Meguiars Scratch X 2.0

[MawsonSnow]

Hey all,

Today myself and Gav (GUnka) from the forum had a go at removing the bush pinstriping from his black Patrol and the results were actually quite surprising,

We used the Meguiars Scratch X first followed by the turtle wax black blend wax,

Before:

After:

 

[LowLux]

Looks good guys, well done.

 

[Wang]

Did you hand rub it or use a polisher

 

[MawsonSnow]

Did you hand rub it or use a polisher

Orbital buffer for the scratch X and hand polished the wax mate.

 

[mac_man_luke]

Scratch X is not a great polish, although it does the job.

If your really serious look at the 3m or Menzerna range on foam pads.

 

[GUnka]

Thanks again for today mate.

The car came out looking for better than I thought is was going to. Damn glad we decided to use the Supercheap DA buffer polisher though as am sure arms would have been falling off had we persisted with hand rubbing the Scratch X. Not mention would have lost a few kg's in sweat too.

It looks like a 15 month old car again and not a 15 yo one.

Would be good if Scratch X could make me look 15 years younger...lol.

 

[MawsonSnow]

Scratch X is not a great polish, although it does the job.

If your really serious look at the 3m or Menzerna range on foam pads.

Yeah its not too bad it made the Patrol look so much better,

Cheers for the tip Luke where can I buy those polishers from?

 

[GUnka]

Scratch X is not a great polish, although it does the job.

If your really serious look at the 3m or Menzerna range on foam pads.

Its a 4x4 Luke, not a Bently....

 

[MawsonSnow]

Thanks again for today mate.

The car came out looking for better than I thought is was going to. Damn glad we decided to use the Supercheap DA buffer polisher though as am sure arms would have been falling off had we persisted with hand rubbing the Scratch X. Not mention would have lost a few kg's in sweat too.

It looks like a 15 month old car again and not a 15 yo one.

Would be good if Scratch X could make me look 15 years younger...lol.

No problems mate glad to help,

Yeah wasnt expecting miracles but it worked really well.

 

[cloughcarib]

Looks amazing, reminds me that I have to do mine soon. To heck with hand buffing.

Scratch X is not a great polish, although it does the job.

If your really serious look at the 3m or Menzerna range on foam pads.

Definitely agree with the 3M rubbing compound, but more partial to the double sided 3M lambswool pads than foam. Throw them in the washing machine when you're done.

 

[mac_man_luke]

Lambs wool is good of you want high cut, not so good for gentle work IMO.

I still wash my foam pads in the washing machine

 

[cloughcarib]

Lambs wool is good of you want high cut, not so good for gentle work IMO.

I still wash my foam pads in the washing machine

Fair call, I'm used to buffing gelcoat not paint.

 

[offroadr]

That is a fantastic result. Now I'm enthused to crack into the bush pin striping on my Cruiser!!

 

[chris_stoffa]

That is a fantastic result. Now I'm enthused to crack into the bush pin striping on my Cruiser!!

What !!! and lose all it's character, Never ! , it will just become a souless Toorak Tractor again ........... Sigh !

 

[Les PK Ranger]

Gotta be careful too, some pinstriping takes a fair amount of polishing, and modern paint isn't as thick as it used to be.

I've never used Meguiars products, but would think the Scratch x 2.0 isn't a terribly aggressive cutting compound, so used with something like Turtle Wax, would work fine to reduce pinstriping and disguise it well.
Maybe save a good cut for about 1/2 way through ownership, and again before selling.

Looks nice again Gav / Sean, that deep black again . . . black is a bugger for pinstripes of course, hopefully you can avoid any dune vegetation next weekend

 

[80lover96gxl]

I'll see that he gets a few more Les, pinstrips tell a story of past adventures.

 

[MawsonSnow]

Gotta be careful too, some pinstriping takes a fair amount of polishing, and modern paint isn't as thick as it used to be.

I've never used Meguiars products, but would think the Scratch x 2.0 isn't a terribly aggressive cutting compound, so used with something like Turtle Wax, would work fine to reduce pinstriping and disguise it well.
Maybe save a good cut for about 1/2 way through ownership, and again before selling.

Looks nice again Gav / Sean, that deep black again . . . black is a bugger for pinstripes of course, hopefully you can avoid any dune vegetation next weekend

Hey Les

Nah it's not very abrasive at all, it was designed for modern cars with thin paint and clear coats