T-Cut or Leave it to The Pros?

[Gluggy]

Cleared all the snow off the car with a soft brush, no scratches before and none after - load of snow comes down from the house roof, some slides down the bonnet and some stays put, anyway where its slid off its left these behind....





Can just about feel them with a finger nail but think its only damaged the lacquer - do I have a go with some T-Cut / something similar or better to let a mobile chips-away guy sort it?

[_Hoppers]

I thought people stopped using T cut when the dinosaurs went extinct :-p

Have a go with something like this.

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/paints-and-body-...

[alabbasi]

If that's damage to the clear coat. Nothing can fix it

[randomeddy]

I reckon T cut is just one of those 'modern day' sayings like Transit vans or Hoover.

[V8covin]

That's a job for a bodyshop,bonnet will need respraying and more than likely blending into the adjacent panels to match the colour, so not a job for chipsaway

[Gluggy]

Ouch! Was hoping there would be a simple fix rather than having to respray the panel - its Seat's "Boheme Purple", looks almost black in the shade but vibrant purple in the light so no doubt a complete nightmare to match....

[V8covin]

Gluggy said:

Ouch! Was hoping there would be a simple fix rather than having to respray the panel - its Seat's "Boheme Purple", looks almost black in the shade but vibrant purple in the light so no doubt a complete nightmare to match....

Doubt you'd get away with just painting the bonnet with that colour, would need blending into the wings.
Take it to a bodyshop and check if your diagnosis is correct would be your 1st step....you could be lucky and get away with a machine polish

[Chubbyross]

Machine polishing would possibly get rid of some of it but the parts you can feel will have to remain, I’m afraid.

Where abouts are you? Possibly a friendly detailer near to you could have a go.

[Gluggy]

Chubbyross said:

Machine polishing would possibly get rid of some of it but the parts you can feel will have to remain, I’m afraid.

Where abouts are you? Possibly a friendly detailer near to you could have a go.

Located in South Yorkshire, a couple of people have recommended a local body shop so when things are a bit more settled Covid wise I'll see what they have to say - at the moment its just annoying knowing they are there and given my luck it I'd get it sorted on a Monday to have someone crash into it on the Tuesday...

[Bemmer]

Gluggy said:

given my luck it I'd get it sorted on a Monday to have someone crash into it on the Tuesday...

In that case don't have it done on the Monday and then when someone crashes into you on the Tuesday you can wriggle it with the body shop to have it all done on there insurance....

[Chubbyross]

Gluggy said:

Chubbyross said:

Machine polishing would possibly get rid of some of it but the parts you can feel will have to remain, I’m afraid.

Where abouts are you? Possibly a friendly detailer near to you could have a go.

Located in South Yorkshire, a couple of people have recommended a local body shop so when things are a bit more settled Covid wise I'll see what they have to say - at the moment its just annoying knowing they are there and given my luck it I'd get it sorted on a Monday to have someone crash into it on the Tuesday...

Hmm...a bit far-away from me. If you’d been north London I could have had a quick go myself with a polisher once restrictions had lifted.

[Gluggy]

Chubbyross said:

Gluggy said:

Chubbyross said:

Machine polishing would possibly get rid of some of it but the parts you can feel will have to remain, I’m afraid.

Where abouts are you? Possibly a friendly detailer near to you could have a go.

Located in South Yorkshire, a couple of people have recommended a local body shop so when things are a bit more settled Covid wise I'll see what they have to say - at the moment its just annoying knowing they are there and given my luck it I'd get it sorted on a Monday to have someone crash into it on the Tuesday...

Hmm...a bit far-away from me. If you’d been north London I could have had a quick go myself with a polisher once restrictions had lifted.

Just a little but cheers for the offer :-) In the short term I'll give it a go with some decent scratch remover. To be honest I'd be happy to make them less white / noticeable

The car already has a couple of smaller trolley marks so its never going to have perfect paint, just a shame those on the bonnet are in such a visible spot - doesn't help being the colour it is, looks great in the sun but a mare to keep clean and shows up every tiny mark.

Sods law really, had I decided to have another cup of coffee before clearing the car, the stuff from the house roof would have landed on "clean" snow and the damage would never have happened - that'll teach me to be organised for once lol.

[archie456]

I once put some pretty deep scratches (lacquer only) on a bootlid when wiping snow off.

I used some lacquer from a touch up kit with a small brush (not sprayed) to fill the scratches up to just over level.

It took a few coats and then I flattened it off with 1500 grade and polished it up.

Once it was done you couldn't see there had ever been any marks.

If the scratches have not reached the base coat this should work fine. It's much easier than trying to rub all the rest of the lacquer down to the same level as the bottom of the scratches.

[robdcfc]

V8covin said:

That's a job for a bodyshop,bonnet will need respraying and more than likely blending into the adjacent panels to match the colour, so not a job for chipsaway

Depends on which Chipsaway, some of us are unit based and have full spraybooth facilities