kayger12
02-06-2011, 12:37 PM
I first used Quixx on my old 325 to take care of a fairly deep scratch on the trunk.
Nice day today so I washed the ZHP and was giving her a good look over in the sunlight and noticed about 7 various light scratches in the clear coat.
Started tackling them with the Quixx kit and it was working so well I decided to grab a before and after of the last scratch I attacked so I could give it a little write up.
The Quixx kit comes with some sand paper for wet sanding, a first step tube of polish, and a second step tube of polish. It also comes with some polishing cloths. It's a great option for those of us that don't have an orbital polisher and detailing supplies handy.
I got the kit for $14.95 from Amazon.com (http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=zhpcom-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=B000UVUAFO).
The kit is good for everything from very light surface scratches, to deeper scratches that require some touch up painting before adding Quixx.
For today's use, most of the scratches were all very light and only visible from certain angles under direct sunlight. These two on the door, however, were a little deeper.
In these cases, the kit just calls for approx 2 minutes of firm rubbing with Polish#1, followed by 2 minutes of firm rubbing with Polish #2.
Deeper scratches in the clear coat require 15 seconds of wet sanding with the included sanding strips followed by the steps above (this is what I had to do with the 325).
Anyhow here's the before pic of two parallel horizontal scratches on the passenger door (white specs are the metallic flecks reflecting in the direct sunlight) :
http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff401/Kayger12/2011-02-06_12-46-38_914.jpg
And after:
http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff401/Kayger12/2011-02-06_12-50-13_462.jpg
Nice day today so I washed the ZHP and was giving her a good look over in the sunlight and noticed about 7 various light scratches in the clear coat.
Started tackling them with the Quixx kit and it was working so well I decided to grab a before and after of the last scratch I attacked so I could give it a little write up.
The Quixx kit comes with some sand paper for wet sanding, a first step tube of polish, and a second step tube of polish. It also comes with some polishing cloths. It's a great option for those of us that don't have an orbital polisher and detailing supplies handy.
I got the kit for $14.95 from Amazon.com (http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=zhpcom-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=B000UVUAFO).
The kit is good for everything from very light surface scratches, to deeper scratches that require some touch up painting before adding Quixx.
For today's use, most of the scratches were all very light and only visible from certain angles under direct sunlight. These two on the door, however, were a little deeper.
In these cases, the kit just calls for approx 2 minutes of firm rubbing with Polish#1, followed by 2 minutes of firm rubbing with Polish #2.
Deeper scratches in the clear coat require 15 seconds of wet sanding with the included sanding strips followed by the steps above (this is what I had to do with the 325).
Anyhow here's the before pic of two parallel horizontal scratches on the passenger door (white specs are the metallic flecks reflecting in the direct sunlight) :
http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff401/Kayger12/2011-02-06_12-46-38_914.jpg
And after:
http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff401/Kayger12/2011-02-06_12-50-13_462.jpg