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Looking for good scratch-out compound...

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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 05:17 PM
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Question Looking for good scratch-out compound...

But something less than compound strength.

Anyone know of a good product?

I have a 3" superficial scratch...down to the white undercoat but that's it.

You can barely feel it.

Truck color is black.

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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 05:46 PM
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Two words........Sharpie Pens
My truck was keyed in a couple of spots, it hides the scratches pretty well.

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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 06:19 PM
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You're too far North for that one Ed...

Then again, I think the Rio Grande is too far North for that one...


(I shouldn't talk as I've done it before; then again, it wasn't my car...)
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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 10:40 PM
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Not a bad idea Shovelhead.

I'll try it out first on a hidden area.

I was the culprit. I tried to squeeze inbetween the truck and a snowbank with the snowblower and brushed up against the door ever so slightly.

Took me a while to get over that one.
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 05:34 AM
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I've been using one on mine for 3 years.
Not perfect match, but it's MUCH less obvious than a white scratch on a black truck.
You'd have to know where it was to see it.
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 04:56 PM
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Sharpie matches better than the touch paint you can get from the Dealer.

1 year old truck, the "exact match" touch up paint wasn't even close.

3 years later, it hasn't faded a bit, but the original factory paint all around it has faded 2 or 3 shades.

Not my truck, but a friends, big scratch as well, very visible.


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