I have a couple of red paint marks on my Silver 8, both on the passenger side.

One is above the front fender, and one is near the rear fender.

The paint is not scratched or dented in the least, and I have no idea how those marks got there.

Trying to figure out how they got there is driving me nuts.

How can I tell if they can be buffed out without actually taking it in to a body shop, and there is anything else I can try to remove the marks?

 

I would just take it to a reputable body shop (a good one—a place car nuts take their cars to) and ask them—they won't charge you to look at it, and a good shop will be honest and tell you if it's something you can do yourself—maybe with polishing compound or Meguiar's Scratch-X or something.

 

Get them wet. A good buff job will get out most scratches that are not down to the metal. They will still be visible a tiny bit, but that is because you knew where they were before the buffing.

Lick you finger and rub on them. If the wetness of you finger makes them dissappear, A buffing will look just fine. Or if you have a little wax at home, try that. Unless you have a black car, then you are screwed either way

Beagle

 

Sonofabitch.

Thanks Beagle.

They're aren't going to come off.

This sucks; the car is a year old. The last thing I want is to challenge the integrity of the paint.

 

red paint on silver.. if it's just a paint scuff, get some tar remover and get to scrubbing. if it still wont come off break out the turpentine and scrub it off. just do use anything too abrasive. i think strong paper towels or a microfiber is perfect. turpentine is recommended cleaner by mazda for paint claeaning. just remeber to clean and rewax when you are done.

 

Use polish and be a man........... Rub hard and wow it works!

 

Turtle wax makes a polishing compound (NOT the rubbing compound) that will take out paint marks.

 

This sounds Fishy...

 

Take some pics.. usually if they wont clip your nail when you run your nail on the scratch.. it can be buffed.

 

Try Mcguiar's cleaning waxes. I've had it work wonders for me with past cars; haven't needed it on my 8, thankfully.

1st attempt: http://www.autogeek.net/meg6clean.html

if that doesn't do it: http://www.autogeek.net/meg4heavclea.html

 

Cleaning waxes will not work on scratches. if youre going to do it by hand use Meguiars Scratch X (which is avaible at any parts store).

 

Thanks.

I'm going to try some of the things here.

 

www.autopia.org and click LEARN... read the articles and ask the detialing forum if anything.

 

Turtle wax doent make any good polishing compound. theyre all too abrasive and they cause major marring and paint thinning (even though you wont see it... its there. if you take a paint meter you will see it rubs away a lot more microns than other less abrasive polishes).