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Jul 22, 2023

My homemade scratch remover using just 2 ingredients costs just less than $10 a gallon

A MAN has revealed an affordable life hack that removes scratches from cars and it's blowing people's minds.

The TikTok creator shared a video, explaining how to make the homemade scratch remover and how to use it to make a car look brand new, with his followers on the app of more than 7million users.

"Make your car look like new," Arnie Negrete (@arnienegrete) captioned the post.

To make the solution, the clip instructed viewers to simply mix two products that Americans normally keep in their households: coconut oil and white vinegar.

After reviewing the instructions, Arnie pulled out the items he needed to try the hack out for himself.

From his microwave, he pulled out a small bottle of Palmer's coconut oil and also showed that he had a large container of white vinegar, made by a brand named Chestnut Hill, to use for the trick.

He immediately took the bowl containing his mixture outside to his car and showed that his vehicle had a pretty obvious scratch in its dark paint.

Arnie dipped a microfiber washcloth in the solution and wiped across the scratch.

It only took him around three swipes with the solution before the scrape disappeared.

After seeing that it worked, Arnie yelled: "That's so cool."

Coconut oil and vinegar are products sold by numerous retailers in the nation like Target, Amazon, Walmart, and Rite Aid.

Larger and smaller containers, between 16 fluid ounces and 128 fluid ounces, of white vinegar are sold for less than $5 in various stores from brands like Heinz.

Multiple well-known retailers sell 14 fluid ounces of coconut oil for less than $10.

Arnie's TikTok post sharing the thrifty trick went viral as it has been viewed nearly 30million times.

A TikToker commented on the video in an attempt to explain how the hack works: "What it [does] is, it moisturizes them so that the scratch seems like it fades away."

They went on to say: "But it's still there. When it [dries], [you] can see the scratch again."

Another person chimed in: "Brother just polish it," a TikToker commented.

"It costs only $20."

Someone asked: "So paint just magically came in?"

One user even wanted to know: "Will it work on phone screen?"

"Wow I just saved myself a hundred fifty bucks," a TikToker added.

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