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fridayman ****
Joined: 23 Jun 2010 Posts: 263 Location: Surrey
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 20:46 Post subject: Paint restored |
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On the last couple of laning trips my black paint work really took a beating and was starting to bother me (it usually doesn't). So I looked at some scratch removal tutorials on the web. This morning I was on my way to buy a polisher and popped into Halfords to buy some black t-cut. While I was there I picked up a rubber backing disc and a couple of wool bonnets for it (to try before I buy a proper polisher). The bonnet just slips over the disc and ties around the back (there are also velcro versions available). I started off by rubbing some of the black t-cut onto the scratches with a cloth and then polishing it out with the polishing disk, but soon found that pouring some straight onto the wool bonnet worked better. First I tried it with my cordless drill, but then swapped it onto the more powerful corded drill. The results are superb, and I can highly recommend this is a cheap scratch removal solution.
This is the result:
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joinerman *******
Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 2200 Location: Here & there
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 21:26 Post subject: |
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Spray some cold water on the mop/pad as well or you will burn the paint or spray the area your polishing. |
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Thirlwell Lifetime member
Joined: 31 Mar 2010 Posts: 77 Location: Suffolk
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 0:43 Post subject: |
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Hi,
This may be of interest to better you polishing knowledge you may want to take a few minutes and have a look at polishing or youtube how to polish a car.
the other post is right water to stop the mop getting to hot and burning holes in the paint. I've used G3 by farecla its more abrasive than t-cut if you have deeper scratches,and autoglym high gloss after. have a look at the link they explain what the different compounds are used for, plus short videos.
I hope this may help with your own paint restoring in the future. you've got a good finish on what you have done.
Thanks
Tom _________________ 98 HDJ100 VX Active 4.2TD |
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trooperman ****
Joined: 03 May 2010 Posts: 260 Location: Rotherham
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