removing scratches and brightening paintwork?

[adam c]

Hi when i bought my car i knew it needed a paintjob but i wont be getting it painted for a couple of month yet,So im looking to brighten up the paintwork and get rid of some scratches.
it honestly looks like he has washed it with a scouring pad!and the paintwork is quite dull.what would be best to try improve it?(i know i wont get it perfect).

i have a few products at home but anybody recommend anything better or if im basically pissing in the wind?
i was thinking use some Meguiars scratch x all over the car then use some polish then a wax?is there anything else i should use?

(its a silver VX220 if it makes any diffrence to products needed??)

[burgo]

Hi when i bought my car i knew it needed a paintjob but i wont be getting it painted for a couple of month yet,So im looking to brighten up the paintwork and get rid of some scratches.
it honestly looks like he has washed it with a scouring pad!and the paintwork is quite dull.what would be best to try improve it?(i know i wont get it perfect).

i have a few products at home but anybody recommend anything better or if im basically pissing in the wind?
i was thinking use some Meguiars scratch x all over the car then use some polish then a wax?is there anything else i should use?

(its a silver VX220 if it makes any diffrence to products needed??)

depends on your budget really

[adam c]

depends on your budget really

I have a budget of roughly £50.

[Benn]

Scratch x is ok, but not great.

But it will bring the paint back up a bit better. If your using Megs you might as well carry on and use Nxt over the top.

If you can afford a bit more then you can open up to a great range of stuff to bring it back up.

[adam c]

I can spend upto £100 if is gonna give me better results.I have scratch x and also got that meguairs stage 3 thing dodo juice lime sumat,some dodo juice wax,and some autoglym polish.

[fastcar1cars]

mop!!

[Benn]

Get a small bottle of G3 do the car once over. The use Megs stage 3 then Dodo juice wax over the top. Will look great.

Using a mop/polishing will make it 100x easier.

[adam c]

Get a small bottle of G3 do the car once over. The use Megs stage 3 then Dodo juice wax over the top. Will look great.

Using a mop/polishing will make it 100x easier.

Okay thanks alot Benn
I will give it a go at the weekend

[Benn]

Pics before and after.

[burgo]

this

http://www.3mselect.co.uk/p-1640-3m-...kg-bottle.aspx

with this

http://www.3mselect.co.uk/p-1641-3m-...-2-pad-pk.aspx

followed by this

http://www.3mselect.co.uk/p-1642-3m-...re-bottle.aspx

and this

http://www.3mselect.co.uk/p-1643-3m-...-2-pad-pk.aspx

then you'll just want to wax it.