/scratches-all-over-car/83587/24 "2014-02-08T08:58:37Z")
@LemonSqueezed Your car’s paint looks like the paint on my brother’s cars He and his wife constantly put stuff on the hood, roof, and trunk lid of their cars . . . Do you also do that? ---
**Author:** ![LemonSqueezed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@LemonSqueezed](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LemonSqueezed)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 9:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/scratches-all-over-car/83587/25 "2014-02-08T09:46:25Z")
@db4690 Yes, that is something that I often do. ---
**Author:** ![Northwood\_Garage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8edcca/32.png) [@Northwood\_Garage](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Northwood_Garage)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 10:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/scratches-all-over-car/83587/26 "2014-02-08T10:32:16Z")
If the scratches are not deep then you can try paint coat. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 11:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/scratches-all-over-car/83587/27 "2014-02-08T11:43:50Z")
@LemonSqueezed If you do put things on top of the car, I’d leave it alone for now After all, why spend money fixing the paint, when you’ll just scratch the paint next month, when you put something on the car again? My advice is this . . . spend a few bucks taking care of the paint before you trade it in or sell it ---
**Author:** ![LemonSqueezed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@LemonSqueezed](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LemonSqueezed)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/scratches-all-over-car/83587/28 "2014-02-09T23:55:53Z")
Or I could just seek therapy for my habit of placing things atop my car and hope the problem can be mitigated. 🙂 I went to a detail shop yesterday afternoon—he was able to buff out all of the scratches on the hood. I looked from any and every angle—you simply cannot tell that anything ever happened. Apparently none of the scratches, even the ones on the hood and trunk, are deep to where they cannot be fixed. I was in a hurry, so he just kind of did a “demo” on the hood for $20—he said he would do the entire body for an additional $130. Is this a good deal? ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/scratches-all-over-car/83587/29 "2014-02-10T00:23:54Z")
@LemonSqueezed It sounds fair to me For what it’s worth, my brother and his wife are pretty rough on their cars . . . that isn’t going to change any time soon, and they have both admitted as much So, they’ve just resigned themselves to bringing the cars to the detailer every once in awhile As a matter of fact, I have high praise for good detailers. They’re often able to make the car look good again, for a modest price. It’s a real skill ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/scratches-all-over-car/83587/30 "2014-02-10T04:02:03Z")
Yep, take it. I usually buff, polish, and wax my cars twice a year and I spend about six hours each. So considering materials used and shop equipment, that’s not bad if he also waxes it too. I’d put the $10 a month away so you can do it every year if you don’t want to do it yourself. ---
**Author:** ![DrRocket](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/drrocket/32/2603_2.png) [@DrRocket](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DrRocket)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 7:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/scratches-all-over-car/83587/31 "2014-02-19T07:21:51Z")
If the scratches go down past the color coat, to the primer, then yeah, you’re not gonna like what the body shop will tell you. Do you know how they got there? Vanalism, animals, etc? is the red solid red, or metallic? makes a difference, as metallic is harder to match when repainting. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/scratches-all-over-car/83587.md?page=1)