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Old 09-12-08, 12:40 PM
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Default Scratches go away! Any good way to remove them?

Hi everyone. I've had my SGM IS350 now for about 1.5 years. I live in the city of Chicago, I'm a real estate agent so I drive almost everyday and park anywhere and everywhere. Well, my car is really getting beat up and I have about a dozen or so small scratches on the car, mostly on the bumpers. The newest is a scratch on the trunk shown below. Does anyone have any experience with those "scratch removal from a bottle" dealios? I sure most of the products out there are pure gimmicks, but is there anything that works? Besides taking it to a body shop any suggestion as to how i can hide the scratches? Thanks in advance!

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that looks deep... when you rub your finger nail on it does it feel like the paint chipped? you might be out of luck on this one unless you use touch up paint
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For the fine scratches (not like the one in your picture), try Meguiars SCRATCH X.
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Yeah, that one is a bit deeper, but most of the other ones are more fine.

I will give that Scratch X stuff a try.

I just laugh when I think about those old school late night NuFinish commercials.
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Scratch X will not help with your scratch....dont waste your time/money......
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there is a produxt from Simoniz that does work...I have used it myself and keep it in my aresenal.

https://www.buyfixit.com/ver21/index...efcode=fixit21

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Originally Posted by ArmyofOne
there is a produxt from Simoniz that does work...I have used it myself and keep it in my aresenal.

https://www.buyfixit.com/ver21/index...efcode=fixit21
I dont know it looks too good to be true
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Originally Posted by ArmyofOne
there is a produxt from Simoniz that does work...I have used it myself and keep it in my aresenal.

https://www.buyfixit.com/ver21/index...efcode=fixit21
yes, looks too good to be true. does it really work? how does the scratch get repaired with the same color as the rest of the car? doesn't make sense.
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Originally Posted by omniskye
yes, looks too good to be true. does it really work? how does the scratch get repaired with the same color as the rest of the car? doesn't make sense.
I honestly dont know how it works...but i have used it and it works. it has to be reapplied about once a year tho...
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Wow. It does sound too good to be true.
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i have tried Quixx.

http://www.quixxusa.com/

Worked pretty good. kinda spendy but does provide good results

Although this is probably just some tube with scratch remove haha.
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jsut doesn't make sense how if you get a somewhat deep gash that the paint is filled in with the same color as the rest of the car????? suppose there is a light scratch where the original paint is scratched off.....how do these things fill in the scratched off paint? sounds very iffy to me.
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