what works on bodywory scratches????

well we all know how annoying it is to scratch your fronty,car,van etc.i have a few scratches on my car & have tryed the t-cut scratch remover etc to no joy.now these aint deep marks & a friend of mine has worse marks on a dark blue car,but when he has it valeted they get them out,so what do they use & can you buy it or you gotta be trade????
p.s i dont want to pay to have it valeted i think its a waste of money

you can use rubbing compound, just make sure you follow diretions on tin, as my uncle used it on his car and he just spread it on thinking it was like t-cut and tried to take it of, but took the paint with it,

i use MER to remove and get scratch's out off paint work

http://www.merproducts.com/carcare.htm

http://www.merproducts.com/acatalog/Scr ... l.html#a18

thanks guys think i go with mer as smiffy said,andy as i dont want to lose anymore paint :wink:

i see if halfords sell it tommorrow cheers

I dont use much, I sort of collect scratches :oops:

Last edited by andysd1 on Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.

i have used these before today a bit dear side, but it was for a jag, loads of cat sratchers, but they spent all day on it, out side the house, and it came up trumps,
http://www.taketheweekendoff.com/contact.htm

thats why i've got a white(ish) fronty ....cos it doesn't show up the sratches :lol:

You got a whitish fronty coz its the only one I could find pmsl :lol:

i use mer polish as a first try as it removes a lot of marks

if not then try the scratch remover

http://www.taketheweekendoff.com/contact.htm

this is what they worked on

For light scratches I use G3 compound :wink:

If you do use it then never let it 'dry', always keep it wet when rubbing on the body work.

It's the first thing I did to my Frontera when I got it, took an age to do but the end result was worth it.

Untill a random graffiti artist (stepson) gets to it :lol:

u just like to use & abuse your fronty dont you drift :wink:

(hope you aint like that with your women) pmsl :lol:

i aint got that many marks on me fronty yet :wink:

but i'm about to sell me missus's vectra,we moving in the next 4 wks out into the sticks & with the kids being so young they all finsh school at different times(to many journeys for a big car,petrol ohhh my god),so it wouldnt pay to keep the vectra(2.0 glsi 16v),but she has, not me scratched it in a few places(missus always says someone done it at tescos) not bad,but i'd rather polish them out than give me car away(hagglers etc) it is a good motor dont want the earth for it but a fair price,got the missus a nice dont blink

citreon ax 1.0,what more could a girl want :wink:

i no i no guys i no how to treat a girl :lol:

You could also try 3M Products Fast Cut Compound then Super Fine and then Hand Glaze for the final finish, the fast cut is a little more abrasive than the Ferecla G3, If you only have access to G3 it is a good compound, it's also a good idea to have some G10 for applying after the G3 has been worked into the effected area, it's less abrasive than the G3 and more of a polish than a cutting compound and will buff the area you applied G3 to. when i did my Apprenticeship training for Body & Paint we swore by it, make sure that you do use the cutting compound with water if you are using a polishing mop, as you may or will burn through the paint if the compound becomes dry.