Scratches in a fiberglass tub

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Double Dizzle

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My dad is working on a house for one of his clients and he wanted to know if I would be able to remove some scratches from their tub with my PC. Anyone ever heard of this being done? I would assume that it would do the job, but I'm a little apprehensive about it. What sort of pad should I use? Compound/polish?
 
How deep are they? The gel coat in a tub is usually pretty hard. Just start off with a light polish and pad and if that does not work move up a notch.
 
He said they are not very deep....just something that the owners would like to have looking better. I was thinking of using a white pad with Megs UC, but maybe I should use a milder polish? Should I put the PC on 5-6 or keep the speed down around a 3?
 
Double Dizzle said:
He said they are not very deep....just something that the owners would like to have looking better. I was thinking of using a white pad with Megs UC, but maybe I should use a milder polish? Should I put the PC on 5-6 or keep the speed down around a 3?
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Speed 6 for sure. You can't do much with a PC on lower speeds. Whatever you do just be sure to use a finish polish on it to make sure it's as smooth as possible. If you leave any minor scratches behind from the polish it'll just be a place for dirt to accumulate.
 
Gelcoat tubs (at least the one I worked on) have really tough/hard paint. I was using 4" pads on my PC and they weren't doing a whole lot.
 
Well I'm gonna go try this tomorrow. I guess I will bring a 4" of PFW, orange, and white along with a couple different polishes and see what happens. With it being fiberglass, I wonder if a Duragloss product like 501 or 105 would be better suited.
 
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Use the pad that comes with the PC.
 
Well....I made an attempt at this today. The surface of the tub was *super* dull and under the dullness was very heavily swirled/scratched up. Using my PC on it brought back a substantial amount of gloss and shine, but didn't do too much for the scratches. I'm gonna go back there again tomorrow and work on it some more. Hopefully I will have a lil better luck with the other bathroom tub.



I can see why everyone says to throw away the pad that comes with the PC. It was the pad I decided to go with for this and it is getting pretty shredded up from the backing plate on it. I tried an orange CCS pad as well and didn't notice any difference in results.
 
I can see why everyone says to throw away the pad that comes with the PC. It was the pad I decided to go with for this and it is getting pretty shredded up from the backing plate on it
 
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