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Old 03-06-2009, 03:53 PM
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Need advice on repairing paint job

Hey, I'm gonna cut to the chase. I bought this car last year and while the interior is in good shape, the car needs a paint job badly. As you can see by this picture, there are hundreds of tiny white scratches all over the front of the car. I was just wondering if anyone else has had this problem and if there is any way to repair it, short of a new paint job. One thing I have noticed is the black spots in the middle of the scratches. They are blobs of vegetable oil. My dad is running a car on veggie oil and keeps cans of the stuff outside and the wind has blown a few spots of it onto my car, which seems to be reducing the white in the scratches. I don't know if its ok to have veggie oil on paint but it is hiding the scratches? Should I just use the oil? Any recommendations for waxes or something else that would hide the scratches?


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Old 03-06-2009, 04:16 PM
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Re: Need advice on repairing paint job

Time to paint IMHO
Old 03-06-2009, 04:37 PM
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my s10 did that. the paint was not scratched, but was cracked from the sun. sand it off and repaint.
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Re: Need advice on repairing paint job

check out
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great amount of info any really helpful guys
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