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Related threads: ( Click here to view ) Thread Topic Replies Views Author Last Poster Tire Pressure Warning Light 25 164 Zerinephalis LiLee @ Sep 03, 2008 How to re-initialize the tire pressure warning system 5 81 triniosito SquallLHeart @ Aug 31, 2008 kingof253
Reg'd: Jul 02, 2008
Window Washer
I just used some Turtle Wax rubbing compound on my car where i had scratches from an automated car wash and it hazed my paint and ate away some of my clear coat. I returned the stuff to Schuck's and the guy gave me this wax so i applied that and the swirls are almost gone but are still noticeable up close. ANYways... just giving everyone a warning if they are thiinking of using rubbing compound
[#] Jul 06, 2008 10:39pm Dispatcher138
Reg'd: Jan 08, 2008
Master Mechanic
Wait it ate away clear coat and its not noticeable now??? Then it didnt eat at the clear coat.
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www.teamscionrg.com[#] Jul 06, 2008 10:52pm VIP_tC08
Reg'd: Dec 02, 2007
Godlike Advisor
i agree eaten away clear coat would have to be noticeable,
'08 // Flint Mica // tC[#] Jul 06, 2008 11:07pm kingof253
Reg'd: Jul 02, 2008
Window Washer
okay maybe i over dramatized. but it left swirls that were pretty noticable
[#] Jul 07, 2008 06:09am Web
Reg'd: Apr 17, 2006
THE SHADOW
I've used it multiple times and mine comes out like glass. Use small, fast circular motions and keep the rag damp. That will heat the clearcoat up a bit, but not enough to strip it. As you finish a 3 foot by 3 foot section, wipe it off. At the end, go over the car with wax and then detailing spray and it'll look glass smooth.
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[#] Jul 07, 2008 09:17am platano
Reg'd: Jan 28, 2008
Tech Advisor
compound is suppose to remove some clearcoat, thats why the rag is black when ur done wiping it off.......the swirls are removed by removing a layer of clearcoat
[#] Jul 07, 2008 09:32am Web
Reg'd: Apr 17, 2006
THE SHADOW
Depending on how you use it, you can salvage the clearcoat. The point of the compound is to heat the clearcoat up and make it suspend in an almost liquid state once again. This realigns the liquid and blends all the swirls and scratches you see (which are in the clearcoat) and smooths it out again. Yes, you may see a bit of color come out, but that color is not the clearcoat...yet it is loose pieces of paint that have oxidized off of the car.
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[#] Jul 07, 2008 09:35am Rabid_Lemming
Reg'd: Aug 10, 2007
Scion Guru
Also, along with what Web said, don't put too much pressure on the applicator. Let the compound do the work....similar to wet sanding.
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"It's like crack, but you don't lose as much weight...also you don't blow people for performance parts. So I guess it's nothing like crack"[#] Jul 07, 2008 09:35am kingof253
Reg'd: Jul 02, 2008
Window Washer
so i should try the rubbing compound again to get the swirls out?
[#] Jul 07, 2008 01:21pm FrAnkRYzzO
Reg'd: Oct 21, 2005
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Yeah, and the turtle wax stuff should do it fine. I prefer Meguirs Scratch-x though.
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Donate or one of these adorable kittens WILL DIE![#] Jul 07, 2008 01:26pm tC_vixen
Reg'd: Aug 16, 2007
How did you apply it? and with what type of applicator? That shouldnt happen. Turtle wax works great.
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Since tC is a fairly new car. I would have recommend you to get the Turtle Wax Polish Compound. it's a lil less abrasive compared to the rubbing compound.
If not use Meg ScratchX that has never failed me.
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