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desertgem Pillar of the Community United States 860 Posts	Posted 02/28/2009 12:37 am Hi, Often here people will recommend using automotive plastic polishes as agents to remove scratches from slabs. But all I remember were just suggestions and no photos. So I decided to try this technique on a Older PCGS slab that I have had for many years. The agent was purchased at Walmart for about $2 as I remember. Some of the polish was put on a clean soft rag and rubbed circularly in the area of the coin. After it seemed to disappear, allowed to dry and residue rubbed off. Once did well for the small scratches, but 2 applications needed to get to this point. Here is a comparison of Before ( left) and After ( right) of the coin, focused on the slab to show scratches Same, but close up of the worse scratch near the date. I was pleased with the results. Use at own discretion. Jim Report this Post to the Staff

Spider5689 Pillar of the Community United States 2269 Posts	Posted 02/28/2009 12:40 am Wow, it looks great. So far none of my slabs have too many scratches, but I'll have to remember this one. Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 02/28/2009 6:47 pm Very Interesting, thanks for the info. Report this Post to the Staff
ron6788 Pillar of the Community United States 655 Posts	Posted 03/08/2009 11:43 pm desertgem, thanks a lot for posting this. I just asked a similar question above before I saw this. Only what is the product exactly? It looks like "Tat Scratch Out." Is that right, did you say this was from the auto parts dept? This is definitely going on my shopping list because it's not only good for the slabs but for plastic faceshields with scuffs and scratches and then for cars or bikes, too. Report this Post to the Staff
ron6788 Pillar of the Community United States 655 Posts	Posted 03/13/2009 04:48 am I found this stuff, alright, in the auto parts store. It's called Kit Scratch Out for about $4. I used it on four slabs I have but I can't say I see much difference, maybe a little. It's clearer and cleaner, for sure, (you need to wash the slab before and after the application) but the scratches are still there. Report this Post to the Staff
TLS5933 Pillar of the Community United States 1703 Posts	Posted 03/13/2009 10:27 am I use a product called Novus Plastic Polish.It comes in 3 bottles & grits for deeper or lighter scratches. It works excellent. I also tried the auto scratch out first but didn't get the results I wanted. You can get the Novus on ebay,it coms in all sizes but I bought the small bottles about 4 years ago and I still have 75% of it. A little goes a long way. Report this Post to the Staff
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