Scratches

neacy69

Hi All

Looking for some advice....

I recently got an old almera (1998) and there are a lot of scratches on the drivers side passenger door looks like someone wrote "basst" with a key or something...pictures attached (camera phone so poor quality).

I was hoping to use something to take them out or at least make them less noticeable. Someone mentioned a device called the JML Mantis Scratch remover:

http://www.jmldirect.com/Mantis%C2%AE-Scratch-Remover-PM4203/

also this from Autoglym:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_172339_langId_-1_categoryId_165527

or similar from megauires:

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/products/259159/meguiars_ultimate_compound.html


Anyone have any experience with these products? or anything they would reccomend?

andyseadog

they dont look too deep, but i suppose its hard to tell from the pictures.

i reckon a professional detailer could take them out using wet sanding or the correct polishing method, and it wouldnt be that expensive really.

i wouldn't put that jml sh1t near my car. i also wouldnt attack my car with either the auto glym or the meguiars compounds if i wasnt confident in what i was doing, it would be fairly easy to make things a lot worse with marring/ dulling the paintwork.

Owen

It's impossible to give you any advice with those photos. First things first, where are you located?

If you don't know what you're doing (And seeing as your thinking about JML products, and looking at Halfords I'm assuming you don't - no offense meant), I'd stop now and take it somewhere that does. If you're in Dublin, there's a user on here called Separate who does detailing and will be able to advise you first hand what's do-able, and what's not.

MadPilot45

Yea tried the JML thing on my car (just on an offchance it might work), only really any good at polishing out scuffs, does nothing for deep scratches... kinda waste of time

Sue_x

MadPilot45 wrote: »

Yea tried the JML thing on my car (just on an offchance it might work), only really any good at polishing out scuffs, does nothing for deep scratches... kinda waste of time

I have mild scratches and think this might work - am in DUblin, can you tell me where to go buy the JML remover? Is it Heatons?

Jesus Shaves

Sue_x wrote: »

I have mild scratches and think this might work - am in DUblin, can you tell me where to go buy the JML remover? Is it Heatons?

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