Hey kids-
Just wanted to vent because as soon as I am done work I will be heading home to wax my car because a nice lil old lady decided to back out of her parking space into the side of my car on my lunch break!!!!!!!!!!! What a great way to start the weekend!! Anyone have any good tips on buffing out gold paint?!

Damn Old People! LOL... i feel your pain. rubbing compound then wax it.
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Try Turtle Wax or Meguires Scratch remover first.

Sorry to hear about your mishap. You should consider starting to park in the "No dent" zone of parking lots. Not only will it afford you a little excersize, but it will help insure your E stays ding and scratch free. Plus, it will never take you more than 20 extra seconds of your life to walk into a store.

As for the scratch, you might want to try a cleaner type wax. Cleaner wax is lightly abrasive and will help with fine scratches and residual paint from Granny Smith's bumper. Be careful not to rub too hard however as you may damage the paint. After the cleaner wax follow up with a regular type wax.

>rubbing compound

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Applied VERY carefully! As I've mentioned elsewhere (like a broken record), SOP and the other "pearl" colors are multi-layer with the color layer transparent. Rubbing compound removes paint, a microscopic bit at a time. Too much rubbing, you remove the orange layer completely... and then it's too late to fix.

Word to the wise: if you haven't used this type of product before, leave the job to a pro. A brand-new vehicle is not the place to learn how to use rubbing compounds.

>rubbing compound

:shock: :shock: :shock:

Applied VERY carefully! As I've mentioned elsewhere (like a broken record), SOP and the other "pearl" colors are multi-layer with the color layer transparent. Rubbing compound removes paint, a microscopic bit at a time. Too much rubbing, you remove the orange layer completely... and then it's too late to fix.

Word to the wise: if you haven't used this type of product before, leave the job to a pro. A brand-new vehicle is not the place to learn how to use rubbing compounds.

No kidding...I agree totally. I have seen it make a mess of things.

Always use the least abrasive product available first, then work your way up to rubbing compound.

As previously stated, start with a car cleaner or cleaner wax. If that doesn't do it, try polishing compound.

I just got some fairly deep scratches in my paint. I used rubbing compound first. Rubbing compound by itself will leave a very noticeably scuffed area whereever you use it. Even after you wax, you will still see the scuffed area. If I remember correctly rubbing compoud is equivalent to 800 or 1000 grit sandpaper(IIRC). So after using the rubbing compound, I then used a 3m polishing compound(1500 grit) and then I waxed the area. Afterwards, it was good as new.

Like everyone else said, be very careful with the rubbing compound. I've used it alot in the past(but never on a new car), and I was pretty shocked at how much it scuffed up the paint.

Take it to a pro and make the old bat pay for it.

I would never use any compounds, they do work but are very dangerous to the clear coat. I would find someone near you and get some dri-wash n guard it will take it off more than likely and it wont hurt the clear coat at all or the paint. I have used it for things like this before for my friends and it saved them some money on repainting. If you cant find it let me know I have someone in my area that has some and you could but some from them to try.