reminds me of Color Smart!!!! god that was a horrible product. im glad my parents got a settlement of $10k for ruining the paint on both their cars for that piece of crap product
I saw this at a car show one time... I was like cool, but... I asked him if his wax was that good, pour a coke on it... He wouldn't...
Well basically back in the late 80's early 90's there came Color Smart. the paints werent good back then so scratches and all sorts of stuff plagued those who loved nice looking cars. But who doesn't right? well on several times on TV those infomercials would run as a commercial in between your fav shows. what that whole product was, is essentially color matched paint used as a wax. got rid of light scratches, made deep scratches less noticable, ya know, something too good to be true. my dad bought their entire line of car care products for my mom '89 Mazda MX-6 turbo and my dads all original Mazda RX-7 GS. both cars had some minor scratches a DD would normally have and then some runaway shopping carts, and careless people who slam their door onto yours. after a few weeks my dad finally tried their products including their window cleaner and metal polish..... things looked good during the application of the scratch remover per the directions... until we buffed it out. the scratch was still there. we said no biggie, 60 day money back gaurantee right? well we still had another month left so we gave it another shot. well it visually did good, but our eyes were used to looking at the car every day. day in and day out. so we went to the local Steak 'N Shake where all the car guys go to hang out and show off some muscle cars and great classics. a good friend of my dads met us up there to see if the product worked, and with a fresh set of eyes.... he said the car has more scratches then when he first saw it come out of the dealer. we were stunned and embarrassed..... he ran his hand down the body and he told us that he can feel all the light scratches. well even the glass cleaner did the same causing the glass to haze up, buit it was night time and slightly foggy so we didnt notice. the blame game pointed to the product we used. we had a meeting with our insurance agent and a professional detailer who works on merc's, and porsche's. they both smiled and said lawsuit. the agent then referred us to an attourney. he did most of the leg work BTW. a month later the lawyer told us to get an estimate on the damages from a body shop and makea copy for him, the lawyer, the insurance agent, and fax a copy to the company, they were already notified and tried to say that we did it on our own and all that jazz to save face..... well the estimate came out to be like $800 for the windshield, and $8,000 for the paint on my dads RX-7. well we decided to destroy the mom's car as well since we havent sent anything in to the company any way. but this time we only lightly did the paint. which came out to $6,500, the estimate any way. apparently the lawyer was threatening enough that the company sent him a check for $20k for a settlement to repair the RX-7 and for frustration and selling a fraudulent product to an unsuspecting customer. got the RX-7 repainted, we had to have the local Mazda Dealer contact the Hiroshima plant to send the body shop the paint cause my dad is very anal and wanted the original paint with the "mica" still intact, like anyone notices a Beige/Cream Mica anyway. and the glass replaced and my moms car was just recleared and wet sanded. we ended up pocketing around $10k or so.... the company AFAIK no longer exists or renamed itself.... as i can no longer find the exact product on the net. but i do remember a year or so later a commercial endorsing a product with the same claims but sold at most auto parts stores..... removes scratches and swirl marks... well this product did the same for other but with a twist... it supposedly filled in scratches and even color matches itself bonding to the paint. chemically speaking, when you make a chemical and the final product is a white paste..... its not going to color change. i wanna say in '92 is when this happened.. i think their next product that removed scratches was GS-27. moral of the story.. never buy in to "As Seen On TV" products...... those are just people running get rich quick schemes... for some reason tho.. those infomercials with products hosted by Billy Mays work.... to an extent.
its the same trick if you were to pour a bit of alcohol on your skin and light it.... nothing but the alcohol would burn... well your hair would.... and it leaves the underlying surface undamaged..... for the most part
yup it is a scam. I really set a toy car on fire. It removed the wax but the paint was mostly unharmed. m buddy showed me some of that GS27 stuff...it comes with a box of crayons...
:ditto: that's quite the interesting story, thank you for sharing. Funny thing is you see the odd commercial claiming such things, I for one just ignore commercials but everyone is different I suppose :shrug:
A quote from some detailing book :shh: - I think that the more real facts you know the better. I don't set hoods on fire, or subject paint to a laser beam, nor do I pour acid on the paint. Detail products work on their real merits, not on smoke and mirrors. It is my intent to educate and pass on five decades of experience to my readers in not only the “How it works’ but “Why it works”. Because I'm passionate about I do and care about making sure detailing is a fun and rewarding experience for the enthusiast
The acid/set bonnet on fire has been a regular TV presentation in the UK for the last 10 years for a very crappy car care product we get called Mer.
