Concealing scaratches

[06YarisRS]

If the scratches are not deep - not through the clear coat - you can lightly wet sand with 2000 or 2500 grit and then polish. The paint will look flat and dull before you polish. This is normal. In most cases, if your fingernail noticeably catches on the scratch, it's too deep to sand and polish out. You can also put touch up paint in the scratches, let it cure really well and then wet sand and polish.

Any chance of posting some pics? That would help a lot.

[justjesus]

Originally Posted by 06YarisRS

If the scratches are not deep - not through the clear coat - you can lightly wet sand with 2000 or 2500 grit and then polish.

I wouldn't bother with wet sanding. The Yaris paint is quite soft and compounding should be sufficient unless it's quite deep....

Originally Posted by 06YarisRS

if your fingernail noticeably catches on the scratch, it's too deep to sand and polish out. You can also put touch up paint in the scratches, let it cure really well and then wet sand and polish.

Yes, for the most part.

Depending on what touch up system you use, you may want to polish BEFORE applying touch up. Dr. Colorchip system is one such system that suggests polishing before touch up


But this thread is several months old!!! What became of those scratches?