Hi,
I had to take my Scion to the dealer to have some small scratches removed from the drivers door sill a few years back. I was expecting them to buff them out, but the detailer said the clear coat was too thin in that area for buffing. Instead he poured some solvent on a soft cloth and passed it once over the scratched area. I took a look and the scratches were still evident and so he repeated it, but with a different solvent. It still wasn't right and he did another pass with yet another solvent. That third solvent did the job and had a fairly powerful smell -- had to let the car air out for awhile after getting home. His solution, of course, was to melt the adjacent clear coat into the scratches. I'm trying to find out what that solvent probably was. I noticed my factory touch up paint lists Toluene as its first ingredient. Was the solvent probably Toluene?
I had to take my Scion to the dealer to have some small scratches removed from the drivers door sill a few years back. I was expecting them to buff them out, but the detailer said the clear coat was too thin in that area for buffing. Instead he poured some solvent on a soft cloth and passed it once over the scratched area. I took a look and the scratches were still evident and so he repeated it, but with a different solvent. It still wasn't right and he did another pass with yet another solvent. That third solvent did the job and had a fairly powerful smell -- had to let the car air out for awhile after getting home. His solution, of course, was to melt the adjacent clear coat into the scratches. I'm trying to find out what that solvent probably was. I noticed my factory touch up paint lists Toluene as its first ingredient. Was the solvent probably Toluene?
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