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1. How can I prevent oxidation?

2. Should I prep my paint before waxing?

3. How do I perform a Surface Evaluation?

4. How can I remove fresh stains, water spots, and smears on my car's finish?

5. Does Meguiar's make a product that will fill-in and hide swirls and fine scratches in my car's paint?

6. Does Meguiar’s make a product that will fill-in and hide deep scratches in my car’s paint?

No. Deep scratches cannot be filled in and in some cases cannot be removed. If you drag your fingernail over a scratch and it gets caught, or slides into the scratch, then this scratch is to deep to hide and probably too deep to completely remove.

Meguiar's believes the best way to approach surface defects like scratches is to remove them, not fill them in. In the case of deeper scratches - for example someone keys your car while it's parked in a parking lot - then sometimes you are better off improving the scratch, not attempting to completely remove the scratch.

Removing a deep scratch could mean causing more harm than good if you go through the clear and expose the base coat, or in the case of a single-stage paint, exposing the primer under the color coat, which can then only be repaired by repainting the affected area.

For scratches like these you can often use a Meguiar's paint cleaner to improve the scratch in such a way that is difficult to see unless you know exactly where to look. Often times this is more acceptable than paying to have the panel or section of your vehicle repainted.


7. What's the difference between polish and wax? (Meguiar's 5-Step Paint Care Cycle)

8. What's the best advise Meguiar's has to offer me for my brand new car, truck, or s.u.v.?

9. What's the best wax Meguiar's has to offer me for my brand new car, truck, or s.u.v.?

10. How soon can I wax my new car?

11. How do I remove the rough feeling from my paint?

12. How can I remove below surface defects like chemical etching, swirls, and scratches?