Do It Yourself - Deep Scratch Removal (Tiefe Kratzer-Entfernung)

[Junkman2008]

You've asked for it, The Junkman delivers!

First off, let me say that everything I've learned about wet sanding was developed by reading a bazillion articles on the Internet, practicing on my daily driver, and screwing up my Corvette once (very costly mistake I might add :lookinup: ). With that said, I want to make sure that you understand that I am by no means an expert at this. However, I am able to save myself hundreds of dollars by repairing damage to my ride that you would normally have to pay a skilled detail individual to do. What you will see in the following videos is a successful attempt at removing a scratch that was too deep to remove with a buffer and compound.

There are 2 resources that I used heavily to research this practice. One is [URL="https://www.1car-detailing-training.com/wet-sanding-kit-p-26.html"]Kleen Car Auto Appearance[/URL], which is a car detailing site that sells video how to's on car detailing, as well as offers classes on the same topic. The other is [URL="https://www.mobileworks.com/auto_paint_wet_sanding.html"]Mobile Works[/URL] which also has a lot of information on this topic.

Now, before you even think about taking these extreme measures to repair damage to your car, there is one tool that is required to do this correctly, and there is some very important information you need to have BEFORE you start. The tool you must have is a [URL="https://www.1car-detailing-training.com/electronic-paint-thickness-gage-p-18.html"]paint thickness gauge.[/URL] A good paint thickness gauge will measure the amount of clear coat AND paint that is on the car. The Corvette being fiberglass requires a paint thickness gauge capable of taking readings off of fiberglass. Without this, you are just guessing when you wet sand. If you don't know what you're doing and you start guessing on your Vette, you'll probably end up at a paint booth near you, spending some dead presidents to fix your screw-up. Thus, you should never practice on your pride and joy. Use your wife's hooptie or your girlfriends clunker to get good at this and then move up to your Vette. I've been practicing this for a year now and I still am VERY careful when fooling with my Vette.

GM has a set standard with how much clear and how much paint they put on a car. I don't know what that standard is but once you have your car painted, that changes of course. So if you do decide to get your ride painted, you may want to find out what that ratio is from the person who is painting your car. I'm sure you can ask a GM engineer what their ratio is.

I don't want to duplicate a lot of the reading that you will end up doing if you follow the links that I've provided so I'll just post the videos. Remember, you must utilize the links that I have provided in conjunction with the essential tools needed in order to be successful at this. Do not do as I do, do as I say! One wrong stroke of the sandpaper can be catastrophic for your paint job! If you decide to do this, know that you do so at your own risk and I assume no responsibility for your inexperience. This is something that is best left to a experienced individual, or to those who just have money to burn! I am neither, just ballsy.

Here's the videos:

(Be sure and choose the "high quality" link so that you can see the process in very good detail, and my ugly mug in all its glory... )



Part 1: Wet Sanding

Part 2: Final Wet Sanding & Compounding

Part 3: Final Compounding and Conclusion

Here's some before and after pictures of another area that I was working on. The scratches were on the rear quarter and near the top of the door handle. The after pictures are just after I used the fine cut cleaner. There is no polish on the car yet.











The Junkman

Links corrected - remove the " in the URL (Vette58)

[Mikey]

Is the wet-sanding test & learning the reason for you to be called junkman...sanded the thing to junk before trying the Vette?

Also a good idea for the learning experience is to use the car of the neighbour that you don`t like...

...something more serious...the links do not work directly...what comes up is:

https://www.corvetteforum.de/"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymFNDIdCS3Q"

...a little too much https://...for the Microsoft version of life.

[Junkman2008]

Original von Mikey
Is the wet-sanding test & learning the reason for you to be called junkman...sanded the thing to junk before trying the Vette?

Also a good idea for the learning experience is to use the car of the neighbour that you don`t like...

...something more serious...the links do not work directly...what comes up is:

https://www.corvetteforum.de/"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymFNDIdCS3Q"

...a little too much https://...for the Microsoft version of live.

That's odd, I just checked all three links and they worked for me.

I practiced on my daily driver before I used my Corvette. I suggest anyone practice before they do this!

My fraternity sisters gave me the name "Junkman" because they said I "have a lot of junk in my trunk". In other words, the American girls say this for guys who have big buttocks!




Das ist merkwürdig, Ich habe gerade überprüft alle drei Verbindungen, und sie arbeitete für mich.

Ich übte auf meiner täglichen Treiber verwendet, bevor ich meine Corvette. Ich schlage vor, jemand der Praxis, bevor sie dies tun!

Meine Brüderlichkeit Schwestern gab mir den Namen "Junkman", weil sie sagte, ich "haben eine Menge Müll in meinem Stamm". Mit anderen Worten, das amerikanische Mädchen sagen, das für Jungs, die großen Gesäß!

[Vette58]

Original von Junkman2008
That's odd, I just checked all three links and they worked for me.

I just corrected them before you checked them

Within the URL tag you can't use "

Uli

[Junkman2008]

Original von Vette58

Original von Junkman2008
That's odd, I just checked all three links and they worked for me.

I just corrected them before you checked them

Within the URL tag you can't use "

Uli

Thanks!

You may want to check my other video links in my other DIY's to make sure they are right. Thanks again!

[Vette58]

Already done

Uli

[Junkman2008]

Original von Vette58
Already done

Uli

You rock man!

[Nocturnal]

Hey Devil Dog !!

Very cool !! There's a lot of work in your Threads! (Make pictures, videos...).
Thanks a lot!

By the way: I think you need new tires!


Best regards
Mathias

[Junkman2008]

Original von Nocturnal
Hey Devil Dog !!

Very cool !! There's a lot of work in your Threads! (Make pictures, videos...).
Thanks a lot!

By the way: I think you need new tires!


Best regards
Mathias

You were right, but I fixed that already! I bought some Eagle F1 All Seasons. They were excellent on the track in Atlanta!



Sie hatten Recht, aber ich fixiert, dass bereits! Ich kaufte einige Eagle F1 All Seasons. Sie waren sehr gut auf der Strecke in Atlanta!