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      10-05-2024, 01:03 PM   #1
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Light scuffs on shadowline black plastic



What's a suitable product and technique for removing these light scuffs? Something like Meguiar's PlastX?
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      10-05-2024, 01:15 PM   #2
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if you rub your nail and it doesnt get stuck.. i would say something like meguiars scratchx should be able to make it better
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      10-05-2024, 02:41 PM   #3
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Was that from a buffer?
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      10-05-2024, 09:52 PM   #4
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What's a suitable product and technique for removing these light scuffs? Something like Meguiar's PlastX?
Orbital polisher,some 205 meguairs polish, and a fine polishing pad will remove that spot it less then 5mins. Great investment and will last forever, mine is 10 years old still working. Did a few full polishes on multiple cars over the years with it. Now I just use it whenever there is scratch.
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I would try using Meguiars Ultimate Compound by hand. It's worked quite well for me for most things.
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      10-11-2024, 12:26 AM   #6
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Orbital polisher,some 205 meguairs polish, and a fine polishing pad will remove that spot it less then 5mins. Great investment and will last forever, mine is 10 years old still working. Did a few full polishes on multiple cars over the years with it. Now I just use it whenever there is scratch.

This. IMO a dual action polisher is mandatory when owning vehicles of this caliber. You can get a nice bauer DA at harbor freight for $80(less with coupons) and that machine is capable of taking care of almost every scratch you will ever encounter. A few pads and some polish and you're good to go.

I typically polish the entire car once a year to keep it looking tip top. Ultra fine pad and some sonax perfect finish or Meguiars 205.
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I had some small scratches on my performance body kit, went over them with my small detail polisher with some Autofinesse tripple on a woolly pad and they soon disappeared
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