For my Wife's sake...
07-01-2005, 12:58 PM
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Until tonight I have never needed Scratch X 
My possibly now EX - wife put some antique (steel) push chair up against the garage wall.
To cut a long story short it fell over onto my rear bumper and slid all the way down the side (just behind the rear wheel arch).
95% of the length of the scratch is like a hairline scratch. But at the top and bottom it is a bit deeper.
I tried Meguiar's Deep Crystal Polish (because I had some available), but with no success. So tomorrow, I am off to buy Scratch X and put it to the test.
I will let you know how it trns out!
For now I am still counting to 10...
For the thousandth time
My possibly now EX - wife put some antique (steel) push chair up against the garage wall.
To cut a long story short it fell over onto my rear bumper and slid all the way down the side (just behind the rear wheel arch).
95% of the length of the scratch is like a hairline scratch. But at the top and bottom it is a bit deeper.
I tried Meguiar's Deep Crystal Polish (because I had some available), but with no success. So tomorrow, I am off to buy Scratch X and put it to the test.
I will let you know how it trns out!
For now I am still counting to 10...
For the thousandth time
07-01-2005, 01:18 PM
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Oh man - sorry to hear that.
But it is not like intentional damage to your car so please bear that in mind - these things sometimes unfortunately happen - and it is worse when caused by your own wife :'(
Anyway, similar thing happened to me except I have no idea what caused it - i came back to car in car park and found a 3" scuff on my boot lid - someone must have put their shopping on my car whilst doing something to their own car - can't believe the carelessness of some people
Looks like we're both having to put our faith in Scratch X
Here's hoping
But it is not like intentional damage to your car so please bear that in mind - these things sometimes unfortunately happen - and it is worse when caused by your own wife :'(
Anyway, similar thing happened to me except I have no idea what caused it - i came back to car in car park and found a 3" scuff on my boot lid - someone must have put their shopping on my car whilst doing something to their own car - can't believe the carelessness of some people
Looks like we're both having to put our faith in Scratch X
Here's hoping
07-01-2005, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by BMW#5' date='Jul 1 2005, 09:58 PM
Until tonight I have never needed Scratch X ?
My possibly now EX - wife put some antique (steel) push chair up against the garage wall.
To cut a long story short it fell over onto my rear bumper and slid all the way down the side (just behind the rear wheel arch).
95% of the length of the scratch is like a hairline scratch. But at the top and bottom it is a bit deeper.
I tried Meguiar's Deep Crystal Polish (because I had some available), but with no success. So tomorrow, I am off to buy Scratch X and put it to the test.
I will let you know how it trns out!
For now I am still counting to 10...
For the thousandth time
? My possibly now EX - wife put some antique (steel) push chair up against the garage wall.
To cut a long story short it fell over onto my rear bumper and slid all the way down the side (just behind the rear wheel arch).
95% of the length of the scratch is like a hairline scratch. But at the top and bottom it is a bit deeper.
I tried Meguiar's Deep Crystal Polish (because I had some available), but with no success. So tomorrow, I am off to buy Scratch X and put it to the test.
I will let you know how it trns out!
For now I am still counting to 10...
For the thousandth time
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07-01-2005, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by ats77' date='Jul 1 2005, 11:29 PM
[quote name='BMW#5' date='Jul 1 2005, 09:58 PM']Until tonight I have never needed Scratch X ?
My possibly now EX - wife put some antique (steel) push chair up against the garage wall.
To cut a long story short it fell over onto my rear bumper and slid all the way down the side (just behind the rear wheel arch).
95% of the length of the scratch is like a hairline scratch. But at the top and bottom it is a bit deeper.
I tried Meguiar's Deep Crystal Polish (because I had some available), but with no success. So tomorrow, I am off to buy Scratch X and put it to the test.
I will let you know how it trns out!
For now I am still counting to 10...
For the thousandth time
? My possibly now EX - wife put some antique (steel) push chair up against the garage wall.
To cut a long story short it fell over onto my rear bumper and slid all the way down the side (just behind the rear wheel arch).
95% of the length of the scratch is like a hairline scratch. But at the top and bottom it is a bit deeper.
I tried Meguiar's Deep Crystal Polish (because I had some available), but with no success. So tomorrow, I am off to buy Scratch X and put it to the test.
I will let you know how it trns out!
For now I am still counting to 10...
For the thousandth time
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Send her the bodyshop bill or let her sleep on the sofa
07-02-2005, 02:42 PM
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OK so here is the before pic of the worst part of the scratch:
Scratches 1, 2 & 3 seem to be the deepest.
Scratches 4 & 5 , and sets 6 & 7 appeared initially to be very similar in depth to 1, 2 & 3.
NOTE that the entire area of the photo represents an area on the car which is less than 1 inch wide.
Scratches 1, 2 & 3 seem to be the deepest.
Scratches 4 & 5 , and sets 6 & 7 appeared initially to be very similar in depth to 1, 2 & 3.
NOTE that the entire area of the photo represents an area on the car which is less than 1 inch wide.
07-02-2005, 02:52 PM
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And here is the after pic.
Scratch X removed scratches 4 through 7 very well!
It took a lot of effort but the results are impressive.
The remaining scratches 1,2 & 3 can now only be seen in direct sunlight and only if you know where to look. They are visible in the pics only because I used a flash.
My Wife will have to write a thank you note to Mr Meguiar .... no sofa neccessary.
Actually a big thank you to Mr Meguiar from me too.
Scratch X removed scratches 4 through 7 very well!
It took a lot of effort but the results are impressive.
The remaining scratches 1,2 & 3 can now only be seen in direct sunlight and only if you know where to look. They are visible in the pics only because I used a flash.
My Wife will have to write a thank you note to Mr Meguiar .... no sofa neccessary.
Actually a big thank you to Mr Meguiar from me too.
07-02-2005, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by BMW#5' date='Jul 1 2005, 03:58 PM
For now I am still counting to 10...
For the thousandth time
For the thousandth time
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