Scratches

[W 4.O TUS]

Anyone know af any products that will get rid of swirl scratches

[DC53]

May be worth getting a good trusted valeter if you want a reall ncie job of it, maybe around £100 mark though.

[W 4.O TUS]

Do halfords do any products that will help with the swirl marks

[xtr2turbo]

Go to a good body shop or paint factors and buy a container of 3M finishing compound and go to Halfords and buy one of their 12v polishing mops.

This will do teh trick.

David

[Mustang Baz]

W 4.O TUS said:

Anyone know af any products that will get rid of swirl scratches

Yep - Mothers products - www.maxx-waxx.com/ - or any good, trusted range which sees you first washing the car, potentally clay-barring and then

- pre-waxing cleaner
- sealing
- waxing

Not a quick fix, but not necessarily worth spending £00's either if you have not got the money to spare.

Edited by Mustang Baz on Wednesday 2nd May 08:42

[tcant]

I agree with Mustang Baz. The 'Mothers' 3 stage products give fantastic results. No swirl marks and a really deep shine. It takes about 4 -5 hours though to do all 3 stages. I did it over a weekend. You can see the results in my profile.

[J_E_T]

Anybody used both Mothers and Meguiars ? Any preferences ?

Are you better off with an electric buffer, or doing that by hand ?

Anyone care to go through their full regime to get the car looking tip top ?

[andyoleary]

I used to use all Meg's products mainly. Then switched over to Mother's - clay, detailer, pre-wax cleaner, sealer & glaze, carnauba wax paste, reflections top coat. I find the Mother's stuff much easier to work with and less stress on the elbow

Not much between either I reckon but I definitely prefer the Mother's gear now.

Andy

[andyoleary]

I used to use all Meg's products mainly. Then switched over to Mother's - clay, detailer, pre-wax cleaner, sealer & glaze, carnauba wax paste, reflections top coat. I find the Mother's stuff much easier to work with and less stress on the elbow

Not much between either I reckon but I definitely prefer the Mother's gear now.

Andy

[tcant]

I have only tried the mothers based on recommendations from other PH'ers but my saddo routine is as follows;

Once a year;

1) Wash off general dirt
2) Then wash with Mothers california gold car wash
3) Apply mothers Stage one pre wax cleaner by hand with microfibre towel
4) Then treat any larger than average scratches with Mothers scratch remover
5) Apply Mothers stage two 'sealer and glaze' by hand with microfibre towel
6) Apply Mothers stage 3 Califoria gold Carnuba wax by hand with microfibre towel.

This lot takes about 5 hours!!!!! (I haven't got the patience to do it all in one go, so I spread it over a couple of evenings)

After that, I just wash it every so often with the mothers car wash and use mothers all wheel cleaner on the alloys. Every couple of months just use the Carnuba wax as well to bring back the really deep shine.

I would much rather be driving it than cleaning it, but it looks soooooooooo good when its done!

[W 4.O TUS]

Thanks guys looks like im gonna be busy

[W 4.O TUS]

WOW just used clay bar what a result