Is a Magic Eraser Safe for Car Paint? | How to Correct Abrasions 

I did this just the other day to my brand new CRV and I did freak out. What a relief I can fix! Thanks! Keep posting, this is great content.

Thanks for this. I used a magic eraser to remove paint transfer from the doors of my 2017 Mazda CX-9 with metallic gray paint. I think I must have pressed too hard and I was freaked out I had ruined the paint. This video really helped me recognized what I had done (and not done). I look forward to fixing my mistake with peace of mind. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video.

I'm glad to see someone talk about using the Magic Eraser for getting results with paint blemishes. I've used it for a while myself and it's a helpful tool to have around. Great video. Thanks for the upload. 👍

Seriously one of the best DIY presentations on RU-vid - for any topic. You should become a RU-vid producer/director for all the folks who put out lousy DIY RU-vids. Thanks for packing in so much details in such a short amount of time with no silly wandering.

Phew! I just made a couple of small spots on my FJ with a magic eraser. Glad to know there’s a cheap and easy fix 😅

Thanks so much for this video! I went to town on a few stubborn transfer marks on my car and started to see some of that clouding and freaked out. Very relieved and glad I came across your video!

You are a beast man, 5 years later and saved my ass 🙏

I did this to my truck while washing my car and removing some tar spots with the magic eraser. I was freaking out because it caused these dull spots. I feel much better after seeing how quickly and easily you fixed it, I'll go buy some finishing polish now.

I've been wondering about this. I have a few "scuffs" on my truck, and will definitely try this. THANKS!

thanks for the tips. i used to detail cars on the side many moons ago before i went into the service.... great tips buddy

Phew,so glad there is a fix...I freaked out today using mr clean to spot clean some stubborn spots..now to go wax...thank you,thank. thank you...you rock !!

Thank God Just Did this to my Beamer paint made it look way worse then the scratch YOU THE MAN!!

I did exactly this, scuffing my car with a magic eraser. I panicked. You saved me. Thank you!

Just wanted to say thank you for your video, I got too close to a yellow pole in the car wash drive thru, and this got the paint transfer right off!

Thanks a million for the no-nonsense info. I just bought a Tahoe that has a badly neglected roof and was looking for ideas to quickly cut the crud before compounding, polishing, and coating

Great video. I have a black transfer on my white jeep. I'm going to try this and see how it works.

I just found 2 tubes of piant fix and i was wondering if i could use it to polish chromed metal but thanks to your video now i know paint fix is not the same as polish, thanks for making the video!

THANK YOU! I was just freaking out cuz my GF just tried using a Magic Eraser on my new car to clear out a long transfer scratch and it looked like alll the clear coat was stripped ! Thank you so much for sharing!

Just the video I was looking for. Thanks a whole bunch.

Glad to see I can use this on my rubbers! I'll just start flipping them inside out after a good scrub!

Hey...Thanks to you, I did buy a no name pack of Melamine foams..you saved me a lot of $$ because I use them a lot now, and wow do they come in handy...So I thank you for this my man! On another note...I have to say that you are an amazing speaker! You are great at these vids... pretty much a natural. If I can just give you some constructive advice? Look at your camera more when you are talking to your audience, and you are going to go far...someone is going to want that talent of yours if they haven't approached you already! 👍😉

Thanks it took my scratches off my car 🙏

Tried this method today on the front end of an Audi and bagged $300 in an hour. Thanks for the tips big man 💪

love your work man .Subbed

I am really enjoying your detailing videos and I'm glad I found this channel! I have a question though: in what order of abrasiveness is fine clay, melamine foam, 5000 grit trizac wet sanding paper? I was thinking of doing the Decon stage of a thrashed paint job using the foam instead of clay. Thank you very much!

Thank you soooo very much. My camero that was just painted got a door ding 🙄 Received 2 estimates for $400 & $ 625. For a scratch that the size of a dime , yes a dime. But this method work !!! I can feel the scratch , but can't see it , which is fine with me 😊...money saved 😍

Mr Clean erasers are great for paint transfer. For that purpose, I sometimes use wd40 as a lubricant . I always follow up with a light polish.

Thank you so much for this video! I not only did what you showed in the video, but I really worked the Magic Eraser and used it on some stubborn scuff marks where I rubbed up against the pole in my garage and they ALL came out (without getting to the damage stage). It took a while to really get the magic eraser going (because I started with a new one), but once I got going and swirled it around in the areas I needed, I not only got the marks out in that area, but also on the other "scratches" that naturally occur when you're in a parking lot and someone opens up their door and scratches your paint. I got everything I wanted out and more - so thank you Wilson Auto Detailing. I really find your videos VERY HELPFUL!!!!!

What a great video! Thank you so much! I wanted to learn if I could use the magic eraser safely to get differential fluid off the back of my car. It sprayed and splattered all over the entire back of my car when something on the highway hit my rear differential case. Two trips through the car wash did not take any of it off. I can scrape it off with my fingernail so thought the magic eraser would be a good idea. Thank you for this info.

Thanks for this very helpful video!

I just took a small scuff mark off my Armada. Hit it with some wd-40 and ever so gently (almost no pressure) went at it with a magic eraser. Scuff mark gone. just takes a while but it absolutely works.

I got around 8 scratch spots on the passenger door and i used this kind of magic eraser. Was totally freaked out after seeing the cloudy spot afterward 😂. Do the polishing job does settled the problem

Make sure its completely wet with soapy water and use it very lighly. It only works because its an abrasive but with this way you can very carefully polish an area of clear coat. I found it works and lasts the longest if you hold the foam from the opposite end so that you cannot press hard

nice job man very informative!

I Appreciate this Thank you !!

Awesome video Luke

Great vid, much appreciated! I did just this to my son's car trying to remove excess glue from a sticker. Goo-be-gone and a magic eraser. It worked, but dulled the paint. I was worried. Your video made the difference. 👊

Great job. Thanks!

Thank you for your knowledge 🙏

Thank you very much for your work!

Omg dude! You saved my life. My wife just bought a new car and was annoyed at a spot that was maybe bird poo. I took that magic eraser to my own grave thinking I was doing her a favor. Polish fixed the problem I created right up. I owe you a beer.

Would a magic eraser be of any help with a clear coat that is coming up / cracking (mostly on the corners of the painted bumpers) on a 2004 vehicle? I don't expect it to be perfect ..I just want to try to make it look a little better. Thanks in advance! Your videos are great :)

The polish works great on removing the abrasion on paint. Are you able to polish out painted plastic trim that shows abrasion by a magic eraser?

Do you have a video for removing rubber marks or similar? I was run off the road into an orange cone and it left some rubber transfer that I think will come off if I just knew how.

yeah i follow up with the griots fine polish... liquid glass then i wash .. dry... and y'all have to try this F-11 top coat... I'm just a user who has a 60K sports car... I've used everything since the 80's.. f-11 top coat is the real deal

Thank you, thank you!

nice video .. hey can you make a video of the challenges you face in detailing in the winter..take care

Omg going to the store. I tried surprising my mother by getting the tree sap off her car and ended up leaving 3 white circles on shiny new black paint

Hey brother. Good video. Would you recommend it for sunfaded mildewed paint?

Awesome video!

Thanks, this helps

3:15 was hard to watch but very educational. Subscribed

Man i did that to my gs350 f sport, i freaked out! Thanks ft for the video!

Awesome video. Thank you so much. Splashed deck stain on my car. Used a magic eraser THEN googled whether it was safe to do it not. Google said it would kill your paint. Clearly, not true!

Is that a G Shock? Nice 👍🏼 I have a mudmaster myself

Hey Luke- is the magic eraser abrasive enough to damage the finish on interior or exterior plastics that are textured ? Will it make them smooth out (not good) or simply just clean them up ?

You can put the compound to cut or polish on the magic eraser..those were ideal for removing wax & spray coatings instead of clogging up a pad just rinse repeat

Thanks bro I literally just made this mistake.

Very informative as always!

Test this in a harder to see spot. It took off the finish of my car way easier and faster than in this video, and didn’t take the scratch out. I wouldn’t recommend doing this.

Yes yes...i.admit....i had abrave my paint with this......it was silver so i didnt noticed quickly.......but still very usefull tool i still use it

Great video! After using the magic eraser is it best to wash and wax the car after?

Luke, Just saw Optimum Clear Coat Restorer on a video. How about doing a video on a trashed car with deep scratches and see if this stuff works. I saw it on Pan's channel on the SEMA show. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and Coco.

Hi Luke, awesome content as usual, just wondering if you know what the results of using a magic eraser and a cutting compound and or a finishing compound would be?

I made the mistake of abrading the paint on the rocker panel of my 2019 Jetta due to road tar and grime. What’s a good polish or finishing polish? I just got this car and so pissed I thought I ruined it ...Thank you!

U can even use 1000 grit then 2000 grit to smooth clear coat orange peel followed by a polisher to reduce orange peel on the clear coat.

Also wondering if I can use this eraser in headlights that have become hazy. Thanks!

What about a the ruff side of a dishwashing sponge and wd40 for a scuff mark/paint transfer does it damage your paint or remove dealership paint protection aka ceramic coating

I recently used this to get some road grease off my side panel of my white pick up. Trying to see if it caused any abrasions..is it harder to see on white or would I still notice it?

Hey wilson thanks for the video i dont see the polisher on link could you provide that for me? Thank you

Wilson I got the same haze from rubbing to hard with the eraser on my passenger door can I use ultimate compound to remove the haze or ultimate polish?

Hi, cool video but wont this damage return over the next few washes/rainy days as the Wax leaves

Great video.

Does it matter what finishing polish I use ? Which one do you use ?

You are good looking bro. Thanks for the video

What kind of finishing polish did you use?

Thanks I just noticed that I had one of those abrasions on my car paint :-( I let my dad help me remove a scratch using a Mr Clean Magic Eraser and it worked so well he got excited and started to trying it out on the spots of the car that had paint chips from little rocks hitting the car on the highway because he thought that the Magic Eraser would erase that damage too (my dads like 80 yrs old) and he rubbed it so much that it caused an abrasion on the paint where the paint got dull around that spot. I got scared and thought I would have to get the car repainted but this video was a lifesaver. Do you have the Amazon affiliate link for that polish?

I literally just did this and it left terrible marks... I literally put no pressure on the eraser just ran it across and now it’s cloudy... maybe the actual name brands are harder on the clear coat?!? Is it maybe a newer formula... because it does have some type of product in it. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’m going to try to polish it back out like you did so 🙏🏻🤞🏻 it works.

Can you use them to get light scratches out of the black trim. On the car. I think it would leave a white mark and full the black even more. It's black plastic trim

Will the polish work with a scuff mark from the back end of a sponge?

Do you think this will work on sunblock spots on car exterior? Thanks!

I have a black Cadillac that just came home from being at the body shop due to someone running a red light and crunching my front right fender. Before they got it back to me, they waxed it and shined it up. Now there's some places on it that look like the pattern that's left behind when a sticker is removed and some of the sticky stuff is left behind, only this is smooth. I tried my magic eraser to see if it would take it off but it didn't. Any idea what this could be or how to fix it?

Thank you! I did start to freak out.....

great video.

Hello from the uk you really give me incentive to get on youtube and start making few films....ps love my magic sponges so many uses

Saved my ass. Thanks bud!

“I’m gonna put a little more polish” *Proceeds to pour half the bottle* Love the videos bro that just cracked me up!

Wow I guess I was expecting him to have a nicer car snd the shape of the rims wow 😳

Worked mint

Hi.. 😊 this was really helpful.. I'm trying to get the car I'm selling looking great.. how did u get that beautiful high gloss on your car.. I luv that mirror finish.. also what is a DA? And I can't find the links you were talking about . Cheers.. tia

On yellowed headlights ? Black trim ?

is magic eraser the best solution for the long stains under the mirrors, or should i use a degreaser, or a clay bar kit

Thanks for this video, because I really need to use this for removing marks from my car, but was worried about comments about ruining paint. I see it takes Alot to really damage the car paint.

very good video

Will the polish come off after a car wash? And is this polish good for dark Grey color with some spec?

Good video.

Hey Wilson, how do you remove wax that get on to black window trims? Thanks

I have a white car and I used a magic eraser to remove tiny black dots (artillery fungus from mulch). I had to apply a good amount of pressure to get the dots off. They were over most of the car. At the time I did not notice the haze / scratch marks in the paint, but now when it catches the right light I can really notice them. Someone recommended Nu Finish Scratch Doctor to restore these areas of the top coat. Do you think this will work as well as the funishing polish, or do you think the polish will work better? Also, can you recommend a different brand and type of finishing polish? Non of the local stores carry Show Car Renewit. Thank you for your help!

Hey can you help me.. My car have got a stain from body cover ..its looking yellowish and its so stubborn its not going at all .. I have used iso propyl alcohol , detergents etc.. So can you tell me how to remove it please 🙏

Nice video