Fix it pro scatch repair

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  1. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    I'd have to find my bottle to be sure, but I believe it's the ultra fine. I've had that bottle for years, so I don't remember exactly which one. But 5 minutes with a tshirt and branch marks, chain scuffs, etc. were history. Pretty much anything that wasn't through the clear it would handle.
     
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  3. SemperFiServices

    SemperFiServices Medium Load Member

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    I love my Scratch X in the orange squeeze tube. Bridges may be 15', but trees are only 13'6"
     
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  4. WhyDriveTruck

    WhyDriveTruck Light Load Member

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    Ok I see this thread garnering some really great tips
     
  5. SLANT6

    SLANT6 Road Train Member

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    FYI, once the clearcoat is broken and you can feel a scratch with a fingernail, you will not be able to buff it out. Polishing compound is great for removing slight scuffs that a dealer is trying to write up as scratched. Dealer personnel know exactly how to augment their body shop business by taking exceptions on new vehicles and turning them into transport claims. To a dealer it is found money. They get book labor rates on a transport claim. Working out of an assembly plant, it is very easy to walk away with clean delivery doc's. However working from a rail ramp is a different ballgame. They come off the rail with all kinds of damage and it is up to the driver to find it BEFORE it is moved out of bay. Move it, you own it.
     
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  6. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    Yeah, and these new paint jobs require the entire panel to painted. What used to be a $100 scratch is now a $500 panel paint.
     
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  7. SLANT6

    SLANT6 Road Train Member

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    Exactly.

    FYI, I used to try and work it out with the dealer outside of the Ford claims process to save money. I had dealers that would do the work at their internal labor rate and bill me direct. It not only saves money, but keeps you off the radar at the OEM's claims office. Did I say "rolling 6"??? I know Hammer knows what I mean.
     
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  8. Thumper

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    Will it work for this?

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  9. SHO-TYME

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    Scratch a Bentley, it's $2,500 for a repair.
     
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