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clf · 15th July 2016, 16:44

If it is not through to the base coat/primer, you could use a cutting compound or T-Cut to smooth the surface around the scratch to the same level of the scratched area, eliminating the scratch.

Other deeper scratches will need touched up, however you can lessen their visible effect with polishes and compounds. How these, and WD40 and even water work is, by deflecting the light around the scratch making it less obvious. The scratch will still be there of course, but it wont catch your eye as much, as the light reflecting off the sharp edge will have been smoothed off by the compound, or filled with the polish (and water/WD40 etc). The compound will be a longer effect, however as dirt builds up inside the scratch (I am talking tiny pieces of dirt here) it will build up the sharp edge again reflecting the light. In the case of WD/water and polishes, it will simply wash away and the scratch will become 'sharp' again therefore visible.

15th July 2016, 16:44	#17
clf This is my second home MG ZT CDTi Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: carrick Posts: 7,859 Thanks: 3,494 Thanked 2,657 Times in 1,973 Posts	If it is not through to the base coat/primer, you could use a cutting compound or T-Cut to smooth the surface around the scratch to the same level of the scratched area, eliminating the scratch. Other deeper scratches will need touched up, however you can lessen their visible effect with polishes and compounds. How these, and WD40 and even water work is, by deflecting the light around the scratch making it less obvious. The scratch will still be there of course, but it wont catch your eye as much, as the light reflecting off the sharp edge will have been smoothed off by the compound, or filled with the polish (and water/WD40 etc). The compound will be a longer effect, however as dirt builds up inside the scratch (I am talking tiny pieces of dirt here) it will build up the sharp edge again reflecting the light. In the case of WD/water and polishes, it will simply wash away and the scratch will become 'sharp' again therefore visible. __________________ It is not gloss primer .............. it is duct tape silver!