[kenna]

I don't even know if I have the right term, but I hope someone can help me!

I kind of drove into my garage door today (don't ask) and the front bumper is scratched a little bit.
The scratch isn't really deep or anything but the bumper now has the white paint from my garage door that i drove into.
Is there a way to remove that without going to a body-shop???

[k1D3Ck]

Buy mothers claybar. Use it and see if it will take off some of that. Then polish and buff, then wax. Maybe get some scratch x (never had any good experience with it though). Or go ask a professional for advice.

[Tearlessj]

Run your finger nail across it. If its deep (use your own judgement) then it cant be fixed. If you dont know what your doing I wouldnt try it. I have been able to remove a few scratches wetsanding and buffing though.

[panda]

buy 3M rubbing compound. the "scratch" is actually from the garage door paint embedded onto yours.

with the 3M rubbing compound, generously apply to the painted area. swirl around with a dry cloth until all the paint is gone. next, just buff the area where the paint was actually embedded to remove any superficial scratches found underneath the white paint.

the rubbing compound acts like a very very fine sand paper, so it should work for whatever problems you have.

a bottle runs around 15 bucks or so.

[v8subie]

is the paint from the garage? scuff mark maybe?

[mistapooh]

Meguiars Scratch X isn't bad, but don't expect miracles. I wouldn't use a cloth to rub it, so use a foam rubbing pad. A terry cloth will absorb most the compound, so get the pad. It should be next to where you bought your rubbing compound anyways.