Customer Reviews

Turtle Wax T-230A Rubbing Compound Paste. 10.5 oz.

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I used this rubbing compound, in combination with Turtle Wax T-26R Finish 2001 Wax. 14 oz. paste on the hood of my black car. I'm very happy with the result. I was thinking I need to get the hood repainted. It was very dull, and turned almost white. I was already starrting to think when I was going to get this paint job done. I wasn't able to get it done very soon, so it would have to wait for a while. Posssibly a couple of months. So I diced to try to give it polish till then. Not expecting any result, I bought the car polish to try it out. And I bough the compound, for a different part of the car. It had a smalll paint scratch on the car. And I knew the compund whould take that off. But I wasn't thinking of using it on the hood.

I tried the polish first on the hood. It did not do much. It got glossy and shiny, but it was still white-ish.
I turned my attention to the paint scratch on the door. It wasn't a scratch to the car, it was more paint from another car that was left on mine, and was difficult to take off. The compund worked. It took off the paint from the other car, but it made the paint on my car very dull. I knew that would happened (from previous experience years ago). It was a small area, so I wasn't really concerned with it, but decided to see what the polish would do. Waauw. I was impressed with the result. I had an immediate shiny black paint. Happy me. Only then did I read the instrucions (didn't do so, before, cause I've used years ago, but not with the pollish), and find out it recommends to use it in combination with the car polish.

On I went to the hood. I tried it on only a part of the white-ish dull area first. First the compound, and then the polish. I was amazed with the result. It was not 100%, but I was very happy. I took pictures. Decided to apply it a couple of times, to see if it would get even better. The next day I applied it to the rest of the area on the hood. Very nice. I decided to apply it a couple of times, over the next few days. After the 1st time I could alreaddy see an amazing improvement. After applying it 3 or 4 times, I was very happy. I've taken pictures, I hope they show why I'm so happy. I don't think I will need that paint job after all. Not for a while at least.

Ps. Follow the instructions. Apply the compund and polish when the car is clean, and cool (not in the sun).

I have been using this rubbing compound for years so when i saw it for so cheap i had to buy it. I use this to hide small dings before waxing

I bought this for polishing a scratch on my car, can't say it was perfect but it got half the job done.