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How best to remove scratches?
« on: April 15, 2011, 09:47:21 am »
Hi guys, got a number of small scratches, zips, thrillers, that sort of thing. Have fit some dodo juice wax, but can anyone tell me a good cheap product just so that I can remove them from sight? And also the Rechnique used? None of the scratches are too deep, have a couple on the back of my recaro buckets that I would like to get rid of too.
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Re: How best to remove scratches?
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2011, 02:41:07 pm »
Where are these scratches?

And what are the back of the recaros covered in? Plastic?

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Re: How best to remove scratches?
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2011, 04:34:49 pm »
Where are these scratches?

And what are the back of the recaros covered in? Plastic?


One scratch is on the bonnet from when an oik jumped on it and broke my windscreen, then there are other ones about 1cm wide around the back panels.
The Recaro's are black shiny plastic, so have a couple of scratches on them.

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Re: How best to remove scratches?
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2011, 04:36:45 pm »
I find metal polish to work quite nicely on plastic then a polish like Menzerna Final Finish on a finishing pad


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Re: How best to remove scratches?
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2011, 06:20:12 pm »
Where are these scratches?

And what are the back of the recaros covered in? Plastic?


One scratch is on the bonnet from when an oik jumped on it and broke my windscreen, then there are other ones about 1cm wide around the back panels.
The Recaro's are black shiny plastic, so have a couple of scratches on them.

Can you feel the scratches with your nail? If so then they can be polished out. improved but not removed as it's gone too far, probably through the clear coat and paint.

There is the product called Dr Colorchips which supposedly does a great job, never used it myself but might worth a go.

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Re: How best to remove scratches?
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2011, 06:23:07 pm »
Dr Colorchip is a con for what it is. When you look further into it, the cost outweighs the benefit tenfold.


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Re: How best to remove scratches?
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2011, 06:24:06 pm »
Dr Colorchip is a con for what it is. When you look further into it, the cost outweighs the benefit tenfold.

Is it that bad....saw a review on DW i think saying it was good....

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Re: How best to remove scratches?
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2011, 06:30:25 pm »
Theres alot of mixed reviews. They give you a tiny amount of paint, most of which gets wasted as you wipe it off due to the way its applied

I looked heavily into it and deemed it made more sense to just use normal touch up paint, as it only masks the chips and wont get rid of them completely in most cases


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Re: How best to remove scratches?
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2011, 07:25:45 pm »
There is no substitute for machine polishing on vag paint work. Period. There are no wonder products or something that you will find in Halfords that will sort it. Anything you do get sucked into buying that claims to remove scratches will 9 times out 10, will leave you wishing you didn't bother in the first place

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Re: How best to remove scratches?
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2011, 07:34:47 pm »
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The master has spoken.

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Re: How best to remove scratches?
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2011, 09:15:23 pm »
I do keep thinking that a good detailing session is in order, though like the satisfaction of doing it myself.
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Re: How best to remove scratches?
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2011, 11:26:59 pm »
There is no substitute for machine polishing on vag paint work. Period. There are no wonder products or something that you will find in Halfords that will sort it. Anything you do get sucked into buying that claims to remove scratches will 9 times out 10, will leave you wishing you didn't bother in the first place

I agree, though to remove a scratch you can feel with your nail is not possible with machine polishing unless you go down the wet sanding route which most people will not consider.

So you either have it repaired or 'try' something like a home solution.


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Re: How best to remove scratches?
« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2011, 08:59:34 am »
There is no substitute for machine polishing on vag paint work. Period. There are no wonder products or something that you will find in Halfords that will sort it. Anything you do get sucked into buying that claims to remove scratches will 9 times out 10, will leave you wishing you didn't bother in the first place


If you can feel a scratch with you finger nail it's a very deep one. Your going to have to remove a lot of lacquer around the area of the scratch to remove it. It's successful quite a lot but it is worth bearing in mind you will be reducing the longevity of the clear coat when your are wet sanding 20 microns plus.

I agree, though to remove a scratch you can feel with your nail is not possible with machine polishing unless you go down the wet sanding route which most people will not consider.

So you either have it repaired or 'try' something like a home solution.



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Re: How best to remove scratches?
« Reply #13 on: April 27, 2011, 11:59:43 am »
in my eyes jay is the detailing master BUT  he s too far from the midlands , a guy called scott at beau tecnique in leicestershire done some work on my z4 a while back , great results and very reasonable
then theres auto perfection but dont get me started with them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: How best to remove scratches?
« Reply #14 on: April 27, 2011, 01:20:59 pm »
Lol, what have Auto Perfection done to you? 

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