Friday, December 2, 2011

How do I fix parking scratches on the bumper?

I have a silver 1999 Jetta, which has suffered the ususal parking scratches on the bumper from parking in NYC. Since the car is silver the black shows. I was wondering if there are any special ink kits that one could use to cover up these scratches. Anyonw know?|||Are they deep scratches or clear coat scuffs? I would tend to thing, based on the black, that they are clear coat scuffs from scraping a black object. Most bumper material has a natural color of an orange/yellow mix.





Anyway, I would try rubbing compound first. Go to a reputable auto paint store, they can tell you if rubbing compound will take out the scratches %26amp; what compound/wax to buy.





If the scratches are all the way to the bumper material and large, get some sandable primer %26amp; use an artist brush to fill in the scratches using several layers until the primer is built up above the existing paint. Next sand the primer down till it is even with the existing paint. Lastly, rough up the whole bumper %26amp; repaint it.





If the scratches are not deep or wide, rough up your bumper, spray some sandable primer, sand it, and repaint.





Get a book about painting cars and make sure to use a reputable paint supply shop. It is rather easy to paint cars because of the new paint technology.|||they sell some compound that u rub on and wipe off and it fixez the scratches|||Try duct tape; my grandfather could fix ANTHING with duct tape...

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