When I bought my Superb in january, I failed to notice the light scatches on the drivers side. They are mainly light ones and located on the rear quarter and around the door handles (front & rear). I always wash the car using a wash mitt and use Meguiars stuff. I am pleased to say that this has allowed me to be swirl free. I have now decided to try to remove the scratches. I bought some Scratch X and have tried a few times by using a foam applicator and wiping the excess off when done with a Meguiars terry towel. The scratches are still evident, but not as bad. My questions are,

1) How many attempts will I need to get rid of light scratches??

2) Will the fact that I wax my car every week mean it will take more attepts to remove???

3) Would I be better off getting a PC to do the trick (found a place selling for

When I bought my Superb in january, I failed to notice the light scatches on the drivers side. They are mainly light ones and located on the rear quarter and around the door handles (front & rear). I always wash the car using a wash mitt and use Meguiars stuff. I am pleased to say that this has allowed me to be swirl free. I have now decided to try to remove the scratches. I bought some Scratch X and have tried a few times by using a foam applicator and wiping the excess off when done with a Meguiars terry towel. The scratches are still evident, but not as bad. My questions are,

1) How many attempts will I need to get rid of light scratches??

2) Will the fact that I wax my car every week mean it will take more attepts to remove???

3) Would I be better off getting a PC to do the trick (found a place selling for

You found somewhere in the UK selling PCs for 83 quid?! :eek:

Yes share that one!

Found it here

http://www.maxtool.co.uk/index/porter-cable/polishers.asp

Found it here

http://www.maxtool.co.uk/index/porter-cable/polishers.asp

Ahh' date=' once you add shipping (30 quid) and what not you're prolly not saving much really. Still, good to know (or would be if I didn't already have one!).

So, how deep is the scratch? Does your fingernail catch it?

Polished Bliss have an excelent guide to scratch removal that includes doing it bby hand - might be worth a look on their site? [url']www.polishedbliss.co.u[/url]. Black Magic is very hard paint though, difficult to get scratches out (so I've found).

Most of the scratches do catch with a finger nail so not overly optimistic of repairing them. I may just leave it and have the whole car done proffesionally when I get a few more stone chips appearing

Scratch X and if that isn't working I guess you could try brasso wadding as it is supposed to work well. Can't hurt if you would get it professionally resprayed anyway to give it a go.

If your fingernail catches then you probably wont be able to repair it.

You could try and mask it more though by polishing it down a bit - Porter Cable with a 4" pad and some Poorboys SSR2.5 or even 3 would prolly do it. Then use a filler wax or something similar to Meguiars NXT, don't know how effective it'll be though and could well result in a respray job anyway. If you're in the South East I'd be willing to give it a shot with my PC on the understanding that if I knacker your paint job you don't sue or hurt me