Reddit reviews Meguiars G10307 7 Oz ScratchX
We found 19 Reddit comments about Meguiars G10307 7 Oz ScratchX. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Maguire's Scratch-X 2. 0 [G10307]
Reddit reviews Meguiars G10307 7 Oz ScratchXWe found 19 Reddit comments about Meguiars G10307 7 Oz ScratchX. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
That will buff out.
But seriously, it will buff out. It looks like paint transfer.
https://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G10307-ScratchX-2-0-oz/dp/B0002UNON8
A product like this should remove it no problem.
First off, it's ok. I use those car washes often, because I don't have the facilities at home to wash my car there. Here's my step by step for easy, simple car care that does the 90% solution. (I.E. NOT paying $120+ for a detail, and NOT spending 6 hours on my car every week)
Go the the car wash, at night so the sun isn't baking the soap into your car.
Initially rinse the car at a low-power setting (usually not pulling the trigger on the wand will result in a half power spray) This is so that you aren't driving contaminates into your paint.
Soap the car down with the soap setting, still just spraying it. Soap the whole car and make sure to work top-down and the contaminates are running off.
Rinse car again. Rinse the brush too, very well. Feel it with your hand and ensure there's no grit.
Soap up car with brush, don't push hard, just light swirls.
Rinse car.
Immediately pull out shammy cloth or microfiber towels and dry car.
Go home for the rest of these steps.
buy Zymol brand cleaner wax
This stuff is fantastic. Ok, start on the top, spread a small, half dollar size squirt on the paint, and rub it out to cover 2-4 sq feet, keep rubbing and then stop, let it dry. (0-30 seconds, maybe as long as a minute) Then use a second cloth (dry) and rub it off, work in small circles. The paint below should be crystal clean and most of the slight spiderwebs in paint should be filled.
Do this to the whole car.
Go back and look over the paint. You'll find some deeper scrapes and scratches that aren't totally gone. That's ok. Use this: Meguiars Scratch-X It's great, use a small ammount (dime size) and rub into the scratches, polishing them and wipeing off the dried material with a second, clean dry cloth.
Now your whole car should be shiny, and not have any spider webs! Use any simple Meguiars brand polish to make it shine a bit more, but at this step I just use the spray on stuff.
Make sure to buy many many micro fiber towels. They are cheap. If you drop one on the ground, put it in the wash and grab another. I go through 8-10 when washing/ waxing. I know it sound common sense, but only use one for wax application, one for wax removal, one for glass, etc etc.
Now for wheels, I use this: TUFF STUFF It's safe for everything, it's also what I use to remove stains in the interior and clean my floor mats. It's super cheap and works great!! Spray on a wheel, wait 30 seconds, wipe off. Removes 90% of road grime and brake dust immediately. May need to touch up a couple spots. Rinse wheel off. Spray tire foam on the tire, wipe off excess.
Your car should look great and be scratch free. I will typically go out and 3-4 days later gently wipe off my car with micro fiber towels, and then go over with the quick detail spray by meguiars. Takes 10-15 minutes and the car instantly goes back to looking like I just washed it. During the summer I'll do this 2-3 times between real serious washings, so I only have to wash fully once a month!
(but my car is silver and easier to keep clean)
Your first mistake was not keeping your car waxed in the first place! If you had done that, water would have been all you would've needed! SHAME! SHAME! SHA-
Okay, I'm done.
It'll polish out easily. A shop should take care of this for $15 with a cordless polisher in the parking lot in a matter of 3 minutes. But, some shops don't work like that because of capitalism and "time is money", in which case you could get that out with a small bottle of polish and an application sponge. I'd suggest this:
https://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G10307-ScratchX-2-0-oz/dp/B0002UNON8/ref=sr_1_11?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1527550086&sr=1-11&keywords=meguiars+polish
and
https://www.amazon.com/SPTA-Finishing-Hand-Applicator-Polishing/dp/B01M0GRIGS/ref=sr_1_7?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1527549955&sr=1-7&keywords=hand+polishing+pad
>This caused a around 1mm mark on my car. Would you guys think this is a scratch?
You may be able to buff it out if it's minor.
http://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G10307-Scratch-X-2-0/dp/B0002UNON8
>I know some people really recommend using the parking brake on manual cars, but should I be using it on my car? My car is automatic and not manual, but if it is recommended and safer, I may just give it a try.
Yes, use the parking brake. When you park an automatic, there is a small dowel about the size of your pinky that snaps out of one part of the transmission into another. That is all that holds your car in place when you shut it off.
>Any other tips would be great, I am just completely excited to be driving, it is quite fun!
Check fluids and tire pressures weekly. Oil, coolant, brake fluid.
Always address any new sights, sounds, or smells immediately before they can snowball into big bills.
Look wwwaaaaaayyyy down the road whenever possible. You can often avoid troubles if you see them in advance. The same goes for using your mirrors.
Enjoy!
My local shop quoted me $300 to fix the paint and $250 to replace the plastic piece. I told them it was a lease and surprisingly they told me I should wait until I am about to turn the car in since more damage will happen. I also have $5K of lease damage insurance so even if I get dinged (ha!) for this, it will be covered by that insurance.
Being a perfectionist, I still wanted to clean things up so I turned to Amazon and bought about $40 worth of supplies:
I was able to fix the damage to the plastic piece entirely, it looks as good as new. I used an ample amount of Novus 2 and 3. I wasn't expecting Novus to be able to tackle such a big scratch and I was just hoping to get rid of some minor scuffs but I was pleasantly surprised, there is a slight dip in the plastic that is visible if you are about 3 inches away and looking from an extreme angle but I don't even feel a bump anymore.
I also did a few more rounds of Scratch X on the paint scratch and got rid of about 50% of it, I painted the deep chip but I didn't want to risk making it worse so it's still visible from about a foot away. I'm going to practice on another car with some filler and see if I can master the art of filling in deep chips and painting them but for now the metal under the chip is safe from rust.
i used this on recommendation from some people over at tdpri. i absolutely love the way it feels, and i put it on all of my satin-necked guitars. it's actually nicer than regular poly, IMO. here are some pics i took just now. (not the greatest, apologies.)
In the automotive world, scratch removers can get rid of scratches such as these very well. My favorite is the Meguiar brand, and I have a feeling it might work for these cases as well
http://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G10307-Scratch-X-2-0/dp/B0002UNON8/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
Hey guys i'm new to this detailing scene..but I do hope to learn a lot from everyone! I have an 05' white civic and the exterior isn't terrible, but there's definitely parts where there's medium oxidation and swirl marks. Just overall the paint doesn't feel glossy and smooth, just weathered and feels like metal.
Please let me know if I got the steps correct...any inputs is greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much for all your suggestions and inputs. I hope to learn a lot from all of you.
PS. Extra question, I'm doing a roadtrip after the detail...(stupid i know) but what's a good product to get rid of the bug stains while I'm out on the road?
THANKS!!
I use this with a micro fiber cloth. Lots of small circles with firm pressure. Take the lid off and set it down on a towel so it doesnt move around.
http://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G10307-ScratchX-2-0-oz/dp/B0002UNON8/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406911488&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=extreme+scratch+remover
Try this first:
http://amzn.com/B0002UNON8
If that doesn't work try this:
http://amzn.com/B003NS5NK8
Check out these forums for more information on paint care etc...
http://www.autopia.org/
For the scuffing try Meguiars scratch fix 2.0. I've had pretty bad scratching that it's removed for me in the past.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0002UNON8/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485032368&sr=8-1-fkmr0&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=meguiars+scratch+fix
Try scratchX 2.0! I found this in another thread for getting scratches out of old 3DS's. I actually used it on my top screen and I'm incredibly happy with the results. Two major gashes and a lot of microscratches from stupidly using a CD cleaner on it effectively gone.
http://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G10307-ScratchX-2-0-oz/dp/B0002UNON8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425917884&sr=8-1&keywords=scratchx+2.0
Pics will help.
I have had a lot of success with this product: http://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G-10307-G10307-ScratchX/dp/B0002UNON8
If you live in North America you can find it at any auto store.
PM me for more info.
This stuff is amazing: http://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G10307-ScratchX-2-0-oz/dp/B0002UNON8
This'll fix ya right up:
http://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G10307-ScratchX-2-0-oz/dp/B0002UNON8
this stuff works amazing:
http://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G10307-ScratchX-2-0-oz/dp/B0002UNON8
edit: you should be able to find it at your local auto parts store.
they don't look deep and I wouldn't be surprised if scratch x would take em right out (or make them nearly invisible).
https://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G10307-ScratchX-2-0-Scratch/dp/B0002UNON8
Hey you can try hand buffing it with Meguiar's ScratchX. http://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G10307-ScratchX-2-0-oz/dp/B0002UNON8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404933405&sr=8-1&keywords=scratchX
It will take a lot of work, but you should be able to visibly improve it with a lot of elbow grease. Wash car, use clay bar, wash car again, scratch x the scratch, apply polish, apply wax. When using scratchX, work in a shaded area, work a 6 inch area of the car at a time, spread the product evenly and work it in circles for about a couple minutes. Repeat 5-10 times. Then cover with a wax protectant / sealant.
Products I recommend:
Meguiar's Scratch X, Meguiar's Soft Foam "4 applicator pads, Meguiar's Supreme shine microfiber, Gold Class wax.
This kit has everything you need, but I recommend picking up some extra foam applicator pads and supreme shine microfiber towels: http://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G55032-Complete-Car-Care/dp/B0012ZEZ8A/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1404932960&sr=8-7&keywords=scratchX
I'll look at the product tomorrow morning and post a link to it or something. I have used it several times on my car and it's done an amazing job of just clearing small scratches away. As long as it's not a deep scratch it usually covers it up really well. I do know what I'm talking about, like I've said I've used it a few times and have had good results.
Edit: decided to just go ahead and Google it real quick. Here's a link to the product. Look at the comments, in some people post pictures. Don't have to get all rude before you even attempt to look for anything.