Greetings from Virginia

[jhkunkel]

Been into cars and car care for years! Like this iste. Like a kid in a candy store!
My first question is, "How do I remove tiny scratches on my new (metalic black) motorcycle? These are scratches from the dealer wiping down the cycle on the showroom floor. I've used some swirl remover, (Meguiar's), but now have new scratches going in another direction. I usually do not see this problem when detailing my cars.
Thanks to all,
Jim

[alko]

Welcome to the forum! I don't have experience detailing motorcycles but someone will chime in.

[dad07]

[Vegas Transplant]

to AGO- Happy detailing...

[tw33k2514]

Welcome to AGO!

[Bunky]

Welcome !

[ShaunD]

Welcome to AGO! What part of VA are you in?
I have a black Yamaha FZ1 and have found that Optimum Poli-Seal works well on light scratches/marring. For moderate scratches and marring I use OPT PolishII or Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover. Any medium cut polish like Meg's Ultimate Polish should work in your case. I have removed some heavier/deeper scratches using Meg's MFDA cutting pad/compound(D300), with my Porter-Cable DA. Meg's UC is very similar to D300 and can give you good results by hand, if you need something for deep scratches.

[ShaunD]

Oh yeah. What bike do you have? My Yamaha paint is pretty soft so what works on my paint may not work on yours. But either way starting with a light polish and moving on from there is the best practice.

[sherie20]

Also from VA just stopping by to say hello. Been lurking for years and gained so much knowledge. Thanks to everyone teaching me a few things.

[Mike Phillips]

Hi Jim,

Welcome to Autogeek Online!

Been into cars and car care for years! Like this site. Like a kid in a candy store!

Try working here and walking by row after row of cool products.

My first question is, "How do I remove tiny scratches on my new (metallic black) motorcycle? These are scratches from the dealer wiping down the cycle on the showroom floor.

I've used some swirl remover, (Meguiar's), but now have new scratches going in another direction. I usually do not see this problem when detailing my cars.
Thanks to all,
Jim

First, if you're working by hand I would strongly consider stepping up to working by machine, a good starter polisher will be one of the basic DA styles, that is,

Porter Cable 7424XP
Meguiar's G110v2
Griot's Garage 6" ROP

These are all the same "type" of DA Polisher, just variations is design. For a motorcycles, get some 4" pads and a 3.5" Backing Plate.

Second...

You'll get more replies and thus more help if you start a "Dedicated Thread" in the

Detailing 101 Forum Group


This is the "introduction" forum and the title to your thread reads,

Greetings from Virginia

So out of the hundreds of awesome forum members we have posting each and every day, none of them know you have questions about removing scratches from your motorcycle because of the title of this thread and the location of it.

I've been posting to forums and even ran a few since the software was invented so these are just some friendly tips to help you help yourself...

Here's a couple of article I've written on this topic and you can find more in my article list.


A tip to help yourself get great answers when you start a thread

How to write a good title for your thread