How to Remove Scuffs and Scratches From Your Graded Card Slab

I searched on canadiantire.ca website, and there are 15 different Meguiar - liquid, spray, compound, etc.

Is there a specific one to buy?
 
Thank You all for sharing that technique, never heard of that before. Good too see it works well
 
How to polish up your scratched slabs.

I know Jeremy has mentioned this a few times on SCL and I've posted it on my ig a couple times but seems like some people are still not familiar with this super easy fix for your scratched slabs.

Most of the slabs I buy online show up somewhere between sorta scratched and nearly destroyed but there is a dead simple fix.

Run to your local Canadian Tire (or Amazon) and buy Meguiar's Scratch X 2.0.

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Its made for polishing your cars plastic headlights but it works AMAZING on card slabs.

1- Put a loonie sized dab on the slab and work it in a circular motion with a clean microfiber cloth for 20-30 seconds.
2- Once its worked in (will look kinda hazzy) simply buff it off with a new clean microfiber.
3- Repeat steps 1 and 2 if the slab is still scratched up. Doesn't need super hard pressure, I'd say start light and slowly work up the pressure for deeper scratches.

Note: this stuff is a polishing compound so it is 'sanding off' a very thin layer of material to buff the surface clean. So don't concentrate too much on one spot, do the whole slab and always work in a circular motion.

Anyways onto the before and afters....

Joe Sakic before/after. Couple fairly deep scratches.
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Jagr before/after. Tons of light scratches as the slab was nearly 20 years old.
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And this extremely well used Gretzky. The slab looking like it was been sanded with sandpaper and was trashed. Thought it might need a reslab it was so foggy.
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Happy polishing!
 
I've tried this stuff as well - works great! Did not know the technical part of how it worked - thanks for the explanation.
 
Being a “car guy” as well, I first tried this out years ago with great results on one touches. As you’ve illustrated it also works for slabs. In fact, it also works on top loaders, but to a lesser extent. Relatively speaking Meguiars product is low to mid tier stuff when it comes to detailing products so I’m sure a higher end scratch remover may work even better but in terms of cost effectiveness it gets the job done.
 
sharkaholic707 said:
Being a “car guy” as well, I first tried this out years ago with great results on one touches. As you’ve illustrated it also works for slabs. In fact, it also works on top loaders, but to a lesser extent. Relatively speaking Meguiars product is low to mid tier stuff when it comes to detailing products so I’m sure a higher end scratch remover may work even better but in terms of cost effectiveness it gets the job done.
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I’m a car guy too (damn expensive hobbies haha) but in this case I wouldn’t bother with any more expensive compounds or polishes. The case just needs a quick scrub, and it doesn’t need any wax or protection.

I mean you can work multiple more expensive compounds with a random orbital machine but this Scratch X stuff works so good i can’t find any visible scratches on my slabs anymore. Save the more expensive stuff for a black car (which is impossible to get micro scratches out haha).
 
rohara99 said:
I’m a car guy too (damn expensive hobbies haha) but in this case I wouldn’t bother with any more expensive compounds or polishes. The case just needs a quick scrub, and it doesn’t need any wax or protection.

I mean you can work multiple more expensive compounds with a random orbital machine but this Scratch X stuff works so good i can’t find any visible scratches on my slabs anymore. Save the more expensive stuff for a black car (which is impossible to get micro scratches out haha).
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Agreed on all counts! Ceramic coat all day for black cars by the way :thumbsup:

Maybe another project for slabs? :crazy:
 
OilersRule said:
This looks like a great idea. Does it leave any lingering odour on the slab?
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Not really. Its doesn't smell great but as soon as its buffed off its good to go. I usually put it into a sleeve right away so no smell issue then.

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Until the sleeve gets a little scuffed up, and you decide to change it out for a fresh one, at which point, that scent which has been fermenting for how ever many years, is going to smell like hell on earth :laugh:
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haha

Since you're buffing the compound off there shouldn't be any residual product (or smell).

And if there is stop sniffing your slabs!
 
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rohara99 said:
Not really. Its doesn't smell great but as soon as its buffed off its good to go. I usually put it into a sleeve right away so no smell issue then.
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Until the sleeve gets a little scuffed up, and you decide to change it out for a fresh one, at which point, that scent which has been fermenting for how ever many years, is going to smell like hell on earth :laugh:
 
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