Hi All,

Does anyone here have any hints and/or tips in getting some scratches out of a black vRS? I have ordered some Meguiars Scratch-X but wondered if anyone here has tried using anything else.

Many thanks in advance...........

Hugh

P.S Have already posted this in 'my styling' but looks like it has been comprehensively ignored......lol

P.P.S When are you soft,southern nancy boy's thinking of verturing across Hadrian's wall to show us Jocks how to drive,then?!!

P.P.P.S Terminally bored at work.................. :D

Depend's on the size / depth of the scratches really.....try not to use the likes of T-CUT -- as it's a bit too strong.Do you know anyone in the bodyshop trade ? -- 3M make a rubbing paste called finness it which is great for getting scratches out -- and as it's designed for fresh paintwork is not too aggressive.

Hope this helps.

Cheers Dave,scratch doesn't look too bad to my untrained eye.I'm probably going to try the Scratch-X stuff when I get it but I may have to dodge down to a sprayshop to see if it can be removed properly.

I got the scratch by gently (and I really do mean gently!) touching my plastic wheelie bin on the way out of my drive.I couldn't believe the damage such a small scrape like this caused!! It really doesn't take much to scratch but not sure if that it is more pronounced because the car is black or whether the paintwork is very thin.

Cheers

Hugh

That's water based paintwork for you Hugh.It should come out Ok as long as it's not down to the primer coat.

What ever you do -- don't use these coloured polish's -- they are PANTS.

I'll keep clear of those then, Dave. Full of colour dye and silicone no doubt................or is that Pamela Anderson??

Cheers

Hugh

Originally posted by skodaw in this post

What ever you do -- don't use these coloured polish's -- they are PANTS.

I hate to disagree mate, but i found a very fine scratch on my Octy's roof a few weeks back. Clour Magic sorted it no probs

oooh - nothing like a bit of polished controversy.

I have a nice 4" vertical scratch under my wingmirror and I'm still bemused exactly how it got there? If someone has a silver car (diamond metallic) and reckons they're gunk could mask it (and they're coming to the National) I'd be a willing victim for a cover-up experiment.

edited to say I have a pot of touch-up & lacquer from my dealer, but have not got the foggiest how to apply it accurately. I think I'd screw it up totally if I tried it on my own. :(

Think touch up would be a bit overkill for a scratch. Not found anything to cover small scratches, but if you bring the touch up paint and laquer to the national I could do with borrowing it momentarily...

Rob.

Liquid Brasso is very good for removing minor contact damage, ie where the paint surface has been damaged. Apply gently with a very soft cloth. The trick with using any abrasive, no matter how gentle, is to back off as soon as you see that paint is being removed.

Originally posted by devonutopia in this post

oooh - nothing like a bit of polished controversy.

I have a nice 4" vertical scratch under my wingmirror and I'm still bemused exactly how it got there? If someone has a silver car (diamond metallic) and reckons they're gunk could mask it (and they're coming to the National) I'd be a willing victim for a cover-up experiment.

edited to say I have a pot of touch-up & lacquer from my dealer, but have not got the foggiest how to apply it accurately. I think I'd screw it up totally if I tried it on my own. :(

Jason, you may be in luck.

I assume your car is the same "shade" of silver as mine, so i have 2 possibilities for you..

1. I have the aforementioned bottle of colour magic

2. I have the remainder of the paint my local "ChipsAway" guy mixed up, to repair the vandal damage to my car a few months back.

I plan to make at least 1 day of the September meet, so if you still need it, remind me nearer the time, and i'll bring the stuff with me

As for touch-up paints. Best thing for chips is to dab it in with a cocktail stick, then polish it back when dry. Not sure if this works for scratches though

The trick when doing paint touch-up of any kind -- is to use the smallest amount of paint at any one time -- it's also a good idea to drop the (Unopened) touch up into a bowl of warm water for a few nins before it's used,as this will make it less gloopy!

Then it's a case of many,many SMALL coats untill the chip is filled -- then leave for about a week -- polish back with a suitable paint restorer -- but make sure you apply a good wax polish afterwards.

With my car , very minor scratches are treated with a VERY fine permanent marker micro pen and then a good layer of polish is applied .

The main problem with black is the white undercoat - hence if the scratch is not deep you do not have the problem of trying to polish away the excess touch up paint - you usually end up taking off the surrounding lacquer coat .

very quick and simple .

Originally posted by skodaw in this post

The trick when doing paint touch-up of any kind -- is to use the smallest amount of paint at any one time -- it's also a good idea to drop the (Unopened) touch up into a bowl of warm water for a few nins before it's used,as this will make it less gloopy!

Thanks for hat tip - thats one of the biggest problems I have with touch up paints it sets too quickly whilst on the brush/applicator

John

If They are very fine scratches, such as "swirl" marks, I recently tried Zymol Cleaner Wax, just to see if Zymol is as good as they say, and this option is the cheapest at

if the scrath is not to deep,try some G27 scrath remover from halfords. ive used this in the past to remove surface scratches with good results.

sorry about the spelling .