I had some deep scratch marks where thumb sized portions of the paint had been damaged by a bike rack from the previous owner. You could run your fingers over it and feel the damage and you could see the marks from a distance very easily. I was going to get it repainted when a friend of mine laughed and said he could fix it. He came back with the exact same 3M rubbing compound and detailed all the spots on my car, I was amazed at how all the little annoying marks disapppeared! As for the trunk, he gave up- but I didn't. I kept rubbing on it for atleast 5 minutes with hard pressure and finally they all disappeared. I knew it could damage the paint, but I figured the paint was already damaged so I really didn't care. However, it never damaged anything. The clearcoat is still intact and the trunk looks beautiful.
The 3M compound inspired me so much that I decided to claybar the car and use an electric buffer to apply the cleaner wax afterwards. My car looks like it just came off the showroom, it is absolutely gorgeous. I can't believe how those two products can restore the beauty of a paintjob even at 100k miles. I am sure that if I was trying to sell the car I would have just added $1,000 to its value because when you see diamond white pearl looking this good you'll pay anything to have it
