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Old Feb 5, 2005 | 11:59 AM
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Scratchs on new tacoma

My tacoma has scratchs where I cleaned the snow off the hood. I think the ice on the brush is what did it. It was a stupid thing to do. They look like white hairs. My question is what is good for getting rid of them and if I have to paint it again, how do I get the number of the paint off the door? Any help would be helpful.
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Old Feb 5, 2005 | 01:20 PM
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Depends how deep the scratches are, if they aren't too deep try mild polishing compound finished with a good wax, it can do a pretty good job. There are also specific products out there for "scratch removal" but I haven't tried any of them.
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Old Feb 5, 2005 | 08:35 PM
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run your hand or fingers over the scratch... can you feel them?
If you can you're kind of out of luck. If you cannot than claybar or polishing or even a coat of high quality wax MIGHTsort it out.
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Old Feb 5, 2005 | 10:13 PM
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You would be amazed what rubbing compound will do. I have taken out some really nesty ones before. as long as it doesn't go all the way through you should be able to polish them out.
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Old Feb 6, 2005 | 05:48 AM
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It didnt go to the metal, but I can feel some of them.
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Old Feb 6, 2005 | 07:01 AM
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I, use a 10" buffer and Maguiars buffing compound (polish), works great.
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