MK5 Golf GTI
General => Detailing => Topic started by: holty on November 02, 2010, 03:33:42 pm
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I've got a spare detroit alloy that is perfect (no kurbing) and never been fitted but has light scratches on the face of the alloy.
Just wondering if i should try and hand polish the scratches with something like Scratch-X or whether if should try and get it machine polished.
With it being matt black would it make it shiney? I've just a little worried about attacking it with a G220 :smiley:
Any advice?
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I think i would leave it mate. You can't help a few scratches due to normal wear & tear etc. Might end up making it worse if you try to polish it out. :wink:
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I think i would leave it mate. You can't help a few scratches due to normal wear & tear etc. Might end up making it worse if you try to polish it out. :wink:
I second that, although you could try touching the scratches in with a matched paint but only if youve got a steady hand! Use a needle or cocktail stick depending on how bad they are.
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I am not sure, but attacking the original detroits with my DAP900 and polish did gave a good result. Don't know if a G220 and scratch-x would make a difference, but with the right amount of patience I think it would be worth trying.
Why not trying it by hand first, to see how the surface reacts ons scratch-x?
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If you use any force whatsoever on the face of a Detroit it will make the patch you are trying to correct shiney. So your choice is to either leave it or polish the whole thing! :happy2: