Mothers Scratch Remover works on any sort of finish to help restore high mileage paint and remove surface scratches. There are areas of your paint’s finish that see more abuse than others—on the edges of doors and the trunk lid, around the door handles, keyholes, at the hood latch. What you need is a scratch remover. Mothers Scratch Remover works on any sort of finish to help restore high mileage paint and remove surface scratches.