Scratches: How Deep Is "Deep"?

[crobinso]

http://www.detailcity.org/forums/search.php?searchid=493663

I did a search on scratch removers (link above). In many of the responses, detailers say that such products may not remove deep scratches. Just how deep is "deep"?

On a scratch that I have on the dark red paint of my car, I can see white. (I haven't done the fingernail test yet; I will when I get back to the car.) Is that too deep for the product to be effective (in "removing" or at least making invisible) the scratch?

Thanks,
Charles

 

[Dans Detailing]

basically its too deep when you see metal or primer. Anythgin else I work with. I also carry a small airbrush and a variely of colors to mix on site. I spray the scratch wipe with acetone, and buff.. in most caes the scratch dissappears. Dealers liek this one!

 

[crobinso]

basically its too deep when you see metal or primer.

Uh huh, thought so. So that means the NuFinish scratch remover commercial LIES. Because they show white primer showing through the scratches on a car. After applying their product, the same area is showroom smooth.

Charles

 

[cwcad]

Uh huh, thought so. So that means the NuFinish scratch remover commercial LIES. Because they show white primer showing through the scratches on a car. After applying their product, the same area is showroom smooth.

Charles

The best thing about a story(advertisement) is....you can tell it any way you wantto tell it.

 

[CharlesW]

Another thing to keep in mind.
You don't remove the scratch. You remove the paint surrounding it so it is all the same level.

Depending on how much the scratch bothers you, you might want to look into this system. I don't know anything about it, but it sounds like it might have some possibilities.
http://www.touchup123.com/

Charles

 

[Dans Detailing]

Another thing to keep in mind.
You don't remove the scratch. You remove the paint surrounding it so it is all the same level.

Depending on how much the scratch bothers you, you might want to look into this system. I don't know anything about it, but it sounds like it might have some possibilities.
http://www.touchup123.com/

Charles

ah very very true. How I explain this to my customers is the scratch gets "feathered" in, so the paint surrounding the scratch is very thin.