My car got keyed...

[aswole]

I own a 2012 Audi A4 Quattro Brilliant Red which was gifted to me by my parents a couple months ago. This car kind of stands out where i live seeing as everyone drives a black/white/blue car. Well me and my co worker were told to run some errands. I said we could take my car. We went to a few places, and i was always by the side of the car when i came back and either me or my co worker were in the car just waiting for the errand to be done. Then we went to walmart and we both had to go in, and we spent a good hour in there. I came outside and on the side where the gas tank is...is a long white scratch and then it continues to the front right side door. Needless to say i was very upset and angry. The fact that someone would do that, just aggravated me so much. People are just foolish in the things that they do. Although im sure it could've just been a stupid little kid. Either way i called my dealership and they said it would be an easy fix, and to bring it by anytime. But i know theyll charge me quite a bit. So im here to ask you guys if there is anything you suggest i get to help it out. I looked online, and they said i should get turtle wax. I thought might as well ask audizine. The scratch is not deep. It varies from about medium deep cuts to not too deep cuts. i dont know if that makes sense lol but ill try to put pics up. Thank you guys for your opinions. [:)]

[aswole]

feel free to pm your opinions, thanks again guys

[OTDetailer]

can your nails catch? is hard to give advice w/o pictures..

[Rodmar]

PICS of said keying or GTFO, thanks...

[V1Rotate]

PICS of said keying or GTFO, thanks...

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[Brens]

PICS of said keying or GTFO, thanks...

Why the negativity ? He's not trying to lie to impress anyone, he looking for advice.

Brendan

[Rodmar]

Advice can't be given off a one sentence discription for this situation, pictures of said damage help...How do I know he's not lieing to me???

[JJPquattro]

Hey man, sorry that happened to your car. I had the same thing happen to me a while back and I was PISSED! Some people just don't have respect for other peoples property. Try to post a pic next chance you get so AZ'ers can give you more helpful/useful advice as opposed to just reading your post... If your nail catches, then you're off to the dealer... If not, I'm sure we could all help out with tips/info/etc... Good luck!

[TOGWT]

Deep Scratches

A surface scratch that will `catch' your fingernail is approximately 0.04 Mil (1.0 µ) deep will usually require wet-sanding (you may have to sand the scratch to bare metal if the device that caused this scratch was used with enough pressure to damage both the paint and the primer) and the clear coat refinishing

Removing a scratch requires removing the layer of paint that contains the defect; you need to level the paint to the lowest point of the scratch. Removing more that 0.5 mil (12µ) of clear coat will cause premature paint film failure as UV protection percolates to the top of the clear coat. Check paint film thickness with a Paint Thickness Meter (PTG) before you attempt to remove

As you go over a deep scratch, the abrasives round off the edges of the high spots of the scratch. The result is a shallower scratch (when no full correction can be made) rounded edges don’t reflect light the same way a sharp edge will and is therefore less noticeable.

It may be necessary to carry out some localized wet sanding to facilitate full removal of any deep scratches, once again, paint thickness must be checked, and if the paint is too thin wet sanding is NOT an option.

Once you have levelled the scratch apply paint in ‘layers’, by applying a coat of paint and then allowing it to dry, apply paint, and etc. Apply paint until it’s higher than the surrounding surface and then polish level.


Note: metallic paint is very difficult to match as the flakes won’t ‘lay down’ like OEM applied paint.

[Brens]

Advice can't be given off a one sentence discription for this situation, pictures of said damage help...How do I know he's not lieing to me???

Does it matter if he's lying ? Would a picture prove anything worthwhile for you to spend 2 minutes to give him some advice?

Brendan