Bad Trunk Scratches - Compound or 3M SMR

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s2skimon

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Hi all,



I do have some examples of some bad scratches of my dad's car.

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He's got some bad scratches on his trunk. I most certainly am going to use my PC 7424 but my question is :



For bad scratches do I use a product like Menzerma IP, Meguiar's PPC, or 3M Fine Cut and then 3M SMR ?



or shall I try to hide the scratches first using 3M SMR ?



I ask because I do not have too much SMR left < sigh >



thanks
 
try 3m fine cut, then follow up with smr. even menzernas ip followed up with smr or menzerna final polish should work. If that doesn't work, then youll need a rotary buffer to get them out.
 
I used the 3M Fine Cut on a few scratched areas and some deep water spots. I applied it by hand until the sctatches/spots were uniformly hazed over.I followed with the 3M SMR / Yellow Pad, Megs #9/White Pad. Worked well.
 
Naturally you want to do as little as possible to get rid of the scratches. Check out the pics of what I did to the tractor in the detailings section. And don't be afraid of wool pads. I've found them to be the easiest pads to control despite their aggressive cut ability. I used 3M rubbing compound followed by 3M SMR on 16-17 year old red and you can see the results.
 
I aggree with the 3m as I found that very good for removing scratches. Just don't buff off the clearcoat with the buffer.
 
I dont know that you're going to be able to remove all of those with the PC. Certainly make them look better but...



Interested to see how it comes out ;)
 
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