| Author | Message | ||
     Matt (Doc175) Member Username: Doc175 Post Number: 99 Registered: 11-2002 |
No one cares about scratches until it is time to sell the Rover. I'm trying to clean her up a little. Nothing through the paint, just the typical from bushes and trees. Musky said colored wax, any other suggestions? I know body shops have a little green pad that looks like a scouring pad ???? | ||
| Paul Clawson (Pnut) New Member Username: Pnut Post Number: 2 Registered: 02-2003 |
Depending on how much time you want to spend on it, the website listed below has a cheap detailing guide(an ebook) that is extremely helpful in dealing with scratches, etc. the colored wax may work but remember that the shade of wax isn't going to necessarily match your paint and could end up looking kind of weird. Meguairs(sp) makes a product called scratch X I believe that you use kind of like polish. it is mildly abrasive but works really well. I have also used a product by 3M that completely eliminated the scratch left from a runaway grocery cart. Proper auto care also has a product by eagle one called scratch remover also. The 3m product and the meguiars product are available at walmart and are under 8 dollars. Hope this was helpful. http://www.properautocare.com/detailingtips.html | ||
| todd slater (Toddslater) Member Username: Toddslater Post Number: 213 Registered: 08-2002 |
That little green pad at the body shop is a 3m scratch pad...it puts scratches in doesn't take them out. It's used to scuff up painted surfaces to get paint to stick. If your truck has wide spread little murders, it may be worth your while to take it to a body or detail shop to have it professionally rubbed out and a high speed glaze treatment. | ||
| Brian Dickens (Bri) Member Username: Bri Post Number: 208 Registered: 08-2002 |
Try using plexiglass polish available at an aquarium store or bar keepers friend (super market). Make sure to try on a spot where it will not matter too much, then a good wax. I think you will like the results of the polish most definitely, however bar keepers fried works on really nasty scratches. I used a combo of both when I resently hit a couple of highway cones to avoid a dear. The result was orange colored abrasions plus bad scratchs around the wheel wells. I used the bar keepers friend (fine abrasive), polish (very fine abrasive) then wax. Or call a detail shop/read the above guide and see what the pros use. |
