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Scratches on truck's paint
« on: July 16, 2022, 03:41:52 PM »
First time I've ever been keyed.  Looks like it might have made it to the metal on one spot - anybody have a recommended product that can help hide/protect the steel until I have time to deal with it properly?
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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2022, 04:22:52 PM »
That really sucks that someone would do that. I’d consult with a body shop. I suspect using an epoxy sealing primer wouldn’t hurt anything since it has to be sanded out anyway

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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2022, 06:07:42 PM »
Copy that. I'll see what our local auto parts store has on the shelf tomorrow, otherwise I'll order that from Amazon and take care of it when I get back from my next trip.

People can suck.  I don't know what they get out of property damage like this. Funny thing is for 7 years I left my truck unattended for months on end in my alley in Everett, and it never got messed with at all. Couple months up in the tiny town on the island, and it gets keyed when I'm out fishing for a week.

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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2022, 07:05:36 PM »
Trying to find a positive to this story but  :bash: :bash: :bash:  Sorry.  Know that bad karma will be their payback. 

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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2022, 07:29:14 PM »
I think bad karma looks a lot like a glow in the dark fiberglass fish bat.

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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2022, 06:32:46 AM »
I used Groits Complete Compound on clear coat scratches on the mustang. Worked good. Probably not find over there in a store.
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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2022, 01:01:03 PM »
Copy that. I'll see what our local auto parts store has on the shelf tomorrow, otherwise I'll order that from Amazon and take care of it when I get back from my next trip.

People can suck.  I don't know what they get out of property damage like this. Funny thing is for 7 years I left my truck unattended for months on end in my alley in Everett, and it never got messed with at all. Couple months up in the tiny town on the island, and it gets keyed when I'm out fishing for a week.

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that sucks...
does it have WA plates on it? 

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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2022, 02:39:33 PM »
If it's to the paint, I would be tempted to go to an auto parts store and grab some touch up.  You might luck out and find matching paint, otherwise Amazon probably has it.

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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2022, 05:49:42 PM »
If you just want to protect the sheet metal till you can properly fix it, spray paint it.  None of that is buffing out. It’ll need to be painted. You’re not going to damage the door any further than it already is if you’re going to properly fix it. You should be able to buy touch up spray paint based off of the paint code, which would be on the vin sticker in the door jamb. 
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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2022, 11:04:15 PM »
That sucks! You must have out fished somebody badly... so much for hoping AK was immune to that sort of immaturity.
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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2022, 06:02:18 AM »
Like jackalope said. Get some paint on it, a wax will only work until it wears off which isn’t long. Autoparts stores even sell touch up pens that are color coded for scratches and chips. You might even be able to touch it up wet sand it and wax it and make it disappear

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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2022, 08:53:22 AM »
Wait till you draw a moose permit, talk about scratches!!   
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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2022, 09:31:55 AM »
Bummer. Was that done at the marina or your place? If you need anything from down here let me know since I will be up in 2 weeks. I could even bring up my Milwaukee buffer if you want to use it.

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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2022, 09:49:33 AM »
Take it to the trail.
Add about 1000 more scratch.
Blend right in .
Gotta turn it into a positive ,never know what might end up in the back of pickup.
Blending those in.
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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #15 on: July 29, 2022, 03:12:37 PM »
I  have had good luck ordering paint through www.TouchUpDirect.com

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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #16 on: August 13, 2022, 09:45:55 PM »
Is that an older truck? Have you had it taken care of yet? My kids decided to scratch my pickup with some rocks earlier this year, it’s an ‘06 f-150, I plan on driving it til the wheels fall off so I wasn’t worried about resale value so I went ahead and bedliner painted the whole truck. Used a product called durabak, since I recall you may be a commercial fisherman you might be familiar with it.



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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #17 on: August 14, 2022, 07:09:45 AM »
I gotta say, that looks way better than I would have thought.
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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #18 on: August 14, 2022, 07:15:43 AM »
I gotta say, that looks way better than I would have thought.
They have both a textured bedliner and a smooth one, I went with the smooth, it’s still definitely not flat like paint but it doesn’t have the roughness of most spray on bedliners


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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #19 on: September 20, 2022, 10:54:31 PM »
Copy that. I'll see what our local auto parts store has on the shelf tomorrow, otherwise I'll order that from Amazon and take care of it when I get back from my next trip.

People can suck.  I don't know what they get out of property damage like this. Funny thing is for 7 years I left my truck unattended for months on end in my alley in Everett, and it never got messed with at all. Couple months up in the tiny town on the island, and it gets keyed when I'm out fishing for a week.

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that sucks...
does it have WA plates on it?

It doesn't - in fact, it had AK plates on it for the last 4 years it was in WA  :chuckle:
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Re: Scratches on truck's paint
« Reply #20 on: September 20, 2022, 10:57:31 PM »
Thanks everybody for the input - I'm hoping to have a clear day and a few hours coming up soon to take care of this. Local supply of good products pretty slim, got some Meguires ScratchX to buff it, and I'll wax the whole door when I'm done. I'll let y'all know how it turns out!
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