Hiding a scratch

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NGB34747

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I have a 2 month old Subaru TS in dark blue. Unfortunally the other day when I washed it I noticed a 8" long scratch in the front passender side door. The scratch can be felt with the fingernail and thus probably can't be buffed out safely (don't want to cause a different coloured spot due to too thin a clear). The scratch also looks white in colour.



I belive that scratch did not make it down to the paint but most of the way through the clear coat.



I tried using 2 applications of Scratch-X (applied liberally and rubbed untill it basically dissapeared) and this managed to take out "most" of the whiteness in the scratch. I didn't dare take too much more clear off the car and so I then switched to TW scratch and swirl remover (didn't feel abrasive to me)... I worked this in well like the scratch-X. Finally I gave it a quick coat of meg #7 and topped it all off with some s100.





The scratch is no longer visiable under "normal" lights (light bulb) but under halogen and sunlight can be seen. Is there anything else I could have done to try and hide the scratch a bit better?
 
If you've hidden it that well, I don't think so, and I think that's pretty much how others here do it. :)



I think you may be one of the only people who have used (or admitted to using ;)) Turtle Wax's Scratch & Swirl Remover! Can you say anything else about this product or compare it to any other swirl removers? Just curious.
 
Haha.... I only used the TW scratch and swirl remover because I had a bottle lying around (or my friend did). It is comes out as a white creamy paste, slightly more wattery than the scratch-x and to the best of my ability felt non-abrasive.



I have tried using the TW before to remove minor swirls on a dark blue celica. It is more of a filler than anything else and comes off on the next wash (2-3 washes if you wax it afterwards). As I do not have access to a PC, I am just working the TW into the hood using a cotton towel untill it begins to dry.



When I used it on my scratch (on the subaru) it did fill in the really minor end of it but the follow up application of meg #7 was MUCH MUCH more effective at hiding the scratch than the TW... not to mention it left behind a nice shine.



While I have not used other S & S removers, the TW S&S seemed to be fairly useless at removing swirls and scratches. While it did do an "ok" job filling them, meg's #7 did a better job.



In short.............. tw = junk.
 
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