Well yesterday I pulled into the garage and my sister had moved her bike over a little. Need less to say I rubbed the tire causing the bike to fall on my car. So my question is what is the best way to minimize the appearance of this scratch? will just waxing work and if so what is best?

 

If it is superficial, wet sand the clear and buff it, it'll come right out, if not you have to repaint the whole panel.

 

what is do you mean by superficial

 

Superfcial = Minor. Sorry to hear about that

 

Pronunciation Key (spr-fshl)
adj.

1. Of, affecting, or being on or near the surface: a superficial wound.
2. Concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; shallow.
3. Apparent rather than actual or substantial: a superficial resemblance.
4. Trivial; insignificant: made only a few superficial changes in the manuscript.

 

NICE! ^^

 

too funny

 

You might want to ignore the above comments about wet sanding until you figure out the extent of the damage. If the scratching is minor (ie: not down to the primer or bare metal) then a polishing compound will get it out easily enough. There are quite a few polishes on the market that can be applied by hand and yield good results. If you have access to an orbital buffer then the job becomes even easier. Now if the scratching is major (ie: down to the primer or bare metal) no amount of polishing compound is going to help you. You'll need to grab some touch up paint and fill the scratches. Then you'll need to go ahead and wet sand the paint flat and finish up with a polish, buff, and wax. If you're going to do this yourself I'd suggest reading up on the following site: www.autopia.org

 

hey thanks for the info bill

 

try meguires scratch x. I slipped popping out a panel in the rear and scratched my doorjamb. Scratch-x worked like a charm.