GotToyota

#1

I decided to have a go with scratch remover today after wanting to remove swirls/scratches my paint had. I bought 3M Scratch Remover for $7 from Wal-Mart, comes in an 8oz. bottle. I started using it, and the surface already started looking fantastic. Then came my roof, I couldn't believe what I saw:




Pretty much the whole car was like this (where there was original paint). I'm guessing it was years and years of road grime, and this stuff removed it like it was nothing. Here was how my spoiler looked:


As far as scratches went, it also did very well at eliminating scuffs and minor scratches (it did cover some noticeable medium/heavy scratches I had pretty decently). Afterwards I put on a new coat of Eagle One Nanotec wax, the car looks better than it has in years. Sorry for lack of pics with the final product, I finished around sunset. I'll get some pictures tomorrow showing the final result.

Batman722

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works great with a buffer nice job

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GotToyota

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QUOTE (Batman722 @ Sep 5, 2008 - 10:07 PM)

>works great with a buffer nice job

I did it by hand because I'm poor.

But it still turned out great for what it was.

Akirad1

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QUOTE (GotToyota @ Sep 5, 2008 - 11:08 PM)

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QUOTE (Batman722 @ Sep 5, 2008 - 10:07 PM)

>works great with a buffer nice job

I did it by hand because I'm poor.

But it still turned out great for what it was.

go to walmart bro and get one for like 20 bucks its what i did, or come borrow mine lol

RickJamesBish

#5

I should do this too, I've always said I'd throw in a really good detail once...

Not to jack the thread, but is there anyway to clean the dirt out of the seat other than steam cleaning?

CelicaGT04

#6

daaaaaaaaaaannnngg 3M is stepping up the game! lol.

GotToyota, how come you were not at the Texas meet?

GotToyota

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QUOTE (CelicaGT04 @ Sep 6, 2008 - 9:47 AM)

>daaaaaaaaaaannnngg 3M is stepping up the game! lol.

GotToyota, how come you were not at the Texas meet?

Haha, I do what I can.

What do you mean I wasn't at the Texas meet? Do you mean the South Texas meet? I hardly have any free time anymore due to school, and I'm not exactly rolling in any money at the moment.

-Matt

Rayme

#8

Nice, i supposed its labeled as a scratch remover but it really does polish the whole paint.....are you going to scratch remove your whole car? hehe

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lagos

#9

It looks like it removed years of build up, more then it did the scratches. Claybar would have probably given you similar results.
To really take out the scratches, you need a compound like that,with a rotary buffer.

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Athorn

#10

Can you use that on a black car? some of the scrach removers that i have seen says it shouldnt be used on a black car.

GotToyota

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QUOTE (Athorn @ Sep 6, 2008 - 4:20 PM)

>Can you use that on a black car? some of the scrach removers that i have seen says it shouldnt be used on a black car.

I don't see why not. On the case it shows a black car, so it should be able to work.

For those asking, I did my whole car. Here are pics of the final result:





















-Matt

This post has been edited by GotToyota: Sep 6, 2008 - 10:19 PM

Batman722

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your arm must be killin you !!!

looks good !

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GotToyota

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QUOTE (Batman722 @ Sep 6, 2008 - 10:22 PM)

>your arm must be killin you !!!

looks good !

Oh yeah, both of my arms were sore the rest of that day.

Looks much better than before, thanks for the comments.

-Matt

Athorn

#14

WOW looks brand new. Your car looks great. So you got it from walmart? Hmm looks like im getting that and the $20.oo buffer Ajirad1 found.

This post has been edited by Athorn: Sep 6, 2008 - 11:26 PM

GotToyota

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QUOTE (Athorn @ Sep 6, 2008 - 11:25 PM)

>WOW looks brand new. Your car looks great. So you got it from walmart? Hmm looks like im getting that and the $20.oo buffer Ajirad1 found.

Yep, look in the car cleaner section. I did it by hand, gives me a much better feeling of accomplishment.

Euphoria

#16

I love those wheels, I gotta get some of them, will they just fit straight on our cars or will they need spacers?

GotToyota

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QUOTE (Euphoria @ Sep 7, 2008 - 3:56 AM)

>I love those wheels, I gotta get some of them, will they just fit straight on our cars or will they need spacers?

To be honest, the fronts are fine but the rears could use a 5mm spacer to even them all up.

-Matt

Akirad1

#18

hey i think ive driven by your house once and seen a white 6gc in front of it.
the houses look very fimiliar to me. but the car looks great

GotToyota

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QUOTE (Akirad1 @ Sep 7, 2008 - 4:50 PM)

>hey i think ive driven by your house once and seen a white 6gc in front of it.
the houses look very fimiliar to me. but the car looks great

Are you sure? I live over in Justin past Texas Motor Speedway, and the name of my neighborhood is called Harriet Creek Ranch.

-Matt

Akirad1

#20

i dunno but alot of neihborhoods look alike lol the reason why say that cause of the pic that shows the end of the street and it looks just like my friends house but it was dark could of been a diff white 6gc cause i think they live in wataga kinda by old denton hwy

GotToyota

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QUOTE (Akirad1 @ Sep 7, 2008 - 5:06 PM)

>i dunno but alot of neihborhoods look alike lol the reason why say that cause of the pic that shows the end of the street and it looks just like my friends house but it was dark could of been a diff white 6gc cause i think they live in wataga kinda by old denton hwy

Yeah then that's not me.

Akirad1

#22

yeah lol

CelicaST_CALI

#23

that is amazing!!!!

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CaliJeff

#24

makes me wanna go buy that stuff!

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Galcobar

#25

Good quality polishes will do that, as they include paint cleaners as well as abrasives to level the finish.

Note: GOOD quality. Any random scratch remover does not quality. Mothers, Meguiar's, Zymol, 3M and similar brands are where you'll find good polishes.

xxtaitxx

#26

That looks real good, I'm definitely going to do that to my white celica *COUGH*best color*COUGH*. Your whole car looks real clean man. Thanks for informing me.

joehernandez

#27

do you think the 3M stuff works better than the meguiars scratch x?

Galcobar

#28

Never used either, actually -- I use Meguiar's 80 (Speed Glaze) with a DA polisher. My shoulders won't stand up to manually polishing the car, never mind washing, claying, polishing x 2, waxing x 2 (plus the trim and glass work).

GotToyota

#29

Thanks for the comments guys.