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Old May 5, 2003 | 12:59 PM
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Scratch-X

Hello,

I recently bought a bottle of Meguires Scratch-X and have not used it yet. I was wondering if anyone that has used it can give me feedback on how-to apply it and how the results are. I am sick of looking at all my scratches!
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Old May 5, 2003 | 01:23 PM
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Re: Scratch-X

Originally posted by 00SESoonToBe
I recently bought a bottle of Meguires Scratch-X and have not used it yet. I am sick of looking at all my scratches!
i just applied it this weekend for the first time. i was a bit paranoid but it came out well. i used it on the entire car since it needed it desperately - majestic blue just doesnt hide scratches worth sheeet.

pretty much just put a thin film of it using a terry cloth by hand. the wiping down was the hardest part - it does leave a bit of a residue. make sure you use a tight terry cloth to clean it up. it took out some of the lighter scratches and swirl marks so i was impressed. next time i will probably use a paint cleaner first however. the meguires gold on top of it really made the car stand out though.

good luck!
Old May 5, 2003 | 01:34 PM
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I've tried it on my old black Malibu, and on my 2k1 Grey Lusture, I wasn't impressed with it. I then went out and bought a tube of GS27 and really liked the results. Although it took some rubbing it made small scratches completely disappear, and did a decent job masking larger ones.
Old May 5, 2003 | 01:36 PM
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I just apply like wax. I have used terry cloth to apply and take off. Works great. I am using microfibre cloths more now. I use it on areas with small scratches primarily. On the rest of the car I use the gold class swirl remover followed by the gold class wax. Does good job imo.
Old May 5, 2003 | 01:48 PM
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Honestly SR-97 worked the best for me on a light colored max. It is hard to find locally and I found only shady looking online companies selling it for ridiculous amounts.

I think the company that made it went on to make GS27, but I was dispappointed by GS27 compared to the SR-97 product. It seems to me meguiars scratch X works better on darker colored cars.

I've reduced corner rubs with hairline cuts and thick black marks to a hard to see hairline cut, with SR-97


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Old May 5, 2003 | 01:55 PM
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Originally posted by woosh
Honestly SR-97 worked the best for me on a light colored max. It is hard to find locally and I found only shady looking online companies selling it for ridiculous amounts.

I think the company that made it went on to make GS27, but I was dispappointed by GS27 compared to the SR-97 product. It seems to me meguiars scratch X works better on darker colored cars.

I've reduced corner rubs with hairline cuts and thick black marks to a hard to see hairline cut, with SR-97


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What do you consider a ridiculous amount? (Just in case I stumble across some and can let you know).
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