polishing new paint.
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Got the S back on Friday with a nice new front end, all freshly painted and looking nice.
This morning I discovered it had been bird-bombed overnight, right in the dead centre of the new bonnet - I washed it off but the paint is badly marked, this bird must have been eating nitromors, battery acid and builders sand, judging by the state of the paint..
Now on older paint, I would get the orbital polisher out and the meguiars 3-stage polish system, and polish it off - but what do you do when the paint is new? You're not supposed to wax it for a couple of months.
I think the safest thing to do is to leave it and then polish it once the paint has cured. Is there any other way to remove this etched-in mark more quickly?
This morning I discovered it had been bird-bombed overnight, right in the dead centre of the new bonnet - I washed it off but the paint is badly marked, this bird must have been eating nitromors, battery acid and builders sand, judging by the state of the paint..
Now on older paint, I would get the orbital polisher out and the meguiars 3-stage polish system, and polish it off - but what do you do when the paint is new? You're not supposed to wax it for a couple of months.
I think the safest thing to do is to leave it and then polish it once the paint has cured. Is there any other way to remove this etched-in mark more quickly?
You can fix it just now as long as you don't seal it as the paint will need to breathe.
It seems like it has done serious damage if there is any chance of a picture of the damage then I might be more accurate.
Basing your case on many others we have dealt with, you could polish it but not seal the paint untill it is upto 60 days old. In between this time a Glaze is the ideal preserver it provides some protection but more importantly allows the cars paint to breathe.
I would personally try some #80 speed glaze from Meguiars and if that doesn't work go upto Dual Action Cleaner Polish. The paintwork can be coated in #80 speed glaze as this product was designed to let the paint breathe during the curing process. The products can be found on the meguiars website, under professional.
www.meguiars.co.uk
It seems like it has done serious damage if there is any chance of a picture of the damage then I might be more accurate.
Basing your case on many others we have dealt with, you could polish it but not seal the paint untill it is upto 60 days old. In between this time a Glaze is the ideal preserver it provides some protection but more importantly allows the cars paint to breathe.
I would personally try some #80 speed glaze from Meguiars and if that doesn't work go upto Dual Action Cleaner Polish. The paintwork can be coated in #80 speed glaze as this product was designed to let the paint breathe during the curing process. The products can be found on the meguiars website, under professional.
www.meguiars.co.uk
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