Does ScratchX have fillers?

[Thriller]

Re: Does ScratchX have fillers?

Hi gang. I certainly don't have the answers, but I see words being tossed around, perhaps not entirely as intended. The Socratic method starts out by defining your terms. It is something I've struggled with a bit, but we need to distinguish between words like cleaner, polish, wax (or LSP if you'd prefer).

As I understand it, ScratchX falls under the category or cleaner. With the Meguiar's 5 step system of paint beautification / protection - http://www.meguiarsonline.com/forums...ead.php?t=2409 - are you not skipping a step by going directly to a LSP after ScratchX? I'm not saying it is wrong (so long as you don't harm your paint, you aren't doing anything wrong), but you may see better results incorporating a polishing step as well.

I'm far from an expert with ScratchX, but my thought on using it on a car is to use ScratchX on the worst / most visible defects by hand, then use another cleaner (Fine Cut Cleaner as one example) to work the rest of the car, then a polish, followed by wax / LSP. Mind you, my perspective is working on my Buicks...they are large cars and if I attempted to do the entire car with ScratchX, it would take me a week and I'd never move my arm again.

I hope this has been helpful, rather than muddying the waters further.

[Jossy92]

Re: Does ScratchX have fillers?

I've briefly tried ScratchX myself.... I polished a tiny little area....

Thanks for that info. I have been doing a foot square area. I need to switch to "tiny" as it is too much work given the results and so I need to focus that energy on a smaller area to first perfect the technique for my situation.

Also, I used a terry pad thinking it would help, but, it just absorbs the product and masks the "feel". I think.

p.s Just btw, this thread wasn't "my post", if that's what you meant - I didn't start it.

I realized that when it was too late. Hoped no one would notice. But then.......

that's what detailers do. duh

[V8Caprice]

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Note that I was polishing white paint, and a pro detailer told me it was single stage. (it looked single stage to me too) Apparently white paint is very hard paint, and so it is very difficult to polish. (however, he cleaned up my mess very quickly with a rotary, as I said) I have a clearcoated car now and I might give the ScratchX another go out of curiousity. However, I also now have a rotary polisher and I want to spend most of my time learning how to use it!

Greg.

[Patman]

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I am a HUGE fan of Scratch-X! I've got a black Corvette, and my usual method of removing swirls and light scratches with my DA has been to use either #83 or #80 first (depending on the severity of the area) then following it with #9 to get rid of any micromarring, then finishing it off with my LSP (I'm now using NXT 2.0, but last year I was using #21)

But on the advice of another black Corvette owner, he told me to try out Scratch-X with my DA instead and it does a fantastic job! The Corvette's clear coat is pretty hard, so usually one pass with any product doesn't do much, but when I make one pass over the car with Scratch-X (on my UDM set to speed 5, with a white LC polishing pad) it makes a major improvement in my finish! And not only that, but it leaves the finish shiny with no micromarring, so I don't need to do anything except go straight to my LSP! I also love how easy Scratch-X buffs off, it saves me a lot of time! I can now get better results in 90 minutes (including putting on the LSP!) than I used to get in three hours!

So if you guys haven't tried using Scratch-X over your entire finish with a DA yet, I urge you to give it a try, this stuff works like a charm!

[Mike Phillips]

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I am a HUGE fan of Scratch-X! I've got a black Corvette, and my usual method of removing swirls and light scratches with my DA has been to use either #83 or #80 first (depending on the severity of the area) then following it with #9 to get rid of any micro-marring, then finishing it off with my LSP (I'm now using NXT 2.0, but last year I was using #21)

But on the advice of another black Corvette owner, he told me to try out Scratch-X with my DA instead and it does a fantastic job! The Corvette's clear coat is pretty hard, so usually one pass with any product doesn't do much, but when I make one pass over the car with Scratch-X (on my UDM set to speed 5, with a white LC polishing pad) it makes a major improvement in my finish! And not only that, but it leaves the finish shiny with no micro-marring, so I don't need to do anything except go straight to my LSP! I also love how easy Scratch-X buffs off, it saves me a lot of time! I can now get better results in 90 minutes (including putting on the LSP!) than I used to get in three hours!

So if you guys haven't tried using Scratch-X over your entire finish with a DA yet, I urge you to give it a try, this stuff works like a charm!

Great testimonial based upon your real-world experience, maybe copy and paste this to create your own dedicated thread?

Sometimes a post like this is worthy of being it's own thread as it can get kind of buried in a thread.

[tcb 57]

Re: Does ScratchX have fillers?

After washing my car on the weekend, i noticed a neighbours cat has climbed across the bonnet ( hood ) and left heavy scratches !!!


Gave the car, in total, three applications of Meg. Scratch X .


Each application, the scratches became less noticeable,...until completely gone.


After the last buff, finished off car with NXT Wax. back to new.


Now, I'm going to go kill the cat !!

[Patman]

Re: Does ScratchX have fillers?

Great testimonial based upon your real-world experience, maybe copy and paste this to create your own dedicated thread?

Sometimes a post like this is worthy of being it's own thread as it can get kind of buried in a thread.

I'll do it right now Mike!

I put it in the Dual Action Polisher section, hopefully that's a good spot for the topic! (if not, could you move it to the most appropriate section Mike?)

[Mike Phillips]

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