Dog Scratches on Lexus-advise Needed

[JimmyS5600]

Hi All, A friend stopped by with a three month old Lexus,has fairly deep scratches on both left side doors from a dog. Some you can`t feel with your fingernail some you can.

My question is what is the best way to attack this issue? Wet sand? Need your input please.

By the way,it is a metallic black finish

Thanks

[schybrid]

Can`t help myself, don`t mean to be trite but a needle to put the dog to sleep is the first step.



yup, i hate it when the "owner" lets them jump all over teh side of the car, :wall

[Bobby G]

Lighten up on the pets... this will turn into a hot topic you don`t want to deal with!

[Dane Guy]

yup, i hate it when the "owner" lets them jump all over teh side of the car, :wall



My Dane never jumps but 2 days ago someone came over and wouldn`t you know it she jumped on the door. I almost had a heart attack!!!!!!!! :furious:

Fortunately, no scratches.

[TortoiseAWD]

"I don`t believe in the concept of hell, but if I did I would think of it as filled with people who were cruel to animals." -- Gary Larson



"Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." -- Mark Twain



Tort

[TortoiseAWD]

Lighten up on the pets... this will turn into a hot topic you don`t want to deal with!



Amen to that.



"I don`t believe in the concept of hell, but if I did

I would think of it as filled with people who were

cruel to animals." -- Gary Larson



"Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would

stay out and your dog would go in." -- Mark Twain



Tort

[Mark77]

The moderators are 100% correct here. The problem usually comes down to the owners not the pets.

[TortoiseAWD]

Hi All, A friend stopped by with a three month old Lexus,has fairly deep scratches on both left side doors from a dog. Some you can`t feel with your fingernail some you can.

My question is what is the best way to attack this issue? Wet sand? Need your input please.

By the way,it is a metallic black finish

ThanksI wouldn`t wetsand, but that`s because I have no experience doing it . . . others will have to advise you on that.



If it was *my* car, I`d probably take a whack at the scratches with a 4" pad and a Porter Cable and just try to make them less noticeable, and accept that they`re not going to come out completely (especially if I planned to keep the car for years to come).



Good luck,

Tort

[Scottwax]

Without seeing the car, no way to tell you what will definitely work. Start with something like Meguiars Scratch X and increase aggressiveness as needed.