My daughter and I had just had a wonderful dinner the other night and we were walking back to the truck when I noticed this:

At first I thought someone got it when I was eating. Then I realized that the words didn't make any sense and it was definately my daughter's writing. Bummer. This was no eraser folks. This was definately a rock from my driveway.

Here's some more pics:
The quarter panel and gas tank doorThe "$ 8" bill is a nice touch.... ...and the tailgate......and the roof too...

:pat: thats horrible!

wait how old is your daughter? how would she get the roof?!

now you know you should have got her that sidewalk chalk!

WOW!

So, what's the timeline to let her out of the closet? She's 6, right, so about 11?

That's really a bummer. I'm guessing it won't be too long before I'm dealing with something similar with my little guy... :pat:


Proverbs 22:15 (NKJV)
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
The rod of correction will drive it far from him. (or her)

Note the below is assumine the truck has clear cloat on it!

ok well... start with some 1500 wet with a pail of water with some dish soap.

work an area about 6-8" in dia. lightly sand keeping the surface wet. works best with the paper (wrapped around a backer pad) in one hand and a spong in the other.

After you have sanded on the surface for a bit squeege it off and look at it. Youll still be able to see the DEEP scratches but the "thin" stuff should have dissapeared in a cloud of haze.

Now take some 3m Fine Cut polishing compound, and a wool pad on a 7" buffer. Apply some compound to the pad and buff the section you just standed.

with in sec it should shine up. more buffing will elimate the color sanding marks.

THis will leave you with a shiny metal surface that MAY have a few deep scratches still left in it.

Learning to color sand at 6 yrs old .... LOL

I'll cry with ya. Sorry man.

Is she still alive?

I will never show these pictures to my kids! They are not age appropriate.

That sucks, but I have to say it, since noone else has....It is pretty funny... I mean if its not your rig. I am not condoning what she did, just kinda laughing, since what else can you really do....

It should wet send/buff out pretty well...

I am adding this to the list of reasons never to have kids.

I'm still wondering how a 6 year old scratched the roof?

hahahahahaha

They are tricky and agile.

Time for:



Check the build plate (driver's door B-pillar) for exterior color code. If it's 202 Black, there's no clearcoat.

Wouldn't comprehensive coverage pay for a repaint?

Wouldn't that require filing a police report against your 6 year old? I can see it now

"Book em Danno"

You just have to wonder what was going through that little mind.

When I was six I took a look at the brick work on my parents house and wondered why the builders had been so sloppy as to have just left the mortar squishing out between all the bricks where it hardened. So, I went into the garage and got my dads hammer, chisel, and safety glasses. I got quite a few whacks in, and cleaned up a good stretch of that nasty mortar ooze, before dad came running out wondering what I was doing. I told him I was just trying to help clean up the mess. [I was at my folks house recently and my accomplishment is still there . . . . I had to smile and laugh a little.]

Maybe your vandal . . . . I mean daughter . . . . . remembered how much mommy liked her drawings and figured mommy's truck could use some custom graphics. It wouldn't suprise me if she was looking forward to mommy's praise.

ummm - that would be mommy's truck

Oops . . . . sorry mommy.


:pat:



[Edited . . . . thanks TC.]