Scratched front to back
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Some scrote has run there keys full length along my silver 996.
it is not to deep & I am going to try and polish these out, only thing is what do you do when you polish scrathes out, is it just a case of wash & polish.
I was going to T-Cut them, do people still use T-Cut, Can anyone recomend something else.
Bit skint the now to get them professionally done.
But if anyone knows a good/cheap guy in edinburgh that does these things, can I have his number.
it is not to deep & I am going to try and polish these out, only thing is what do you do when you polish scrathes out, is it just a case of wash & polish.
I was going to T-Cut them, do people still use T-Cut, Can anyone recomend something else.
Bit skint the now to get them professionally done.
But if anyone knows a good/cheap guy in edinburgh that does these things, can I have his number.
The Key to your satisfaction here contains the folowing ingredients.
T cut, car shampoo, god quality car wax, fine monofilament fishing line, towing eye fitted to 911.
Wash and tcut and wax the car.
Then find the little scrote that did it, temporarily immobilise him, whilst immobile tie a neat knot with the fishing line round his small and delicates and the other end to the towing eye.
When he wakes up play the how fast can you run game
T cut, car shampoo, god quality car wax, fine monofilament fishing line, towing eye fitted to 911.
Wash and tcut and wax the car.
Then find the little scrote that did it, temporarily immobilise him, whilst immobile tie a neat knot with the fishing line round his small and delicates and the other end to the towing eye.
When he wakes up play the how fast can you run game
Sorry to hear some mindless cretin felt the need to damage your hard earned pride and joy. A very sad reflection of the times we live in I'm afraid.
Before going the T cut route I'd suggect the following test...........
Using your fingernail, gently rub it across the scratch ie, at 90 degrees, if you can definatively "feel" the scratch there's a good chance the damage will have gone through the laquer and into the base coat (ie, the actual paint underneath)
If this is the case T cutting the laquer will only make matters worse and the only way to rectify the damage is to paint the damaged panels.
If the scratch can barely be felt I'd try and find a good bodyshop and have the scratch hand polished out using 2000 wet and dry and then machine polished using one of the well known cutting compounds and finished off with a machine polish such as 3M Perfect it.
Good luck.
Before going the T cut route I'd suggect the following test...........
Using your fingernail, gently rub it across the scratch ie, at 90 degrees, if you can definatively "feel" the scratch there's a good chance the damage will have gone through the laquer and into the base coat (ie, the actual paint underneath)
If this is the case T cutting the laquer will only make matters worse and the only way to rectify the damage is to paint the damaged panels.
If the scratch can barely be felt I'd try and find a good bodyshop and have the scratch hand polished out using 2000 wet and dry and then machine polished using one of the well known cutting compounds and finished off with a machine polish such as 3M Perfect it.
Good luck.
If you've got the bottle get a sheet of 1200 W+D carborundum paper.
Cut and fold so its about50mm square.
Get some fairy liquid and make up a soapy cup full of water.
Gently, with a flat hand [ gently now, don't polish thru the paint ]
polish in a light cicular motion just so that the paint looks misty, but flat.
Wash the soapy water off and allow the paint to dry.
The paint should look misty now.
Next further polish your scratch out with T Cut.
Cut a 120mm square of cardboard out of a cornflake packet.
Put this in the palm of your hand, apply the T Cut onto it, not too much.
Gentle to medium pressure across the scratch.
Keep the cardboard as flat as you can.
Light further T Cut with a lint free rag.
Use Farecla G10 [finer cut] to finish.,
Start is harsh, so be gentle, take your time, it'll look superb.
Cut and fold so its about50mm square.
Get some fairy liquid and make up a soapy cup full of water.
Gently, with a flat hand [ gently now, don't polish thru the paint ]
polish in a light cicular motion just so that the paint looks misty, but flat.
Wash the soapy water off and allow the paint to dry.
The paint should look misty now.
Next further polish your scratch out with T Cut.
Cut a 120mm square of cardboard out of a cornflake packet.
Put this in the palm of your hand, apply the T Cut onto it, not too much.
Gentle to medium pressure across the scratch.
Keep the cardboard as flat as you can.
Light further T Cut with a lint free rag.
Use Farecla G10 [finer cut] to finish.,
Start is harsh, so be gentle, take your time, it'll look superb.
stuttgartmetal said:
If you've got the bottle get a sheet of 1200 W+D carborundum paper.
Cut and fold so its about50mm square.
Get some fairy liquid and make up a soapy cup full of water.
Gently, with a flat hand [ gently now, don't polish thru the paint ]
polish in a light cicular motion just so that the paint looks misty, but flat.
Wash the soapy water off and allow the paint to dry.
The paint should look misty now.
Next further polish your scratch out with T Cut.
Cut a 120mm square of cardboard out of a cornflake packet.
Put this in the palm of your hand, apply the T Cut onto it, not too much.
Gentle to medium pressure across the scratch.
Keep the cardboard as flat as you can.
Light further T Cut with a lint free rag.
Use Farecla G10 [finer cut] to finish.,
Start is harsh, so be gentle, take your time, it'll look superb.
Cut and fold so its about50mm square.
Get some fairy liquid and make up a soapy cup full of water.
Gently, with a flat hand [ gently now, don't polish thru the paint ]
polish in a light cicular motion just so that the paint looks misty, but flat.
Wash the soapy water off and allow the paint to dry.
The paint should look misty now.
Next further polish your scratch out with T Cut.
Cut a 120mm square of cardboard out of a cornflake packet.
Put this in the palm of your hand, apply the T Cut onto it, not too much.
Gentle to medium pressure across the scratch.
Keep the cardboard as flat as you can.
Light further T Cut with a lint free rag.
Use Farecla G10 [finer cut] to finish.,
Start is harsh, so be gentle, take your time, it'll look superb.
don't forget to wax the area at the end
stuttgartmetal said:
If you've got the bottle get a sheet of 1200 W+D carborundum paper.
Cut and fold so its about50mm square.
Get some fairy liquid and make up a soapy cup full of water.
Gently, with a flat hand [ gently now, don't polish thru the paint ]
polish in a light cicular motion just so that the paint looks misty, but flat.
Wash the soapy water off and allow the paint to dry.
The paint should look misty now.
Next further polish your scratch out with T Cut.
Cut a 120mm square of cardboard out of a cornflake packet.
Put this in the palm of your hand, apply the T Cut onto it, not too much.
Gentle to medium pressure across the scratch.
Keep the cardboard as flat as you can.
Light further T Cut with a lint free rag.
Use Farecla G10 [finer cut] to finish.,
Start is harsh, so be gentle, take your time, it'll look superb.
Cut and fold so its about50mm square.
Get some fairy liquid and make up a soapy cup full of water.
Gently, with a flat hand [ gently now, don't polish thru the paint ]
polish in a light cicular motion just so that the paint looks misty, but flat.
Wash the soapy water off and allow the paint to dry.
The paint should look misty now.
Next further polish your scratch out with T Cut.
Cut a 120mm square of cardboard out of a cornflake packet.
Put this in the palm of your hand, apply the T Cut onto it, not too much.
Gentle to medium pressure across the scratch.
Keep the cardboard as flat as you can.
Light further T Cut with a lint free rag.
Use Farecla G10 [finer cut] to finish.,
Start is harsh, so be gentle, take your time, it'll look superb.
1200 grit Wet and Dry is waaaaaaay too coarse, far too easy to flat straight through the laquer (and it also leaves heavy flatting marks that take ages to remove0 2000 is the minimum I'd use personally.
If you have a PC orbital do it yourself, if not get it machined polished. Will not take a bodyshop long to do it.
Agree that you do not want to think of anything coarser than 2000 wet and dry. I have used that method on a scratch and it worked well, but then used 2 different types of compounds before finishing off with a polish then wax. Not recommended if you have never done it before!
Agree that you do not want to think of anything coarser than 2000 wet and dry. I have used that method on a scratch and it worked well, but then used 2 different types of compounds before finishing off with a polish then wax. Not recommended if you have never done it before!
well none of that worked, but the rest of the car now looks great, used zymol shampoo, the T cut, then Zymol cleaner wax.
got the light bits out but the front wing & bit by door handel are far to deep.
Got a quote for £400 from willowbrae coachworks in Edinburgh to spray the whole side, seems OK, anybody used them?
got the light bits out but the front wing & bit by door handel are far to deep.
Got a quote for £400 from willowbrae coachworks in Edinburgh to spray the whole side, seems OK, anybody used them?
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