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Hi Jeff, Just how hard are you dragging a fingernail across it? Most paints can be noticeably marred after dragging a fingernail across them, even with only light to moderate pressure. Here's some tests I just did. No sharp fingernail edges. I used what I would call a light to moderate pressure and backdragged my thumbnail across the paint where the gloss was high and any marring would be easily seen. 1. DuPont Centari acrylic enamel single stage - catalyzed. Applied about one week. Leaves a noticeable mark. 2. DuPont Centari acrylic enamel single stage - catalyzed. Applied about five years. Leaves a noticeable mark. 3. DuPont Centari acrylic enamel single stage - uncatayzed. Applied about two weeks. Leaves a noticeable mark. 4. PPG DCC acrylic urethane single stage - catalyzed. Applied about seven weeks. Leaves a noticeable mark. 5. PPG OMNI MTK acrylic urethane single stage - catalyzed. Applied about seven months. Leaves a noticeable mark. 6. PPG OMNI MC acrylic urethane clear over single stage - catalyzed. Applied about four years. Leaves a noticeable mark. 7. Toyota OEM urethane clear (BC/CC) - Applied 5+ years - Leaves a noticeable mark. 8. Honda OEM urethane clear (BC/CC) - Applied 7+ years - Leaves a noticeable mark. I believe any of the above examples can easily be corrected with a very mild polish. They are minor but still noticeable. Doing the same thing with no obvious applied pressure, there were no marks on any of them. Are you sure you are not expecting too much from the paint?  Rod
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