Before & After pix of "What We Do" @ What Scratch

What Scratch? Victoria Park: Here are few of my "Before N After" pix for a quick overview of what we do at "What Scratch?". We don't only do just scratches but also other things like faded paintwork, swirl marks, multiple fine scratches, etc.:



Above is a heavily faded bonnet which was almost unrepairable except to bring to the panel beaters for respray and they may perhaps charge you "arms & legs".


Above are heavy fine scratches on a bonnet.


Above is a really long and deep scratch on the side panel which was repaired/minimized.

Now, above images are some of the "sort of things" we do at What Scratch. 'Till then, have fun and please do give us a call for any of the issues above you may have on your cars.

What Scratch? Victoria Park - Eduard Bitao @ 0488 147 999

Few tips in maintaining the "pristine" condition of your car after it's been buffed (by our What's Scratch technicians) - by Terry Missen (WS? Bus. Dev Manager)
1. Regularly wash your car using a recommended car shampoo
2. After washing apply a coat of recommended glaze or sealant

Instructions:
A. Always wash your car in the shade.
B. This will keep your car shampoo solution from drying on the car before it is rinsed off;
C. Only use high quality car wash mitts or car sponge;
D. When washing your car, always go from high to low, never the opposite;
E. Rinse the vehicle thoroughly;
F. Chamois off excess water;
G. Apply recommended glaze or sealant with applicator in circular motions;
H. When glaze or sealant has dried and gone cloudy in appearance, remove using a microfiber towel again in circular motion
NOTE: Do not use household cleaning agents, pads, or sponges as these could cause damage to your vehicles paintwork. Otherwise, if in doubt, give WS? a call

What Scratch? Victoria Park: It's been a very hectic week and quite flat out with works that I didn't even have the chance to "service" my regular car yard, i.e. John Hughes. Nevertheless , I've attended to their urgent requests by at least attending to cars that are sold and needed urgent attention (i.e. buffing). Yes, it's been a very good week as I had a day with "more than the usual" income target, i.e. $800/day, wow - can't complain.

Next week is forecast to be raining again in Perth thus expect a slowdown as usual but I won't be deterred - that's my spirit. On the subject of Car Scratch Repair, I did a very "challenging" car yesterday which initially deemed to be sent for spray painting all over (boot & roof) but with my usual "let me try first" mentality, I managed to turn it into a "as new" good looking car and saved the owner hips of dollars if it was sent for spray painting, i.e. 75% savings. That's substantial. That's why our service is very much in demand and getting popular due to this cost saving benefits we offer to our customers. Take this, sending your car for spray painting will cost you at least $400-500 depending on complexity (i.e. colour of the car, depth of the scratch, make & age of the car, etc.). With us, you save at least 75% of the cost above, i.e ranging from $160-300 on the same basis above. Of course, it's not always 100% resolved but at least 90% that we restore your car to its glory with a fraction of the cost and by far maintains the original paintwork of the car and not having to worry about overspraying, decolorisation, etc.

As always, please visit our website for "What We Do" & "What We Don't Do" @ www.whatscratch.com.au.

'Till next posting, keep blogging with me. Ciaio

Ed "What Scratch? Vic Park"
04 88147999

Car Scratch Repair @ What Scratch? Victoria Park: All day today at Holden and did the following cars:
- SV6 (1 Red & 1 Blue metallic)
- SVZ (Red solid)
- Ford Falcon (Acid Rush metallic)

Good enough to sum-up & meet my day's income.

The SV6 Red has a deep long scratch on the right front fender which required heavy brush touch then apply our SSR (Sprayless Scratch Repair) compound to protect the paintwork before paper sanding. This task requires a bit of precaution, though, not to over sandpaper the area as it will burn the paintwork. As a rule, papersand by 10 times "to & fro" only with a PS2000 (or 1200) and also always apply SSR color-based first prior to brush touch then sandpaper the areas delicately after the paint brush has dried up. By sanding the area, I'm attempting to level the "heavy" brush touched paints. I normally resolve the other scratches around the car with our SSR (Thus the SSR, as a patented product, truly is remarkable, efficient and helps a lot in this type of work) while waiting for the "heavy" brush touched area to get dry and resolve it last.

Perhaps, this can be a good tip on how to repair deep scratches and rest assured you'll get better along the way as you encounter more of these issues.

'Till next time, ciao

Ed "What Scratch? Vic Park"
04 88147999

What Scratch? Victoria Park: To date, I've pretty much did most of the major & popular cars, i.e. European (BMW, Mercedes, VW, Audi, Porsche), Japanese (Toyota, Subaru, Honda, Lexus), Korean (Hyundai, Kia), & American (Holden - Australian version of GM, Ford, Hammer). The only car I haven't "buffed" yet is the Ferrari & Lotus as I don't have a yard which sells them.

My yard includes:
1. Young Holden
2. Duncan Nissan
3. John Hughes
4. United Auto Prestige
5. Centrepoint
6. Burswood Honda
7. Motorama
8. BMW Auto Classic
Plus extra (East Vic Park)
9. Ron Mitchell
10. Park Auto

As you can see, most of my yards sell different types & makes of cars and it's really challenging from one car to another but glad to say it's also satisfying to repair various "types & makes" of cars with different paintworks. Some makes are easy to repair scratches & others are "horrible". I won't mention any type or make of the car BUT in the end they are "doable".

Next blog, I will try to list the cars I've done during the day or week just to let my readers & potential clients know what type of cars I've done and abled to do and perhaps describe the "complexity" of the work and how I managed to repair/resolve those nasty scratches.

'Till next time - Ciao....

Ed (What Scratch? Vic Park)
Mobile: 04 8814 7999

What Scratch? Victoria Park:

Hmm... had to work on Saturday morning (May 1st), sigh ;=) but what a satisfying work indeed. I buffed a "pig-looking" sports car (Ford Cougar) which was splattered with hardened concrete (cement) fillings on the fender/skirting. Luckily, I had a quick look the day before (which was Friday) and I really didn't have any idea how to get rid off it as it had apparently been there for almost a year and the car owner didn't bother to wash it and it just really hardened. I pretty much advised the car dealer owner to send to the panel beaters BUT as always I gave my "damn" best to try first and perhaps advise later.

I had a quick google search and found out that "vinegar" can actually do the job but never on this heavy concrete fillings though (see below pix). Also, I had to boil hot water and soak the areas then apply vinegar as I scrape the hardened cement area by area - yehey! it worked but truly a very hard work indeed as I have to back-bend a lot for an hour or so. Woowww, my back hurts now but 'twas an amazing result.



Need my advise? Please let me know - call me at 04 88147999 or visit us @ http://www.whatscratch.com.au for more details on how we can help.

Ciao,
Ed (What Scratch? Vic Park)

What Scratch? Victoria Park: Here's another one for the "before & after" effect of our Scratch Repair technology, i.e. SSR (Sprayless Scratch Repair). The pix below are taken on the car's bonnet of a Holden Commodore SSV from a private job I did this weekend.

The scratch on the car's bonnet looks like someone placed a large brick on top then dragged it down which created a large and awful multiple lines of scratches. At first, I myself almost advised the owner to send it to the paint spray workshop. However, I'm always the type of person never to give up without trying. After careful trial & error, I managed to meticulously eradicate every single line scratches, which you can see on the "after" effect, by applying the paint which matched the color and left it to dry for a while then buff-it-off to get the best result.



As you can see from the images above, the paint work was restored without costing the owner big money as compaired to sending it to the spray paint workshop. This is what we do, we restore those nasty & awful scratches back to their glory - it's not always 100% but we do the very best we can to get the best result. And, the most important & rewarding part is, we are passionate & proud of what we do after seeing the after-effect and also making our clients satisfied and get their value for money at a much lesser price/cost saving them money.

Until then, watch out for more to come as I'll keep you posted for more "Before & After" images of my work as What Scratch? specialist.

Ciao.... Ed (WS? Victoria Park)

Car Scratch Repair Perth WA

What Scratch? Victoria Park (yours truly) is gearing up for the car scratch repair "Before & After" competition amongst all the What Scratch? franchisees across Western Australia. And, recently, I really had quite a few "ugly" looking cars and unfortunately I didn't bring my digital camera to capture them thus I missed the opportunity.

However, yesterday, I tried using my hand phone camera and it worked. Here it is:



The car above was a ford focus which truly needed a facelift. Quite hard work though, it needed to be buffed 3x times and three (3) hours to get the after-effect above but it was worth it as the owner really loved it thereafter. These are the type of jobs which are quite satisfying after a day's work and this is what we (or I) do day after day, 5 days a week. Some are easy and some are tough (just like the one above).

What's the technique to get the job above? Here are the steps:
1. Apply super cut compound as many times as desired
2. Wipe and dust it off to see the effect
3. Remove any scratches, which will eventually surface once it's buffed-up, using our SSR (Sprayless Scratch Remover - patented)
4. Glaze with Mean Sheen
5. Brush Touch any any chips all around

Want any advise above? Don't hesitate to contact What's Scratch? Victoria Park or go to http://www.whatscratch.com.au

That's it for today and watch for more to come.

Eduard Bitao
What Scratch? Victoria Park