GS27 scratch remover

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• GATESR Member Posts: 13

  April 1999

  Remember, every time you remove a scratch, you remove some of the clear coat and/or paint. I try to buff out scratches by applying a good cleaner paste wax a number of times, and let it go at that.

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• my501blues Member Posts: 1

  May 1999

  I know it's been a while since you've posted, but if you haven't bought the stuff yet, everything I've heard is....DON'T!!!
  
  I stoped at a Pep Boys parts store looking for something to cover some scratches, spoke with a worker there that said although he hasn't used the stuff himself, every tube that he's sold (which ammounted to about 5) had been returned cause it didn't work. Considering it's like $10 a bottle, I wouldn't even bother.

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• drscopem Member Posts: 83

  May 1999

  Hi:
  There are 2 types of scratches - those that your fingernail doesn't get stuck in and those that it catches in. If your fingernail gets caught, then it is a deep scratch and I would treat it like a paint chip. If your fingernail doesn't get caught then I would buff it with 3M Imperial Hand Glaze a few times until it is gone or less noticeable.
  Good luck.

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• wc3george Member Posts: 23

  May 1999

  I'll keep this short -- this garbage does not work. Period. And it looked so good on TV - how could this happen?

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• bdstrie Member Posts: 18

  May 1999

  Hey thanks everybody. I'm getting ready to trade, and thought this stuff might be 'too good to be true', so I appreciate your honest opinions!!

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• rpark Member Posts: 14

  May 1999

  There is no miracle cream.
  My strategy:
  Claying the car cleans the paint very well and quickly, with little or no abrasion. For scratches, I use clearcoat polising compund, a cordless drill (slow enough to avoid burning the paint)with a 5" diameter, 2" thick foam applicator, and buff, buff, buff. Then, I use a polishing compound (Meguiars, etc) and buff again (clean pad). Then Carauba wax by hand. This smoothes the clearcoat, so the scatch isn't white anymore (it's still there, though, just smooth. You can see it in the right light, at an angle). Figure about 15 minutes per scratch.
  And, as above, if it's a deep scratch, touch up. But, I use a very fine artist's paint brush (about $3 or more), as it gives better control. And I use it for only 1 session.

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• lannyc Member Posts: 5

  July 1999

  It sounded so good on TV, I bought a tube and its a $7 ripoff. Don't waste your money.

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• Daniel13 Member Posts: 3

  August 1999

  I bought a it some months ago with a great deal
  of reservations. I used it once with good
  results; it covered the surface scratch. Still
  dont have much faith in anything they show on tv
  but, on the other hand, it hurts my heart to see
  scratches on my one year old MPV. Never got
  used to put up with scratches or rationalize
  about them. I really hate to have to be ripped
  off by a bodyshop in fixing it. So there is no
  solution to the problem, just suffer.

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• isellhondas Member Posts: 20,342

  September 1999

  The body shops aren't ripping you off! They are simply charging you the competitive rate to fix the scratch the right way.
  
  But, if some magic cream will do the same thing, go for it!

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• kn7 Member Posts: 2

  September 1999

  I bought it and I agree it doesn't work worth a damn on my car either... but I had a nasty scratch on my Seadoo and decided to try it and it worked great. So now I just use it on my boat

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• theparallax Member Posts: 361

  November 1999

  Notice they NEVER touch the scratch before why wipe their 'Magic Cream' on the scratch? I believe all they do is draw a white line on the car and say it's a scratch.

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• tomcat99 Member Posts: 8

  November 1999

  GS27 doesn't work...Don't bother trying to use it. Think about it, if it's that good, why would the body shop still be in business and the product be sold nationally? And please don't ever buy any product sold exclusive on TV...BS

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• fk2000tl Member Posts: 1

  November 1999

  Exactly. The product just does not work.

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• sosterhuber Member Posts: 5

  December 1999

  They should call this "BS27". Years ago I used to use Brasso to remove stains and small "rubs" that left behind rubber marks, etc. This works (and smells the same!) Don't waste your money.

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• floyd8 Member Posts: 1

  January 2000

  GS27 is the biggest most blatant ripoff of the past millenium. I used it on my Lexus SC400 hood and thought I was going to go kill someone when I saw the hazy scratches it left over the small scratch I was attempting to remove. Don't waste your time nor money. Anyone out there interested in a class action suit?

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• pjyoung Member Posts: 885

  January 2000

  On a red 93 T'bird and a White 99 Chrysler 300M. The "scratches" were just surface scratches, nothing major, but they did come out. Deep scratches, no, it didn't work

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• alexo Member Posts: 2

  January 2000

  on light surface scratches it worked great.

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• tjk4 Member Posts: 4

  January 2000

  ... was not impressed on either light or dark paint (2 cars-both with superficial scratches). --$24.95 wasted.....tom

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• insc007 Member Posts: 3

  February 2000

  I received a tube of this stuff and used with some success on my old pontiac with an enamel paint job...no luck at all on my 91 cougar with clear coat.
  this is still a waste of money though...there are rubbing compounds that work just as good...i still haven't found any "miracle" compound for clearcoat scratches.

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• toad10 Member Posts: 12

  February 2000

  I also agree GS27 doesn't work. The only stuff I use is called Safe Cut by the Wax Shop. It works fairly well on light scratches but deeper ones need professional help or just live with it.

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• tomsr Member Posts: 325

  March 2000

  I didn't buy it but my son who is gullible did.
  It is useless in my humble opinion.Just goes to
  show you that 90% of what you hear on TV is lies.
  If they ever pass a law against deception on TV
  every tube in the country will go black.

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