Cars will inevitably endure all kinds of scratches over time. Sometimes they can be major scratches that require touch up or re-painting, but most of the time what you’ll find are minor scratches. You can remove minor scratches pretty easily with a machine polisher and a compound of some sort. You can even get away with using a polish instead of a compound if the scratches are very minor.

Bumpers tend to get the brunt of minor bumps and fender benders to vehicles. As a result, the bumper can get dented, broken, cracked, or scratched. Out of all these types of damage, the easiest to remove is a light scratch. I would also add that sometimes these “scratches” might actually be paint transfer, where paint has rubbed off of another vehicle onto yours. Paint transfer and light scratches are both easily removable with a machine polisher and compound/polish. If the paint from your bumper comes off, then you will need to resort to either a bumper respray or touch-up paint.