Scratches out, or a straight answer.

The fingernail test tells you most of it

Paint is layered. Primer, then color, then a clear coat on top that is thinner than a sheet of paper. Polishing works by leveling a tiny amount of that clear coat until the edges of a scratch stop catching light. If the scratch is inside the clear, it can come out. If it went through to the color or the primer, no polish on earth will fix it.

You can check it yourself before you call. Run a fingernail lightly across the scratch. If it glides over, it is almost certainly in the clear coat and it will polish out. If your nail drops into it, it is deep, and the honest options are touch-up paint to stop it rusting or a body shop, not a machine polisher.

Why a single panel is worth doing on its own

Not every scratch needs a full paint correction. If somebody caught your door in a parking lot on Walnut Avenue and the rest of the car is fine, there is no reason to pay to machine polish the whole vehicle. We can work the affected panel and blend it so it does not sit there as an obviously fresher patch.

Bring photos or just show us when we arrive. Direct sun is the honest light, so if you can look at it outside rather than in a garage you will already know most of what we are going to tell you. If it turns out the whole car is swirled and the one scratch is the least of it, we will point you at paint correction instead and explain why.

Where we go

We bring this to you.

Scratch Removal is done at your home, your work, or wherever the vehicle is parked, right across Whitfield County and the counties either side of it.

Common questions

Questions we get asked.