Paint Correction Products

[Steve Bass]

Hi all,

Does anyone have any suggestions for a decent paint scratch remover, polisher, correction product?

I'm bringing a black 1098S back to life and the bodywork has few minor issues


Looking for something that will help remove the marks without needing to repaint or clearcoat if possible.

Thanks

[Rubin215]

T-cut has always been my cheap and cheerful go-to.

[Kuwahara]

Difficult to tell exactly but some of those look to have breached the clear coat , I’ve used Poor Boys and Chemical Guys compounds ,T cut can be a bit abrasive but if that’s what it needs..

[Marquezs Stabilisers]

Have a look in the detailing section here, but I've had good results with Farecla G3 on similar without using a machine polisher

[Biker 1]

I reckon it'll be cheaper & you'll get a much better result using wet & dry paper + clear coat.

[KTMsm]

Really that's a wet n dry job but any of the "scratch remover" products will be the next most aggressive - they come in a tube and come out like toothpaste

Then go over it with any of the polishes I've always had great success with Super Resin but the detailers sneer at it

[Cabbage Patch]

Once you’ve corrected what you can with wet and dry or compound you could try Poorboys Black Hole as a polish. Always worked well on dark colours for me.

[smifffymoto]

I would suggest T-cut.

Steer well well clear of the rabbit hole that is detailing,there are some proper fan boys and quite frankly unhinged nutters.

[Decky_Q]

Another vote for T cut or finishing compound, thorough clean, and then lots of hard wax. Do it somewhere warm as it's too cold out right now.

[HarvB]

T-cut is fairly old school and not reccomended in detailing circles. I use Meguiars Ultimate Compound and have always had great results for paint correction using more higher cut pads on my DA, or doing entire cars with a softer pad. You could leave it there and be happy or follow up with their ultimate polish as well.

Asda (yes, stay with me) sell a DA polisher under their “guild” brand which is currently on sale for £48, and is absolutely great, has variable speed too. Ditch the included pad and backing plate and get a 5” plate and pads of varying hardness. If you’re only doing this spot don’t worry about it, but doing more than that and it’s worth getting.

If you’re not familiar with wet sanding, do not start on a piece of bodywork you care about.

[archie456]

If you try to rub it down level with the deepest scratches you'll go through the lacquer and it will take forever.
You can to save a lot of work by filling the deeper scratches with lacquer using a fine brush.
Make sure to overfill the scratches and when dry take back flat with very fine wet/dry wrapped round something flat like a bit of 2x1" timber.
Then polish with t-cut or similar.
I did this on a silver car bootlid and it was dead easy and invisible once complete.