Removing some light scratches on a Toyota Corolla

My wife and I bought a 2010 Toyota Corolla. It had some scratches and she wanted them removed. I wanted them removed as well because I see them every time I park beside it.

I removed them using a Porter Cable polisher and Meguiars dual action polish. There are some scratches that I could have removed but going more aggressive but I decided not to. One I didn't want to spend the extra time today because I am wore out. Two, I feel you only have to go as aggressive as needed. What is left isn't too bad and it isn't all that noticeable. If I look at them later and they start to bother me then I can do more work on just those areas.

After the scratches were out I waxed it with Meguiars Gold Class.



James

 

I own it. I use to own a detail shop. The machine I used can be bought for about?$99 or so now.

James

 

Sometimes it is. We a little knowledge, the proper tools and the guts to attempt it a lot can be done. I took a night course on engine rebuilding and one thing the instructor said is, "it goes on in the opposite order that it came off."

As for the scratches. I used a Porter Cable dual action polisher.



I also own a rotary buffer. With the buffer you can do more damage. Some say that to damage the paint with the dual action polisher like the Porter cable, you would have to throw it at the car.

James