Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[Ray White]

I don't know why I was stupid enough to think that the recently advertised "nano sparkle" scratch remover would actually work ... but just in case anyone else is tempted I have to report that in my experience IT DOES NOT WORK.

[Vintage Fly Guy]

[Ray White]

[alastairq]

Plus, it only really should be used on black....
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Dellow Mk2, 1951 built, reg 1952.
Fiat 126 BIS
Cannon special [1996 registered. Built in 1950's]
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Ford Pop chassis, Ashley 1172 bodyshell, in pieces.

[Ray White]

[Vintage Fly Guy]

[Ray White]

O.K. Seriously now.

The wipes were purchased for scratches that spoilt the appearance of a black Mazda that belongs to a friend of ours. Her car was left on our drive for safe keeping while she underwent a serious heart operation. I thought it would be a nice gesture to sort out the damage and give her a pleasant surprise on release from hospital.

The wipes have been a complete waste of time. They were supposedly for a black car; which this is. They simply don't work as advertised.

As it happens, I have restored the Mazda's paintwork with some mild compound and wax polish. I hope the owner will be happy with my efforts that - in the end - came down to good old elbow grease!

AT least I have given the forum the heads up on a blatant con.

[Vintage Fly Guy]

The heads up is appreciated. As a general rule of thumb, if the careful use of some T-Cut (so as not to rub through the paint and into the primer - for this reason don't use T-Cut on lacquer coated metallic paintwork, just car wax!) followed by an application of a good car wax, such as Autoglym Super Resin Polish, won't remove a scratch, then it's going to be a re-paint job to get rid of it, and no amount of spin spouted on an internet advert will change that - it's not physically possible to permanently polish (let alone wipe) a scratch or scuff on the paintwork of a conventional car out if it's down to the primer or bare metal beneath the top coat of paint.

A quick test would be to run your finger down the side of your nose where it meets your face, then gently rub the 'lanolin' (oil from your skin) on your finger onto part of the scratch. If it seems to disappear, then there's a fair chance it will polish out, or the polish will at least conceal it (until it washes off, and needs to be applied again). If that test doesn't hide the scratch, then it most likely wont polish out (without risking polishing through the top coat or lacquer).

As a general comment, I think any advert that starts with the line that somebody wants the product banned as it is too good, should be all the warning anybody needs to be duly sceptical. Does anyone of a certain age recall those adverts for X-Ray spectacles and other such seemingly 'amazing' gadgets in those American super-hero comics of the '60s and '70s? Well, in my view, some of those internet adverts are the modern equivalent. Caveat emptor, indeed!