Looking for advice on fixing a scratch.

Onslaught · 18 Mar 2006 at 13:55

I ended up comming into my drive a bit too tight last Tuesday and promptly heard metal scratching wall.. The joys.. I checked the damages and it doesnt look that bad.. But I do not know the best way to fix - I figured a good scrub and then seom T-Cut.. But maybe the scratches are too deep... Can anyone offer advice on this? Its a MK2 Mondeo. Thank you.

Enfield · 18 Mar 2006 at 13:59

T-cut will definitely get rid of the bottom left and the one above it. It won't remove the other ones though, especially the scratches on the arch.

I did the same thing in my 205, turned too early whilst going into a carpet between two walls, luckily the car was silver so it didn't show up too much.

Phantom · 18 Mar 2006 at 14:01

the photos arent clear but it looks like youve transferred some paint onto the car. give it a clean and take a look at again. if youve gone down to the metal it'll then depend on how much you want to spend in getting it fixed. a quick and simple solution is to buy some touch up paint and with a lot of patience and t cutting you can do a good job...

take some more photos after youve cleaned it up so we can inspect the damage more clearly for you

lordrobs · 18 Mar 2006 at 14:01

Looks too heavy for T-Cut to my eyes. Is the orange rust or brick dust?

Enfield · 18 Mar 2006 at 14:02

The finer scratches should just rub off.

chopchop · 18 Mar 2006 at 15:05

lordrobs said:
Is the orange rust or brick dust?

thats what i was wondering.

PeterNem · 18 Mar 2006 at 15:09

It'd definately clean it up and then try and take some clearer pics.

Hopefully the damage on the door will T-cut out, and the damage on the arch you could probably rub down and then build it up again using primer + paint + laquer (halfords spray cans were a good match when I did similar on my mondeo).

You're lucky it's there and not on the middle of a panel, it should make it pretty easy to blent in and make it not noticable.

Spanker · 18 Mar 2006 at 15:09

way to deep to polish out imo.

Dead Dog · 18 Mar 2006 at 16:56

Yup, too deep
all you want though is a local on your arch and bottom of door - not a big job at all!

Onslaught · 19 Mar 2006 at 02:14

Its brick dust

- Ill try to give it a clean tomorrow and at some point a trip into halfords

Ill update with a better pic too. Thanks everyone.

Onslaught · 19 Mar 2006 at 16:40

Not quite brick dust.. The arch has some rust set in - I guess Ill need something to kill the rust then apply some touch up paint to it? - The others may need some tcurt and some paint then?

paintguy · 19 Mar 2006 at 16:51

Unfortunately they're way too deep for T-Cut, as others have said.

The ones on the door are down to the primer in places, and as you've found out, it's down to bare metal on the arch.

You could go the rust treatment/touch up route, but having it sprayed would be a much better option.

Enfield · 19 Mar 2006 at 17:25

Scrub harder man, I'm sure you'll get some of those out

Dead Dog · 20 Mar 2006 at 20:40

you'll be through to the door on the other side before those scratches come out

Onslaught · 29 Mar 2006 at 23:40

I nipped down to Halfords at the weekend but was stumped by the choice of colours.. from the pics above does anyone know what colour the car is.. it is apparently written on the VIN plate but I was expecting a metal plate in the engine bay, but was faced with one line of letters and numbers.. I could not see a match on this to any of the 'codes' in the Halfords book.

Does anyone have any ides on this? Thanks

PeterNem · 29 Mar 2006 at 23:46

Ford Mondeo 1997 - 2000

Your vin plate is located on the drivers side door piller .

There are seven small boxes up the left hand side the colour code is found in the second box up from the bottom .

The first number or letter is the colour code and the second number is the year the colour was introduced .

Examples

3 4 is juice green 3= juice green 4= 1994

R 6 is cuirass R= cuirass 6= 1996

Ford Mondeo 1997 - 2000 Colour Codes

1 Ford Mondeo - PEPPER RED

2 Ford Mondeo - ONTARIO BLUE

2 Ford Mondeo - NOUVAAU MICA

3 Ford Mondeo - JUICE GREEN

5 Ford Mondeo - HEATH BROWN

6 Ford Mondeo - STARDUST SILVER

7 Ford Mondeo - DARK AUBERGINE

8 Ford Mondeo - MISTRAL BLUE

9 Ford Mondeo - LODEN GREEN

9 Ford Mondeo - MEDIUM ATLANTIC BLUE

A Ford Mondeo - COPPER GLOW

B Ford Mondeo - DIAMOND WHITE

C Ford Mondeo - ELECRIC CURRENT

D Ford Mondeo - PETROL BLUE

F Ford Mondeo - ASTOR GREY

G Ford Mondeo - PANTHER BLACK

H Ford Mondeo - IMPERIAL BLUE

K Ford Mondeo - STATE BLUE

L Ford Mondeo - MEDIUM CABERNET RED

M Ford Mondeo - BLUE VIOLET

N Ford Mondeo - AMPARO BLUE

P Ford Mondeo - RADIANT RED

Q Ford Mondeo - SAMAKAND

R Ford Mondeo - CUIRASS

S Ford Mondeo - MEDIUM STEEL BLUE

T Ford Mondeo - PACIFIC GREEN

U Ford Mondeo - BELLADONNA

V Ford Mondeo - AURALIS BLUE II

V Ford Mondeo - LIGHT NORDIC GREEN

W Ford Mondeo - MEDIUM CHARCOAL GREEN

X Ford Mondeo - MEDIUM CHARCOAL BLUE

Y Ford Mondeo - NON STANDARD COLOUR

Z Ford Mondeo - TOURMALLARD GREEN

source: http://www.panelmatch.co.uk/Mk2 Mondeo colour codes.htm

Onslaught · 29 Mar 2006 at 23:47

Good man i'll check that out tomorrow.

smokey · 29 Mar 2006 at 23:49

Edit: Ignore me, someone has written a far more concise and correct post.

Phantom · 30 Mar 2006 at 11:13

halfords have a booklet chart thing in store.. you look up the manufacturer/model and year and it tells you the colour youre wanting

LoadsaMoney · 30 Mar 2006 at 13:08

Dead Dog said:
you'll be through to the door on the other side before those scratches come out

PMSL.