Cat Scratched Paint - How To Fix

JackMan · 03-18-2006, 03:42 PM

Cat jumped onto my silver 911 coupe, missed his landing spot and slipped down the drivers rear fender. There are four distinct claw marks about 4 inches long. The scratches appear to only be in the clear coat.

I tried photographing the scratches to post here, but I couldn't get them to show up. My wife thinks its not a big deal and I should kill the cat. The cat's time is probably up and will meet its fate soon, we live near a busy road. Ooops.

How do I fix the scratches?

wj

JackMan · 03-18-2006, 03:43 PM

Oooops. What a Freudian slip. Meant to say "shouldn't kill the cat."

Oh Haha · 03-18-2006, 03:45 PM

Try some light polish compound. If they don't come out, try a little coarser compound. If they are not through the paint, you should be able get them out or at least not be too noticeable.

AS for the cat? .45

rcecale · rcecale's Garage

Wayne,

I don't think 45 is fast enough. If you're gonna sling it out the window, you definitely need to be in the triple digit speed range.

Randy

bell · bell's Garage

apache could take care of the situation....

kidding of course

diabolos88 · 03-18-2006, 04:54 PM

hi Jackman,

same thing happened to my 930 last week with neighbors dog.
Here's what I did, and you cant even see the scratches at all.

Get yourself a random orbital sander, Sears has a 10" for like $40 right now on sale. Wash your car with Dawn to remove any old junky wax. Then use Mequier's Fine Cut Cleaner and a Meguire's yellow pad.
Use the sander in the area affected, until the cleaner is almost dry.
Wipe clean with a microfiber cloth. Repeat, until the entire area on the car is done this way, you need to go at least 10" around the scratches...to blend the paint in so to speak.

Using a new Yellow Pad and Mequire's Swirl Remover 2.0. Again, the area affected, worked until almost dry. Wipe it off again with the microfiber and redo, until the area is done same way.

Now if you want to add overall gloss to your car and really blend your paint in so you cant notice anything then this would be a good time to get some 3M rubbing hand glaze and using your hands, not the sander, polish and rub the entire car down.

Your car should look better than showroom new, if not, redo the 3M one more time. It takes time. If you still have scratches, then you will need to use a stronger polish to get those out or some claybars, although you will be lifting some of your paint with them, so be gentle when your using those.

you can then finish up with the Mequires #20 wax to seal in the 3M polish/gloss and their tan pad and you should be looking like a Concours winner

Hugh R · 03-18-2006, 05:14 PM

Antifreeze? Why was it a Freudian slip? What EXACTLY were you going to do to that cat?

RLJ · RLJ's Garage

Double tap the cat. Pop,pop!

*******s and Porsches don't mix :-)

Randy Jones
1971 911 "Iris"

randywebb · 03-18-2006, 05:42 PM

1st try Meguiar's Scratch-X or similar

2nd go with Body Scrub and a wool pad on a random orbit machine only

3rd Find a GOOD body shop & pay them

Joe Bob · Joe Bob's Garage

Grind the cat into a paste, add silver paint, blot on with a sponge....

Plecostomus · 03-18-2006, 07:45 PM

How do I fix the scratches?

#1, kick the ***** out of the cat and then have it declawed.
#2 Ask questions on the Pelican board how to fix your paint.
#3 Fix paint.

Dan in Pasadena · Dan in Pasadena's Garage

First, when handling cats around Porsches use the below tool made for this purpose:

Next, at worst it will need some color sanding, minor polishing and all should be well unless the cat claws went all the way through the paint in which case you should give the cat away humanely like this:

afterburn 549 · 03-18-2006, 08:19 PM

Ahem..1st what paint is it reg. or base coat clear coat (I hope) "if all else fails this trick works...get the proper collor, dab in the scatches with your favorit aplicator have some clear coat with you ( I rob it from my favorit body shop as there is allways some left over- call 1st ) dab the clear in/on wait till it kicks,block it dwn, buff, lil wax and poof know one will ever be able to tell.

JackMan · 03-19-2006, 04:01 AM

Wow. Thanks for the tips. I am no longer feverish about what happened. Yesterday I was in a funk, a deep anti-cat funk.

Given my past history with paint, not good, I think I'll check with some body shop friends of mine.

Bell, send Apache on over. You're not too far away.

Wellborn

Barrpete · 03-19-2006, 05:28 AM

You can also try paintscratch.com. For about $25 you can get a kit that come with two "pens" one basecoat & one clearcoat.

ken_xman · 03-19-2006, 05:35 AM

If you have no experience with buffing out scratches..... dont practice on a car you care about. Stop by a small body shop... shake some hands, see if they will do it right there. takes 2 minutes by a pro.

As for an orbital . ..911 fenders have all curves. Practice on an old car... or wifes.

Buffing is an art. HAND BUFFING DOESN"T WORK, never consistent.... ask a pro.

Sonic dB · Sonic dB's Garage

I hate when these threads deteriorate into animal bashing hating from idiots who are just plain cold hearted with extremely ball less smalldickked low self esteem....

toolman · toolman's Garage

I agree with ken_xman, Do not mess with it unless you are a pro. Where is Hudson? I am just north of Toledo and can help you out.

Gunter · Gunter's Garage

I agree with the body-shop solution for the scratches. (Or de-claw the cat and tie it to a 10-inch polisher and see if you can get the scratches out using the culprit as a buffer)
Good replies. I am no friend of cats; they are not a natural ingredient in the environment; they kill needlessly, especially song-birds, garden snakes, etc.
Cats are a man-made nuisance. The unneutered males spray and stink up your front door or porch. Female cats, when not spayed, produce unbelievable amouts of kittens. Yes, cats are a man-made problem.
Every year, a few wild ones come through and hang around my 30 plus bird houses. A 22 caliber is pretty good in such cases.
No sympathy for cats.

LvSteveH · 03-19-2006, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sonic dB
I hate when these threads deteriorate into animal bashing hating from idiots who are just plain cold hearted with extremely ball less smalldickked low self esteem....

Tell ya what, why don't you go hang out with forest creatures like Timothy Treadwell did, and leave the higher order thinking skills to the rest of us. I'm sure Mr. Fuzzy is missing the quality time they spent together. Nice grizzly.