Need advice, clear coat scratch repair

MegaCode360 · March 30, 2018

Hi guys,

Few weeks back, I had the dreaded XM antenna leak. When it started leaking, in a pinch all I had was a sheet of plastic and duct tape. I taped the plastic over the antenna with duct tape. Fast forward to them fixing it. When they removed the tape, it left a residue. I cleaned it off with alcohol, but it left the finish hazy. I used some Maguars scratch X to try to polish it back to shiny, which it did, but I can now see scratches in the clear coat, and even some of the duct tape "checker board" adhesive pattern on the clear coat in certain light. Its not terrible, but noticeable in certain lighting conditions.

Now that I have admitted my F-up lol, I need some advice. Should I take it to a body shop for repair or a good detail shop for paint correction procedure? I cant feel any of these scratches with my nail, so they appear to be superficial or small, but I cant get them out with the Scratch X, nor will it removed the faint checker pattern from the tape. Thanks in advance guys!

Lgetz · March 30, 2018

Paint correction should do the trick. If you were closeby I would gladly use my GG polisher, Meguiars 105/205 and a few minutes to make it right. I am cheap so a 12 pack of Tecate Light would be more than enough payment. ??

SirenRed16 · March 30, 2018

Paint correction should do the trick. If you were closeby I would gladly use my GG polisher, Meguiars 105/205 and a few minutes to make it right. I am cheap so a 12 pack of Tecate Light would be more than enough payment. [emoji23][emoji23]

Where do you live? I can get you a 36 pack for some work haha

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MegaCode360 · March 30, 2018

Yeah seriously, where you at in TX? haha

amxguy1970 · March 30, 2018

It's silver and a slight haze on the roof, just throw some wax on it and call it good is my advice. You will never see it and it won't hurt the vehicle or value if it is even twice as bad as I am thinking at all.

We had a black Colorado years ago that had a couple 1 inch by 6 inch long scratches on the roof from god knows what (almost like sandpaper did it) on the clear coat, just left it and put wax on it yearly. No need to waste money on something like that, silver is probably the best color to have scratches like that on as well as it is hard to see.

Tyler

MegaCode360 · March 30, 2018

It was a pretty bad haze but it's not hazy anynore after the maguars Scratch x. But the clear coat scratches and duct tape pattern are noticable in certain light even though it's on the roof because it's the front part of the roof that slopes down and kind of faces the front, right around the xm antenna. I will mull it over and see if after a week or two it still bugs me lol. I just wanted to get some opinions on the best route to go if I do decide to get it fixed.

Lgetz · March 31, 2018

6 hours ago, SirenRed16 said:

Where do you live? I can get you a 36 pack for some work haha

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?????

Far S. Texas nearly on the Mexican border.

cbrsilv15 · March 31, 2018

If you can't feel the scratches with your fingernails, then you're good. Just use a claybar and see if it removes the adhesive marks from the tape. If it doesn't remove it completely, 5 mins with some compounds and a pad will do the trick.

https://adamspolishes.com/shop/kits/4-polishing-kits/adam-s-complete-4-pad-polish-combo.html

I love using my small pads for stuff like this. Works like a charm.