Scuffed paintwork

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Sat 26 Apr 2008 12:06
Scuffed paintwork - L'escargot
I've been careless when removing mud splodges (received when following a tractor which had just come off the fields) on my car's bonnet and ended up with several areas where the paintwork is scuffed. Where I went wrong was to not use enough water. The question is ........... what's the best way to remove the scuffing? I've polished the bonnet several times with Turtle Wax but it doesn't appear to have improved matters. I don't really want to use anything which would remove a significant thickness of paint.
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Sat 26 Apr 2008 12:15
Scuffed paintwork - teabelly
The coloured wax (colour magic) is probably your best bet. Get one that blends with the car and most small scratches and scuffs become a lot less visible. It works quite well on swirl marks too. I used it on a black car with quite deep scratches and you only notice them if you knew where they were before or looked quite closely. The colour magic comes with a wax crayon for doing the deep scratches first. You then polish over with the more runny wax. The theory is the wax stays in the scratch so will hide the marks. It will need doing again every so often but shouldn't be more than every 6 months or so I would have thought.
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Sat 26 Apr 2008 12:35
Scuffed paintwork - steveo3002
meguiars scratch x is quiet mild and very safe to use (despite its name sounding quiet harsh)

or try autoglym super resin polish and some elbow grease

both safe to use and found in halfords etc
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Sat 26 Apr 2008 12:38
Scuffed paintwork - maltrap
I'd try T cut.
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Sat 26 Apr 2008 13:54
Scuffed paintwork - Blue {P}
If the T-cut type products leave behind a hazy surface then followup with a liberal coating of Pledge furniture polish or Mr Sheen, anything with lots of wax in, this masks the problem cheaply, for a little while at least. :-)

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Sat 26 Apr 2008 14:04
Scuffed paintwork - Roger Jones
I've used Meguiars ScratchX and have been pleasantly surprised by the results.
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Sat 26 Apr 2008 14:38
Scuffed paintwork - runboy
Remember, wax is just a paint enhancer and protector, it doesn't polish the paintwork. I use Auto Glym products, something like their super resin polish takes out minor swirl marks etc then seal it all in with extra gloss protector.

Have a look on some car detailing forum for some good advice on minor paint correction methods.
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Wed 11 Jun 2008 11:34
Scuffed paintwork - cattleman6
I sware by the Auto Glym products. I use what you say and find it excellent.The super resin polish did an excellent job on my 1999 car.
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Sat 26 Apr 2008 15:01
Scuffed paintwork - Clk Sec
Car polish, cloth and index finger works well enough for me on light scratches. Just try it for a few seconds at a time - no more.

Clk Sec
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Wed 11 Jun 2008 10:24
Scuffed paintwork ~ update - L'escargot
At long last I've bought some Meguiar's Scratch X, and it has worked brilliantly. There's still the slightest sign of scuffing but I've no doubt that that will disappear the next time I have a go. What really amazed me was that there was no sign on the cloth that any paint had been removed.
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Wed 11 Jun 2008 11:14
Scuffed paintwork ~ update - oldtoffee
>>What really amazed me was that there was no sign on the cloth that any paint had been removed.

Maybe it was just the clear coat that was damaged and not the paint - similar with the hazy swirl marks you see on dark coloured cars - it's the light catching the imperfections in the clear coat.
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