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Old 03-30-2009, 03:03 PM
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Does anyone have any tips or advice on how to polish out the little scratches under the door handle on the outisde of the car. There is no way you can do it with the standard machines. Do they make a drill attachement or something?

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Old 03-30-2009, 04:18 PM
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http://autogeek.net/ccs-foam-hand-applicators.html

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M105 works great by hand for this. Sometime I take a foam polishing pad and form it to fit in the area. Follow with SIP by hand.
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I agree, M105 or Zaino ZPC by hand hand with a foam or cotton applicator is the way to go.

You'll more then likely have to go at it quite a few times and I would not expect perfect results either.

After you get it how you want it, I'm sure there are some kind of vinyl stick on type of product that you can protect it with.
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M105 my hand as other have said, or Meguiars Scratch-X works too. applied with a terry towel to give a bit more bite to it.
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Scratch X and a terry towel is what I use.
Not usually too much of a problem on the car I use, but my wife's fingernails scratch the heck out of the area under the door handle on the car that she uses.
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Originally Posted by gmblack3
M105 works great by hand for this. Sometime I take a foam polishing pad and form it to fit in the area. Follow with SIP by hand.
+1. I did this at Detail Fest on the black Lexus and the scratches disappeared in very little time. I just used 2 fingers with a simple polyfoam wax applicator and a little elbow grease.
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dremel, cloth pad, fine machine polish, no sore fingers, quick results
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Awesome. Since its planning on raining for another day or so, i think i might try and tackle this. Will most likely take pictures as well, so stay tuned.

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