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Meguiars ScratchX

Old Mar 11, 2008
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Meguiars ScratchX

Bought my truck not too long ago and the first thing I noticed was the ungodly amount of swirl marks on it. Not sure what the last guy did but it was definitely something not conducive to good paint. I picked up a bottle of ScratchX today and it did make a difference. However, I still noticed some swirl marks in the paint after I had gotten done. I guess some are just way deep down in there. I'm no detailing expert so I have no idea where to go from here. What do you guys/gals recommend?
 
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Old Mar 11, 2008
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im not a detailing expert either but i used meguirs NXT paste and did a couple of coats and it took out all the swirl marks but not any deep scratchs im sure some one else that knows what their talking about will chime in
 
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I hope so. Someone recommended me getting this right here.

http://www.autogeek.net/xmtpocainswr.html
 
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Old Mar 11, 2008
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all those "scratch removers" just get rid of light scratches...anything deeper, they'll lighted up a little, like hide it a little more. Got rid of alot of little scratches in my brother truck.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2008
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Definitely get a D/A polisher!!! It's well worth the cost in my opinion. I personally went with Meguires, but it's essentially the same as the Porter Cable.
 
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