Motoring-Howtoremove carpaintmarks

By Nadia Goldsmith

A new car won’t stay pristine forever. If your car paint marks are serious, it’s best to take your car to a motoring specialist. However, if the damage is light and only affects the clearcoat top layer of your car’s paintwork, it’s possible to sort this yourself. Here are solutions for fix varying levels of damage on your car: Paint swirls Pain swirls are marks are caused by particles of grit and dust that get stuck in cleaning cloths and sponges. Auto Express note that one quick technique to see how deep the damage is, is to run a thumb or fingernail over the scratches. If your nail doesn't feel them, then you should be able to use a scratch remover to smooth out paint swirls to make them look better. Car park scrapes Fortunately, there are kits available to repair these through variety of polishes, treatments and brushes. Many kits give you paint that you need to mix to match your car's paint, while others already come with your car's specific paint colour in them. Make sure to find out your car’s paint code before applying the kit to your vehicle. Clean- Credit: RAC ing the affected area, painting in the damaged section with a brush, allowing the paint to dry and finally polishing the area down to smooth the affected area with the rest of the paint is the common procedure. Wax may be worthwhile to give the damaged area additional protection. Smart repair Smart (Small to Medium Area Repair Technology) is the process of repairing a car using specialised tools, paint and materials on a localised damaged area whilst avoiding need to remove or repaint the entire panel. Local Smart repairers can fix most kinds of car paint marks and scratches.