Hi everyone!
I have a lot of scratches on my car, especially on the frond side of the hood, and I'm looking to get them out as much as possible. I was thinking turtle wax rubbing compound, then polishing compound and then wax (like in the advanceautoparts.com Scratch and Dent repair video). But I also saw this Presto! stuff that looks promising, but I don't know if I should trust it: http://www.prestoprotech.com/Car_Care.html Anyone used this stuff? Don't know which to choose. Or should I do both, first the turtle wax three step, then do the presto thing after a while? Any other recommendations?

Thanks!

 

I'm not sure about the products you've listed but whatever you do don't get scratch-x cause it's shit and doesn't work at all.

 

^^ it does if you strip off the old wax first by using a few washes with dawn dish soap and a whole lot of elbow grease with the scratch-x.

Here you go, choose yourself at this site.
http://www.turtlewax.com/main.taf?p=6,1

 

Thanks for the input guys. I think I might go with the turtlewax family of products unless someone actually tried the Presto! thing and it worked.

 

Don't use rubbing compound unless your car is oxidized. it will take off a layer of paint! Stick with polishing compound.

 

Not even locally, where the paint is scratched very bad?

 

it's going to remove paint. that's the idea behind rubbing compound. unless you are oxidized heavily, i wouldn't use it.

 

3M makes different "levels" of rubbing compound. I used the light stuff and did see a difference with my minor scratches. Some even disappeared. I was afraid to use the more grainy stuff...

 

I think the more grainy stuff should be used only on places where there is white stuff on your paint (like when you hit a pole or something), and you want to remove it from the top of the paint.

 

The more coarse compounds should never be used alone anyways. You use the coarse ones if you need to (like me because I have alot of overspray on my car) and then you progress to the finer ones for the finish.