How best to remove scratches on the shock rod

Hello it is my first post here in the vehicle care forum mostly I am to be found in the A1/A3 forum. I have the following concerns. As can be seen on the photos hopefully, I have several deep scratches on the rear shock bar (feelable with the fingernail), which I have tried to polish out with my hand today. The first pictures 1.2,4 show the processed scratches the 3rd picture shows several unprocessed ones. I used the following: Petzholds Spezial Lackreiningungs-Schwamm Menzerna PF2500 Now you can see the result, now I need a few tips on how to do the whole thing. Oh yes, at the moment I don’t have a polishing machine, I actually wanted to avoid working with it on the plastic push rod. already thanks for your numerous tips