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Ive started to ride my YBR 125 into work daily and started noticing some light scratches on the tank (where you would normally stick a tank guard) but i have no idea how they got there! or if they were there when i brought the bike. I would just stick a tank guard on it but i do not like the look of them and wanted to keep the tank as normal. I saw on the net Maguiars Scratch X which by the you tube clips (not sure if its just a gimmik) takes light scratches and scuff off your paintwork?.

just wondering if anyone has used this or knows a better way to deal with light scratches?

Cheers

Andy

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Maguiars Scratch X is top stuff most professional detailers use it on their cars make sure you buy a buffing kit as it will do a better job :)

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Cheers Guys

i went with the T-Cut version of it as the halfords i went to didnt have the scratch x one. I hope it will do the same job?. yeah i do have an electric buffer at home so hopefully i can get these light scratches out!. Will look at those tank protectors too as they would be good for nipping to work and back.

Cheers

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My jacket caused the same scuffs on the tank. I used G3 liquid I got from work (it's like industrial strength T-cut) and then used a self adhesive clear sticker by 3M that I cut to shape to stop it from scratching again.

Seems to be working fine.

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I scuffed my old YBR's tank a few times as well, it was simply where my foot used to catch it getting off and on every day.

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If it is a little deeper than Scratch X will handle (have used it, works for light stuff), I have had success wet sanding with 2000 grit, the going to rubbing compound, then polishing, finished with a wax with cleaners. Word to the wise- go easy with the sanding and if it is clear coated, be careful not to go through the clear. Scratch X is like a polishing compound, so pretty much any polishing compound will do what it does.

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