What product to use for a 'bush' scratch...

YNOT

YNOT

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My wife has a friend who backed her car out of the driveway alongside of some bushes and put some scratches down the side of the car.

Well, she asked me if I thought I might be able to get the scratches out, so I told her I would try. My question is I have Poorboys SSR1 and SSR2...will either of those work with my PC...or do I need something more abrasive? If so...what? :hmmm:

I'm not sure how bad the scratches are, but I don't think they have cut all of the way through the clear. She says they aren't too bad as she asked a body shop about it and they told her she'd just need some professional grade rubbing compound and lots of elbow grease.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated so I can order some product soon.

Thanks!
Tony
 
I'd try the SSR1 first. My dad does a lot of driving in the woods and such, and about once a year I'll give it a quick polish with somethling like SSR1 and get all those "brush markings" off. Shouldn't be tough at all.
 
I usually use Professional Polish, but SSR2 with either the polishing or light cutting pad should do the trick :)
 
I would think that SSR 1 and or 2 would be fine. Start with SSR1 and see if it does the job, if not go up to SSR2.

I find alot of people (not here) on anytime they hear you have a scratch is to go get rubbing compound and rub the heck out of it...so to speak.
 
Poorboy said:
I usually use Professional Polish, but SSR2 with either the polishing or light cutting pad should do the trick :)
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The Professional Polish has saved me a countless number of times. I definately try it first on most things.
 
05SilverTRD said:
The Professional Polish has saved me a countless number of times. I definately try it first on most things.
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What is this 'Professional Polish'? Is it a Poorboys product or something else? I might have to order me some.
 
YNOT said:
What is this 'Professional Polish'? Is it a Poorboys product or something else? I might have to order me some.
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You can read about Poorboy's Professional Polish here.
poorboysworld.com

Since you already have the SSR2 and SSR1, why not try them before you order more product?
(Sorry Steve:))
Start with the SSR1 and if it doesn't do it, go to the SSR2. If that doesn't work, then you can order the Pro Polish.

Charles
 
05SilverTRD said:
The Professional Polish has saved me a countless number of times. I definately try it first on most things.
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:rockon It's definitely the first product I grab at home and the first I present to a customer at a show;)

CharlesW said:
You can read about Poorboy's Professional Polish here.
poorboysworld.com

Since you already have the SSR2 and SSR1, why not try them before you order more product?
(Sorry Steve:))
Start with the SSR1 and if it doesn't do it, go to the SSR2. If that doesn't work, then you can order the Pro Polish.

Charles
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It's ok Charles, I would use what I have first too before ordering additional products.
 
I just read about the Professional Polish, but what makes it different from SSR1 and SSR2? Does it remove swirls and scratches? :hmmm:
 
YNOT said:
I just read about the Professional Polish, but what makes it different from SSR1 and SSR2? Does it remove swirls and scratches? :hmmm:
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It's mostly a chemical polish with micro-abrasives ...it's pad dependant or cloth ..I use a fairly rough cotton towel when first going after small scratches, paint transfer or bush marks to see how deep they are before using a machine.
 
Just thought I'd bump this thread real quick and share my results. Unfortunately, the lady was only at my house for a little over an hour before she had to leave. I was hoping to have more time to clean the car up more for her. Needless to say, I have no pics, but the car was a newer Taurus...kind of a light charcoal gray color.

The scratches weren't through the clearcoat, but the main one was wide (1/16") and long (whole length of the car) and there were several other smaller scratches. This car was not maintained quite as well as most of us here keep our cars, so as you can guess, it was not in the greatest of shape.

Since I'm a newbie, feel free to provide any pointers you wish, but here's what I did...

Quickly washed the side I was going to work on, claybarred it and rinsed it off.
Then I started with some SSR2.5 and a light cutting pad. It took some of the marks off, but not all, so I stepped up to SSR3. It did a little better, but still wasn't quite getting it.

I was a bit nervous to try, but decided I had to learn, so I went for it and busted out my new yellow heavy-cutting pad and tried the SSR2.5 on one panel as a test. I ended up using SSR3 and with a little work, got rid of the marks to where there was only one or two small spots at the beginning of the scratch that were still only slightly visible.

When the lady finally came out to check the car, she was instantly amazed at the smoothness and shinyness of the finish and overly ecstatic that the scratches were gone. I didn't have time to wax it so she said she was going to do that herself. I recommended Nattys, so she was planning to go to Poorboys to place an order.

I'm hoping she'll pony up the cash to let me do the entire car eventually...I'd love the practice and to make it look like new again.

So...please give me any critiques you can. I tried going over it a few times with the light cutting pad and the SSR2.5 but it just wasn't doing it. Was it wrong to step up to the SSR3 and heavy cutting pad since that is so aggressive? or should I have kept going over it with the less aggressive stuff?

I guess the bottom line is I got the results I wanted, I'm just wondering if it was the 'right' way to do it or not.

Thanks!
 
It's all trial and error, there would be no exact way to remove them without working on them. You have learned to adjust to the circumstances and with that you made the lady happy:) That's all that really counts in the long run;)
 
YNOT said:
I guess the bottom line is I got the results I wanted, I'm just wondering if it was the 'right' way to do it or not.

Thanks!
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You answered your own question right there. "I got the results I wanted".
I would have been concerned that the cutting pad and SSR3 would have left some marring or haze and might have needed a polishing pad and a less aggressive polish to finish the job.
That doesn't seem to have been the case for your project so that shows how much my ideas are worth. :D

Charles
 
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