Frustrating abrasive labels

[EricDawg]

So I'm looking at Megs Scratch-X wondering why someone wouldn't just use this all the time and eventually polish off their clearcoat? A lot of other cleaners, scratch removers don't seem to say if they are abrasive or not. Sure I know most of them, but in the day of lawsuits I'm kind of surprised there aren't warning all over abrasive polishes. Just a newbies observation.

 

[slippy]

Meguiars scratch x is incredibly safe/mild.There's no way you could remove/polish away your cars clearcoat using this product.I agree that some product labels can be misleading,but if you buy products that are made by a long time,well respected,and established manufacturer,such as Meguiars,then you can trust that the abrasive action of any of there products is diminishing (it breaks down,and reduces to an oil),and very safe.

 

[Accumulator]

Heh heh, one of my pet peeves is that so many of Meguiar's products are nonabrasive even though the claim to "remove scratches" (or words to that effect). People polish away with stuff like Deep Crystal #2 and wonder why the scratches remain. Their mildy abrasive stuff is so mild it barely does any work, let alone any damage.



But yeah, "clearcoat safe" and such wording might be misleading.



OTOH, if people think about what's going on they should be OK with the "consumer" stuff from Meg's. It's when a product is unexpectedly aggressive that problems quickly arise. Meg's does an OK job with their caveats compared to some companies.

 

[mikebai1990]

Well, that's what Autopia's for! Many members here are extremely knowledgeable about various products and its usage. Ask around, and you will know more about the product and whether it suits your job. But like you said, it would be nice if there were some kind of standard to which every company to base their products' abrasiveness on. But that's kind of unrealistic



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