Tried Scratch X Yesterday (Some Results)

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Found out about scratch x from a thread on here the other day, so I done some research on it and tried it yesterday on the car. Below are the results, which are impressive I think. :)

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Not sure if that was straight after applying scratch x or super resin polish, but you can see from the results that its looking good - a lot of the scratches and swirls have gone now.... not bad for an 8yo car. :)
 
Looks awsome! :cool: :D

I always used mine as touch ups rather then using it on the whole car.

But looks like some good results!
 
The problem with pictures is that they lie.

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Look how amazing the paint is on the Xantia!

In truth, the exterior was sheddy.
 
[TW]Fox said:
The problem with pictures is that they lie.
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Difference being that his car is dry :p

Your right though pictures cover up a hell of a lot of inperfections.

Having said that it does look bloody good for an S plate.
 
Yeah pictures do cover a lot of imperfections.

But I can honestly say that the scratchx has removed a lot of minor scratches and swirls, and that the paintwork is in much better condition. For £9 and a bit of elbow grease, I recommend it to anyone :)
 
[TW]Fox said:
The problem with pictures is that they lie.



Look how amazing the paint is on the Xantia!

In truth, the exterior was sheddy.
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Did you forget to dry your car before you took photos?
 
Is Scratch X full of filler or is it something completely different?

I am planning on doing paint correction on my car firstly by removing surface impurities, then using a random orbital polisher along with Poorboys polish to get rid of all the swirl marks and scratches, then sealant, then wax.
 
Having bought an 18 month old car from a dealer the paintwork was pretty imacculate, but washing my pride and joy every week and giving it a polish soon left it with some very light sratches. I think it was likely caused by some grit or dirt in the was mit, but either way very annoying.

I bought some Scratch-X to have a go at removing the light marks and used a cotton polish pad to apply it, and was very disappointed, didn't think it gave any results at all. Reading this thread renewd my vigour to have another go. This time I used a cheap mirco-fibre towel (89p odd for 3 at Tesco's IIRC) and results were much better. At a guess Id say 90% of the light sratches came out with a little bit of effort.

To conlcude, I think it makes a massive difference what you use to apply and work with. I thought an applicator pad would have been best, but can only assume Scratch-X works best when applied with a 'textured' cloth.

Anyway, thumbs up from me, think Ill work on my car bit by bit and see how I go.
 
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Is that before and after scratch x? Theres still swirl marks in the second picture....a significant amount.

Plus, that punto needs a wash pretty badly!
 
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