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Was just wondering what products are on the market to give paint on a car a better look. I wash it, been known to polish it once but what's used to get rid of swirl marks and make the car's 9 year old paintwork look fresh.
And no just because i own a Clio i most certainly don't 2 bucket wash blah blah spend the WHOLE day/weekend 'detailing' :ashamed: :cooter: :D
invest in a mop & some cutting compound g3 etc = super bright shiney paint!
Autoglym.
HD Wax is outstanding.
Watch ho this guy pees on his bonnet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31N-vHVb6Ck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNnla...eature=related
Ffs don't use fairy liquid its like battery acid
And I offered to clean it as well...:cooter:
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Originally Posted by Spooky
All i do is wash it and leather it off, that's it, but fancy trying to get the swirl marks out and liven it up a bit.
It looks ok clean but could be better i guess
I wouldve polished them out...you clearly didn't see the Autoglym box of tricks I have ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ricardo
I usually end up spending 2-3hrs cleaning my Clio :p...that gets dirty and there's no more than 2 weeks before washes :D
I know what you'll be doing next time i'm in the area :D along with the Sunday dinner :cry:Quote:
Originally Posted by Spooky
I don't fancy G3 and mopping it myself, knowing me i'd burn through the paintwork :ashamed:
See you Sunday then yea? :D
If your looking to polish by hand, your best bet would be Auto Glym Super Resin Polish as it has abrasive in it.
But it's hard work for minimal gain, however, it will help mask swirl marks depending on how bad they are.
You could also try something like sratch x -
http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/polish...0/prod_48.html
But for best results you would be looking at a machine polish with a cutting compound
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Originally Posted by d6n
Cheers d6n :)
Will have to purchase that Meguiars, i have a chap who does the paintwork on cars i've bought i could ask out of interest how much it would be to mop the car.
Suhki, if i had the petrol money i'd be over again :)
Ricky, we've got a discount at Zaino also, check out their webpage
www.zainoeurope.com
you need cliosport, the lads there are well up one correcting paint, one or 2 guys are crazy with info..
if polish fails you need to start using the 2 bucket method..:p
halfords soap an suds for me then some turtle wax.
:p
Cheers Dave, i've done without Cliospurt all this time so i'm sure i can manage :D I think i'll purchase that Meguiars X, i have the Auto Glym polish but as mentioned a lot of work for little gain in the way of swirl marks etcQuote:
Originally Posted by dangerous dave
its the one thing they do know about.. detailing world, i4detailing or something are places to look at goodies.. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ricardo
:agree: Merci :)Quote:
Originally Posted by dangerous dave
The ScratchX is really just for very small areas as you will need to work it very hard still, believe me your arms would have fallen off long before you got the swirls out of even a very small panel with this. Swirl removal can only be achieved with a machine polisher unfortunately although some hand applied "polishes" have fillers to mask the swirls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ricardo
I think i'll have to start hiring me and my polisher out:)
wax an polish= to different things right,also the manufacturers seem to confuse the to,what you think you are buying to wax the car may in fact contain abrasives an be a polish....
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Originally Posted by Hoolio
Could do an RTOC open day :cool:
You're right I "could" :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ricardo
Takes me too long and you can't really do that kind of stuff in the sunshine, because IT WILL be a lovely weekend.
Edit; I really must read before I post, thought you were talking national day.
Autoglym Super Resin Polish is a prime example. I've just bought some Poorboys Black Hole - A pre-wax glaze, which also contains some fillers. I got to use it last weekend for the first time, and it's the nuts :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoolio
I spend a fortune on cleaning (I refuse to use the term detailing :D) products. My machine polisher is one of the best things I've bought :cool:
Bill, what polisher did you go for? I to spend a fortune on cleaning products but feel Im missing out on not having one of these! For such a small car the Clio is a pain to polish! But worth it :).Quote:
Originally Posted by The new Bill J
As for the Swirl X. I only used it last night and it did the job perfectly..Bloody cat decided to jump on the bonnet...15 minutes later the cat was in the river and the swirl x had done the job brilliantly!
an open day might see one car finished.. a propper paint resto takes a loooong time, but if you look on the detailing sites it is impressive what the propper guys can do.. im sure i saw some guys using cutting compounds on headlights etc as they werent shiny enough:smokin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ricardo
I appreciate what these 'detailing' guys do, no denying when you look at a car that's finished they look awesome. I've seen a thread when they buffed the 'scratches' from plastic headlights :eek: they take it very serious and IIRC charge a fair whack for a full on job.Quote:
Originally Posted by dangerous dave
Personally, the car gets a regular wash and leather but was thinking that maybe it deserves a little TLC :)
http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acata...-polisher.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by Lomo
I got it as part of the polishing kits listed. I couldn't get on with the Menzerna polish though :crap:
DoDo Juice FTW! :D
Why's that? I was thinking of trying the menzerna range during the summer.Quote:
Originally Posted by The new Bill J
Tbh I only tried it very briefly, but it was too much effort for me (not that I'm lazy or anything :laugh: ). It just didn't seem to buff off properly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoolio
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Originally Posted by The new Bill J
wimp..:laugh:,get karate kid with that evo my son...:p
So what are you using now? I didn't think Dodo did polishes??
BTW Bills choice of machine, supposed to be excellent but more importantly for a beginner it's a "Dual action" machine rather than a rotary. The other one to mention is the Meguires G220.
http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=308433Quote:
Originally Posted by dangerous dave
:cool:
http://www.lancerregister.com/images...oad/new/bs.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by The new Bill J
:eek: Thats fookin superb!! :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by The new Bill J
Full-Fat LimePrime contains abrasives. Some say that even that's too harsh for the Evo's super-soft paintwork :scared:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoolio
Because I'm new to machine polishing, and I've got a car with such soft/thin paint, I don't want to use anything too harsh, and risk damage. Even more so with my paint being pearlescent. That was why I got myself some Blackhole, so that it can help with it's fillers.
I tend to polish briefly, and regularly. The way I see it, it'll take a long time, but I'll get the finish I want in the end :laugh:
Pipe down bully. At least I'm not scared of a bucket and wash mitt :cooter: :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mart
You can't put it back once you take it off.Quote:
Originally Posted by The new Bill J
The reason I take so long is I work up from soft pads and polish until I get the finish and then work back down again.
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Originally Posted by Hoolio
That Ferrari looks mint, it has to be for 3k :eek:
Ric, I've got access to machine polishing equipment...I've got a mate who valets cars for a living...hes a Vee Dubber too...cant get more anal than them geezas :D