Buffing out light scratches

Tom|Nbk · 17 Jun 2007 at 20:45

Light scratch around 5 inches long on my bonnet, may have been done when I clay bar'd it ages ago but I doubt it as its just a single line, whats the best way to buff this out, CBA with T-Cut etc, Im debating wheather its worth pickinng up an electric polisher and trying that with some super resin polish, Ideas?

wassap · 17 Jun 2007 at 21:07

Can you feel the scratch with your nail? if so then you wont really be able to get it out

If you cant get a hold of scratch and work away at it, you really have to rub scratchx in you know its working when the metal is getting hot! its a very effective product when used correctly.

Tom|Nbk · 18 Jun 2007 at 15:32

wohoo said:
Can you feel the scratch with your nail? if so then you wont really be able to get it out

If you cant get a hold of scratch and work away at it, you really have to rub scratchx in you know its working when the metal is getting hot! its a very effective product when used correctly.

No I cant feel it with my nail its a very fine hairline scratch, dosnt look deep at all

Tom|Nbk · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:47

Anyone else have any ideas, dissapointed at the lack of response

L1J · 18 Jun 2007 at 16:54

As mentioned in a previous post, try some Megs ScratchX on it. Lots of elbow grease required but it should come out.

I don't think super resin polish will do anything to it.

The Edge · 18 Jun 2007 at 17:10

Wet flat with 1200 grade wet and dry until the scratch is gone then hand or electric polish it with Farecla G6 polish. Beware that this will become expensive if you rub through the paint/laquer so take it gently with the 1200.

The G6 by itself may do it, but i suspect it will need a little help from wet and dry.

Tom|Nbk · 18 Jun 2007 at 17:12

The Edge said:
Wet flat with 1200 grade wet and dry until the scratch is gone then hand or electric polish it with Farecla G6 polish. Beware that this will become expensive if you rub through the paint/laquer so take it gently with the 1200.

The G6 by itself may do it, but i suspect it will need a little help from wet and dry.

Think I'll just give the scratchx a go

, but I was under the impression that Resin polish works well to buff out light scratchs. Cheers for the advice.

Dfhaii · 18 Jun 2007 at 17:17

Auto Glym's Super Resin Polish will fill the scratch to hide it, but wouldn't remove it. As said try some Megs scratch x, will be a bit of a pain to do by hand though.

Tom|Nbk · 18 Jun 2007 at 17:19

General concensous is that ScratchX is better than T-Cut?

Mackass · 18 Jun 2007 at 22:13

Just bumping this as I'd like to know the answer to the post above aswell.

Abyss · 18 Jun 2007 at 22:19

T-cut is far more abrasive than scratch-x, and it appears that most "detailers" avoid using it. I would suggest scratch-x is your best bet, but it will likely require numerous applications and a lot of elbow grease. It is however unlikely that you will go through your clearcoat with it.

After using scratch-x I would use a filler wax such as super resin polish or Mequirs nxt wax, to help hide the remains of the scratch.

In response to using 1200 grit sandpaper, I would much rather use 3000 grit, as 1200 can leave more scratches than it takes out. Personally I would not recommend trying sandpaper without practicing on an old panel first.

Euro_Hunter · 18 Jun 2007 at 23:01

Recently did my motorbike tank, first used T-Cut Colour Magic this removed swirl marks & light scratches then as I had a bit of overspray on the tank

and a few slightly deeper scratches I used original T-Cut this got all scratches out and removed overspray & left a very nice mirrored finish.

lordrobs · 19 Jun 2007 at 08:43

I rate T-Cut original quite highly for non-metallic cars. T-Cut metallic on the other hand sucks in my experience.